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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

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Hospice News: Today we will talk about threads of clinical documentation and satisfaction and also revenue protection. We had a lot of this in home health, and now it’s hospice’s turn to be scrutinized. ” We teach things like defensive documentation, which is unfortunate that we have to teach that, but we do.

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

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Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. Her passion to provide excellence in home health care and hospice is evident.”

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Beyond Dollars & Cents: Maximizing Sellers’ Returns in Hospice M&A?

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“If hospices are looking for the exit because they’re struggling and they’re ready to close their doors, do not negate the value of being Medicare-certified,” Sharp told Hospice News at the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Financial Management Conference in Las Vegas. “It

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Pennant Group Retools for Efficiency in Troubled Labor Market

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Providers have increasingly sought methods for streamlining clinical teams’ administrative tasks, for instance, including time spent on documentation. “We Pennant also hopes that investing in efficiency will lighten the headwinds brought on by the unfavorable trends in home health reimbursement. For 2023, the U.S. aggregate cut.

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Attorney Ari Markenson: 36-Month Rule Will Have Cooling Effect on Hospice Deals

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new policies is a rule prohibiting changes of ownership within 36 months of Medicare enrollment, designed to curb quick license sales in an effort to avoid regulatory attention. I’ve got my Medicare provider number. Among the U.S. What CMS found out, and [the U.S.

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AccentCare CMO Loengard: Palliative Care a ‘Huge Opportunity’

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We’ve been using Medalogix for several years now to identify patients in home health who would qualify for hospice, and then to facilitate those conversations and get the patient to the right level of care. . Can you update me on the progress of AccentCare’s Hospital-at-Home program? We’ve deployed Muse.