Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

DocuSign became the most efficient as far as getting consent for services and other documentation completed. Hospitals and nursing homes don’t want to get dinged for readmissions. But it’s the burden of documentation that we always have. But you lose a bit of the personal touch. Turner: Data plays an important part.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes. He’s been a hospice and nursing home director.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

A major reason for these gaps in access is the lack of a standard payment model to finance palliative care services – there is no Medicare benefit for palliative care, nor do most private insurance companies include palliative care benefits in their coverage. While the large majority of U.S. Are there ways to mitigate those obstacles?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Oftentimes it’s either combination of home visits and telephonic services. Sometimes they might be doing consultations either inpatient or in the nursing home or in assisted living. How’s it being documented? It usually isn’t. So sometimes you have that sort of model. Who is aware of it?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There’s not even a place in most medical records to document that. That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. What were your impressions of that document?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

Hospice documentation is tedious and time-consuming. I’ve outlined simple tips to help you master the fundamentals of hospice documentation. Do you spend hours documenting at home? Worse yet, do you find yourself frustrated when “corporate” only seems to care about timely documentation? D on’t judge me! ).

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.” 19 CSR 30-82.050(2)(A)-(F).

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore tips and strategies, suitable for both seasoned and new nurses, to enhance your hospice documentation process. The Struggle is Real: Many hospice nurses, even experienced ones , may feel overwhelmed with charting responsibilities. Document at the Bedside You knew this was coming!

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ACHC initially focused on accrediting home health agencies, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to include other health care sectors such as hospice, hospital, pharmacy, DME, home care and renal dialysis. Most compliance challenges typically revolve around documentation and adherence to orders.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Hospice care is delivered anywhere the patient calls home and for many elderly, this includes the nursing home. Learn how you can build better relationships with nursing homes while delivering quality hospice care. As a hospice nurse, it’s likely that you will provide care to nursing home patients.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And we know that a third of Medicare beneficiaries undergo surgery in the last year of life with 18% of those occurring in the last month of life. But we know that 30% of all decedents who are Medicare beneficiaries either die from dementia or have an existing diagnosis of dementia, which is something we talk about quite often, Joel and I.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? Home with a 75 year old mom who can’t really move them? And that’s led my research interest to where it is now. Sarguni: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack. And the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 5, 2023

In the 25 years since, the OIG has issued multiple and specific CPGs that apply to particular segments of the healthcare industry including Medicare Advantage organizations, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, and clinical laboratories. 2] To join OIG’s listserv, visit [link].

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 20, 2022

My placements were quite varied, from nursing homes, older adult rehab, short stay, theatre, drug and alcohol detox, and finally intensive care. Mostly you will need ID documents to do these applications. What advice do you have for other NZ nurses considering Australia?

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 6, 2024

Look at it this way: Less doctor visits, hospital stays, or even the need for nursing home placement can save dividends in the long run. Traditional health insurance doesn’t cover long-term care and neither does Medicare. Take care of your health now, for a healthy tomorrow both physically and financially.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

among Medicare decedents in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Total Medicare hospice payments in 2023 reached $25.7 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is being implemented this year.

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Jasmine Travers The pandemic shone a troubling spotlight on the unnecessary suffering resulting from substandard conditions in nursing homes. On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. My entire career has been taken care of in primary hospitalists and palliative underserved populations, either dual-eligible, Medicaid, and Medicare or community health centers, so I’ve always worked in that environment.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Mollie Gurian, vice president of home-based and HCBS policy at LeadingAge Mandates for hospice workers Health care providers must comply with all applicable pre-PHE requirements after May 11, according to recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. So, maybe the person with advanced dementia is coming in from the nursing home and nobody can find the living will from however many years ago. How do I reconcile these two issues?

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2022

“As Wall Street firms take over more nursing homes, quality in those homes has gone down and costs have gone up. Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and expect.”. That ends on my watch,” Biden said. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

One of the most common frustrations hospice nurses have is related to how long it takes to complete hospice documentation. Before a patient is admitted to hospice, they must meet Medicare eligibility criteria. Then, documents from the referral source (i.e. And at the top of the list is the hospice admission. CALL FIRST!!!

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent operators in the hospice space have misspent millions of Medicare dollars in recent years. This not only undermines efforts to incentivize and improve care for beneficiaries with terminal or serious illnesses, but [it] also puts additional financial strain on the Medicare program.” Scope of fraud is uncertain The U.S.

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