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Medicare Claims for Unrelated Services Put Hospices at Risk

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Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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As we look at diversity, language barriers and being more inclusive, were doing a better job of providing Medicare beneficiaries with more care. So why let diversification of geography stop us from delivering care to people with different languages, ethnicities and cultural beliefs?

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[UPDATED] Rep. Earl Blumenauer Plans Landmark Hospice Reform Bill

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The bill would also implement a temporary, national moratorium on the enrollment of new hospices into Medicare, to help stem the tide of fraudulent activities among recently established providers concentrated primarily in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. “We

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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.6% To continue providing the high level of care our patients and their families deserve, hospices require a payment rate that accurately reflects the current economic challenges. We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Of those, about 3.8

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

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Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded a Condition of Participation pertaining to disaster preparedness planning. Transitions of care were also adversely affected, she said. In 2017, the U.S.

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CommCare Expands with Notre Dame Hospice, Home Health Acquisitions

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The archdiocese in August announced an agreement to exit from all affiliated senior care businesses, including the health system. CommCare’s purchase of Notre Dame’s home health and hospice operations marks the transaction of this divestiture Its nursing home services are next in line as part of a separate deal set to close in 2023.