Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced a bill designed to foster greater access to advance care planning (ACP) among Medicare beneficiaries. Unfortunately, most patients do not routinely make advance plans for their care in the event that they are diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening illness,” Collins said in a press release.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

The Medicare Hospice Benefit is ripe for change nearly four decades after its establishment, but moving the needle will include a heavy lift around evolving regulations. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] think it’s overdue for some reform. But hospice has moved into a new era.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

The staffing shortage was a topic of conversation during Hospice Action Week, a lobbying event held by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Hospice Action Network. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2.8% The bill’s most recent go around was last May, reintroduced by Sens.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The councils will ensure improved health care access and utilization and help with event and volunteer engagement, among other responsibilities. About 80,150 Medicare decedents in Ohio utilized hospice services in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

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. Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

For starters, rural regions are less likely to have a Medicare-certified hospice than urban counties. The events of the past two years have opened the eyes of many patients to telehealth’s potential , according to Fratkin. Snags along the way included dairy cows blocking staff from reaching patients. palliative?care care services for?patients

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Once again leading by example, [the Carter family] is showing us how to embrace a stage of life that people don’t want to think about — that people don’t want to talk about,” NHPCO COO and interim CEO Ben Marcantonio said at the Times Square event. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would expand utilization of these services by removing Medicare payment barriers faced by both providers and patients. The bill proposes to “wave,” or remove, Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing for advance care planning services. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Alex: Oh, okay.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

For example, if a patient who decided to forgo life-extending treatment or resuscitation due to terminal cancer is brought to the emergency department for a different reason, like a cardiac event, staff may assume that their documented wishes do not apply in this other circumstance, Pope told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. We typically suggest that hospices follow the hospice election model form from CMS, because if you use language that CMS has essentially vetted, then Medicare contractors are going to be hard-pressed to invalidate an election statement. In recent years, the U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sinai Health System, said at the event. Among Medicare beneficiaries, readmission rates dropped to less than 9%, down from 23.4%. For Medicare patients, readmissions fell to 7.1% The work done through these relationships can help patients stay in their homes and foster greater interest in hospice among the public.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ramped up auditing activity in the space while also sunsetting the hospice component of its value-based insurance design (VBID) model demonstration ahead of its initial expiration. The financial incentives in Medicare Advantage are designed to reduce overutilization, researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure. Reports of] the events together is a mischaracterization, leading the community to believe the events are related.” “And so we can’t just accept a large number of patients. They have to be on-call 24/7.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

Hospice Action Week brings together leaders, advocates, and supporters from across the country to unite as one voice to drive positive, legislative change for the betterment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “The cornerstone of effective advocacy is storytelling.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Keep in mind that home health benefits through Medicare are short-term and typically begin after a hospitalization or a decline. A traditional Medicare plan wouldn’t allow the flexibility to reimburse a family caregiver. A Medicare Advantage plan does. Our caree has a choice when selecting a Medicare Advantage plan.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Registration is now open for this unique event designed to promote networking with fellow investigators and gain insights into new research and methods in hospice and palliative medicine. This free event is open to anyone interested in a position in the hospice and palliative care field. Register now to participate.

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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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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Medicare is proposing that providers receive reimbursing for training us and for helping us with care coordination.) In June, my dad was discharged from the hospital and back to his apartment with home health and palliative care. If we have one available,” she said. But we probably don’t.” They didn’t. So we figured it out.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By going upstream, we’re able to help patients get access to higher quality care that’s aligned with their goals, values and the quality of life preferences many years before they approach that end-of-life event. Early advance care planning is especially important for this population, the study indicated.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gupta, who will start with NHPCO next month, most recently served as Vice President of Clinical Operations, Bundled Payment Solutions, Medicare, and Retirement for UnitedHealth Group (UHG). Gupta said, “I look forward to working with the hospice and palliative care communities to improve the quality of patient care.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

Furthermore, documenting decline is not only for ensuring quality care but also for meeting Medicare documentation requirements for hospice eligibility and recertification. Most importantly, it’s about creating a vivid, comprehensive narrative that confirms the patient’s need for hospice care under Medicare guidelines.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The final rule also featured provisions for content submission including the use for which a drug was available and any known adverse events associated with it. This can result in high costs that are not covered by traditional palliative care payment avenues in the Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement system.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Overcoming boundaries Providers have long fought to improve understanding of their services since the Medicare Hospice Benefit was established in 1983.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Actually, Manju, you probably could talk about yourself, but I cite it all the time of veterans who are equally eligible to get their care and Medicare fee for service system versus the VA and that patients who get their care in Medicare are more likely to start dialysis. And you’re counting that survival time in your analysis.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

These were the driving factors that fueled HPCMV to seek out Medicare certification after nearly four decades of thriving on philanthropic support, according to Stauffer Wozniak. Can you elaborate on what led to the Medicare certification process nearly 40 years after the organization’s establishment and some of the nuances involved?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. agilon health CMO Dr. We can bring powerful data and care pathways. We do it through our partners. They stay involved.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Obstacles facing palliative care in the ICU One challenge to bear in mind is that some of the measures used in the literature are imprecise due to the traumatic, emotional nature of the event. A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

People who were seriously ill and their caregivers had to contend with many important issues and events occurring simultaneously. Roughly 82% of Medicare decedents in 2018 were Caucasian, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The issues identified in the report exist across the country. were Hispanic; 1.8%

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2024

The affiliation of NAHC and NHPCO is a historic event,” Dombi said in a joint statement from the organizations. Recent advocacy efforts have included a shared focus of improving program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit as concerns of fraudulent activity heat up in the industry.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

A group of hospice leaders recently participated in Hospice Action Week, a lobbying event held last week by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Hospice Action Network. Recent evidence indicates that more of these providers are being enrolled in Medicare despite the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Utilization of the general inpatient level of care (GIP) is frequently the subject of audits by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), and avoiding or responding to that scrutiny requires strict compliance to a complex web of rules. If GIP billing exceeds that metric, the hospice must refund those payments to Medicare.

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

“This could be because of either a temporary, planned issue like a medical leave or things like medical emergencies, an accident that causes a death or just some other unexpected event.” For the wellness solutions company Tivity, Medicare Advantage is their bread and butter. Some providers begin their preparations years in advance.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Psilocybin, the most commonly used psychedelic, increases heart rate and blood pressure, which may potentially lead to cardiovascular events. Legalization is moving forward in several states , following the lead of Oregon and Colorado. Potential use in palliative care , chronic pain , and for mood disorders is tantalizing.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removes the waiver of volunteer requirements instituted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Providers’ efforts to recruit volunteers could take on renewed urgency when the U.S. Volunteers also help reduce providers’ costs.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

We need to change the ethic in our country where people are making these decisions and making plans ahead of time and communicating who is going to be their medical power of attorney or medical surrogate in the event that they’re incapacitated. The Medicare Advantage patient population is a progressively increasing patient population.

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