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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

Hospice News

Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.

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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

Hospice News

It takes time to build up the payment, referral and workforce resources needed to support a sustainable palliative care program, according to Dr. Stephen Goldfine, chief medical officer at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

Hospice News

On the other hand, these regulations can have direct impacts on how providers grow and sustain their services, Melinda Gaboury, co-founder and CEO of Healthcare Provider Services Inc., A rise of fraudulent allegations has given way to increasing concerns on how CON laws impact quality end-of-life care outcomes.

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Ep. 22 - Advocacy at HPNA

HPNA podcast

This episode of Palliative Perspective introduces Sarah Potter, the Health Policy Specialist for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. This episode speaks on why it is so important for members to share their stories and help advocate for the population palliative and hospice healthcare providers serve.

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NHPCO and HAN Urge CMS to Implement More Telehealth Data Collection and Oversight

NHPCO

Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. Center to Advance Palliative Care. HealthCare Chaplaincy Network. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. The National Palliative Care Research Center. National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation. LeadingAge .

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

These include providers such as the Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa, Compassus, Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare and Trinity Health, among many others. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule calling for a 2.7% Staffing Constraints Limit Growth.

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Hospices’ 2024 Public Policy Priorities 

Hospice News

Recent evidence indicates that more of these providers are being enrolled in Medicare despite the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) efforts to date on curbing fraud and abuse. The bill has received endorsements from upwards of 50 industry organizations.

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