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Key Research Trends: Long Hospice Stays, Palliative Care Save Medicare Dollars

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Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been zeroing in on long lengths of stay as a potential red flag, one that could suggest a hospice admitted someone who was not truly eligible.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

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Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Guaranteed serves Medicare and Medicaid patients across five counties in southern California, including the Los Angeles region.

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Palliative Care Leaders Expect Continued Growth, Labor and Reimbursement Headwinds in 2024

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Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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As Headwinds Rage, Large Hospice Companies Lay Groundwork for Potential 2023 Growth

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This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. Another is the company-wide integration of Homecare Homebase at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH). Providers are seeing troubles on multiple fronts, as reflected in third quarter earnings reports.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

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The divestiture fits into Humana’s stated goal of raising its enterprise value by $1 billion , while building out its health care services and Medicare Advantage business. The company began as the fourth largest provider of Medicare-certified home health services and the 12th largest provider of Medicare-certified hospice services nationally.

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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

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Reimbursement for palliative care in fee-for-service Medicare currently only covers physician or nurse practitioner services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) does allow Medicare Advantage plans to cover home-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit.