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National Alliance’s Scott Levy: Hospices Need ‘Regulatory Relief’ to Protect ‘Sacred Benefit’

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How will your past experiences help inform your future policy and advocacy efforts in the home-based landscape? It was also activating the team from a grassroots perspective when it was time to take action, making sure that leaders were paying attention and providing the right information.

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How One Hospice Provider Reduced Avoidable Medication Spend by 95%

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They also wanted data and a process that would bring more information directly to everyone in the process. I was looking for ways to reduce medication spend and help identify trends and opportunities for controlling per-patient-day pharmacy costs for hospice patients, says Dr. Tara Friedman, Chief Medical Officer at Chapters.

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Inside The Pennant Group’s Palliative Care Philosophy and Practice

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To bring this philosophy into practice, Pennant offers training and guidance on palliative care for members of its physician group who oversee a patients care. These practitioners are reimbursed via Medicare Part B and have the ability to integrate palliative services into a patients care when medically warranted.

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CMS to Surveyors: Keep Eyes Open for Hospice Fraud

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CMS said that reviewing certain documents and information that identify key managers, services and locations is “essential.” Nevertheless, the primary focus for surveyors should be on direct patient care, per CMS.

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3 Key Hospice Technology Trends

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Todays hospice leaders need a firm understanding of the varying and rapidly changing advances in technology that can impact their business lines and ability to support patients and staff, said Bivek Pathek, chief information officer at Empath Health.

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Voices: Kenny Judd, Vice President — Client Relations, OnePoint Patient Care

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This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Kenny Judd, Vice President — Client Relations, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the key pharmacy challenges in today’s hospice environment, and how providers can overcome them.

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Voices: Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care

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This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the current state of hospice pharmacy, technology and staffing. For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com.