Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

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. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Hospice utilization rates among Medicare descendents in Florida reached 55.97% in 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Facts and Figures report. Census Bureau. Senior populations are projected to more than 30% of Florida’s population by 2045, reported the state’s Department of Elder Affairs.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many people will never be able to really afford long-term care, and I think there’s a big equity issue here. Among the company’s goals is to reduce both the burden on patients and caregivers as well as the financial strain on the health care system. . So how do we provide that infrastructure to keep them at home?”.

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Elder Care Matters

MAY 2, 2022

I’m often surprised how many people are shocked to learn that Medicare and Supplemental Insurance does not cover Long-Term care costs. Medicare and Supplemental… The post Does Medicare and Supplemental Insurance Pay for Long-Term Care?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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. The funding follows a $6.5

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 24, 2025

At one skilled nursing facility in central Kentucky, the raised beds along the patio are just waiting, freshly filled with composted soil for residents to gently place herb starters and tomato plants in rows. This simple act, planting a garden, has become a symbol of more than fresh produce for many skilled nursing communities.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This is particularly true for people living in the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes. The grant, spread out over a five-year period, will be put toward the team’s creation of a national network structure that seeks to include more nursing home residents in clinical trials. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , approximately 1.2

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Founded in 1984, CommuniCare Health Services is a family-owned company that provides post-acute services including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in West Virginia reached 43.6% that year.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires operators to report incidents of patient abuse and neglect that involve their staff. This would bring the hospice rules in line with those used in long term care. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

These qualifications are required for Medicare coverage , but private health insurance plans may have different guidelines. If youre considering hospice care for yourself or a loved one, check with your insurance provider. Continuous home care provides a healthcare provider for 8-24 hours per day.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

We contract with [the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)] as a direct contracting entity, and our job is to coordinate a network of providers, called DCE participants, and then also preferred providers, which would be hospices, home health agencies that can help coordinate the care as the patients move into the home setting.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Most of the hospital’s revenue shortfall comes from its long-term care facility — a 20-bed outfit. Another caregiving agency in the area serves patients on Medicaid or Medicare, but their availability is limited. Patients in the program will be served by their primary care physician, a nurse case manager, and EMTs.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

She was most recently its corporate compliance officer, previously serving as both an admission and a triage nurse, long-term care manager, quality improvement specialist and senior director of quality, among other roles. Ervin joined Avow Hospice in 2003, working in various clinical and non-clinical roles.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Tennessee Quality Care is a portfolio company of American Health Partners, which operates companies in the home health and hospice; long term care, senior living and rehabilitation industries, as well as behavioral health care. Allison attributed the decline primarily to the return of Medicare sequestration.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. With this new agreement, Care Synergy will be taking over those management functions. “We In post-acute care, we see people further down in their health trajectory. Medicare is thinking about it.

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Caregiver Support Services

MARCH 7, 2024

The likelihood of needing long-term care increases as you age, and the expenses that come with long-term care also increase. These costs are normal, but the high price point can still catch many off guard, which is why it’s important to prepare for long-term care expenses sooner rather than later.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Common conditions treated with palliative care include: Cancer Heart disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Kidney failure Alzheimers disease or other dementias Parkinsons disease A multidisciplinary team typically delivers palliative care, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Sometimes they might be doing consultations either inpatient or in the nursing home or in assisted living. Oftentimes, we say the hospital, but the hospital also manages the home care and the long term care. You can bill for advanced care planning. You can bill for chronic care coordination.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. To find out what this means and what NPs can do about it, Daily Nurse interviewed Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM, Risk Analyst, Nurses Service Organization (NSO).

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JULY 21, 2022

But onward to post-acute care and what we see coming in the future. . Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 27, 2023

PEPPER is a report that uses National SNF claims data to identify areas within the SNF prospective payment system (PPS) that could be at risk for improper Medicare payment. N: count of SNF claims where the third character of the HIPPS code, representing the nursing payment group, is one of the following: A, B, C, D, H, or L D.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Anne Dabrow Woods has incredible insight into nursing as a practicing critical care nurse practitioner and nursing educator with over 39 years of experience and counting. How long have you been in nursing, and what are some of your roles during that time? I know what nurses need in practice.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2023. . • Two walking items. What changes in FY 2023, you ask?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

.” Pallitus has also entered into some value-based arrangements with other payers and hospital systems to provide high quality palliative care more on a per-member-per-month fee schedule. Principal care management is something that [the U.S. “That’s been very, very successful,” Dillon said.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). What was this group’s aim you ask? Project Overview. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Person-centered care is becoming increasingly important in all care settings, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to prioritize value-based care and individual care outcomes. What is person-centered care? It’s not just the nurse that touches the plan of care,” she says.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. This is another level of care that we can provide,” Sade Bello told local news. Baptist Senior Family offers hospice, home care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and personal care services.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 11, 2024

I am still in awe of the posts, shares and stories I hear about how the skilled nursing facilities embraced the day and found ways to allow those residing in their communities to experience this event. Nurses are passionate and gladly speak their minds to achieve the best outcomes. How fascinating was the solar eclipse this week?

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.” 19 CSR 30-82.050(2)(A)-(F).

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MARCH 16, 2023

Based on this, the Medicare program covers such services, and coverage cannot be denied based on the absence of potential for improvement or restoration. Question: Are professional therapy services available under Medicare only for patients who are improving or who are expected to improve? Answer: No. Answer: No. Answer: Yes.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 12, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing several changes to the PDPM ICD-10 code mappings and lists. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors.

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For example, the Royal Commission in Australia is investigating negative outcomes in aged care, and formalizing recommendations to enforce care in the context of patient goals. Here at AlayaCare, we built our Care Plan 2.0 we increasingly watch private duty providers getting into Medicaid and long-term care insurance.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

Esther Conteh has enjoyed an extraordinary and varied healthcare and nursing career for over 25 years. She is committed to providing top-notch care to the communities served by VNS Health Choice MAP and MLTC, many of whom come from vulnerable backgrounds. I was eager to build my skills in home health nursing.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 11, 2023

The May 4, 2023, notice of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 5-Claim Probe and Educate Review , of course! Since the initiation of PDPM in October of 2019, providers have been long awaiting medical review to assess the accuracy of interdisciplinary team documentation. We’ve all been waiting for this. We knew it was coming!

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 25, 2023

In the coalition’s statement to CMS , they also noted that per the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 63% of Medicare outpatient therapy services are furnished by institutional providers. While Section 4113 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 29, 2024

Medicare, the primary payer for many skilled nursing facility residents, provides clear guidelines on what constitutes skilled therapy services. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

And then when you look long-term care facilities, more between that like 35 to 50%, and then much higher estimates in hospitalized older adults. I mean, typically individuals are seeing a physician, a nurse, whoever it is, and then we are brought in oftentimes well after dysphagia has started. Eric: Oh yeah. Raele: Yeah.

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