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Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
They found a 95% increase in hospice or palliative utilization among veterans served by VA providers participating in the agency’s Social Work Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”. The average age among the veterans was about 65.
Seasons Hospice
MARCH 23, 2021
Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals. Social work services : Social services are available for our patients and their families to help them work through end-of-life stress. The Medicare hospice benefit covers over 85% of hospice patients.
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Hospice News
APRIL 7, 2025
Quality inequities among special needs, dually-eligible beneficiaries Dually-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries may have a lower likelihood of receiving care from high-quality hospice providers, according to a recent analysis. Consumers need better information on hospice quality. Consumers need better information on hospice quality.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit.
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Last year VNA Health Group enhanced its dementia care training programs for social work and nursing staff, with an emphasis on its home health patients. Chicago-based Oak Street Health consists of a network of value-based primary care facilities that serve upwards of 145,000 Medicare beneficiaries across 21 states.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. You’re either going to have to pay for it, or we’re going to have to try to get them home.”
High Peaks Hospice
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. Families were struggling to manage the death of their loved ones unsupported at home. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. In 1986 Ann and her husband, the late Dr. C.
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