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CMS Ramps Up Efforts to Root Out ‘Door Knocker’ Hospice Schemes

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently elaborated on its plans to expand public education campaigns designed to help protect hospice beneficiaries from fraudulent actors in the space. Scammers have also offered individuals hundreds of dollars in exchange for their Medicare identification beneficiary number.

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Medicaid Health Plans Failing to Pay Hospices for Nursing Home Room and Board

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Stymied Medicaid reimbursement for nursing home room and board could threaten access to care for hospice patients in California and possibly other states. The issue centers around patients in nursing homes who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. One plan alone owes the nonprofit provider more than $500,000.

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U.S. Health Care Spending Reaches $4.9 Trillion

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found. Total Medicare hospice spending accounted for $25.7 billion last year, according to a separate report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Total Medicare hospice spending accounted for $25.7 The nations total health expenditures rose 7.5%

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5 ‘Hidden Gem’ Palliative Care News Stories in 2024

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services value-based insurance design (VBID) model. Launched in 2017 by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), the VBID demonstration tested new approaches to reimbursement across a variety of health care settings.

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CMMI Analysis: Palliative Care Reduces Medicare Costs, Improve Patient Satisfaction

Hospice News

Despite this potential, existing programs hit barriers created by misconceptions about palliative care among referring physicians, as well as health equity concerns, among others, according to an analysts of four payment model demonstrations carried out by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Votsmier Endowed Chair and a professor in the Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University, and Stephanie P. This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L.

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CMS Finalizes 2.9% Cut in Physician Payments for 2025, Including for Palliative Care

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a nearly 2.9% To put it bluntly, Medicare plans to pay us less while costs go up. Since 1992, Medicare payment has been made under the PFS for the services of physicians and other billing professionals. Industry organizations were quick to denounce the pay cut. “To

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