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Hospice News
MARCH 3, 2025
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. We need to get this fixed.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The long term care company Mission Health Services has acquired Utah-based Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice. Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. About 15,900 Medicare decedents in Utah elected hospice in 2022, a rate of slightly more than 59%.
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GeriPal
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursing home. Let it be (hint hint).
Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. But a similar move within the Medicare Hospice Benefit is unlikely. Though the is not yet final, the proposal included a 4.2%
Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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. As the U.S. Dr. Kathleen T.
Hospice News
JANUARY 23, 2025
As we look at diversity, language barriers and being more inclusive, were doing a better job of providing Medicare beneficiaries with more care. For example, we try to buy vehicles for our nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. From a cost standpoint, paying for that mileage is very expensive.
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