Home Health Care

MAY 15, 2024

“There may be a little bit of difference between them, but I think fundamentally, we get paid for our services at the rate that we normally would,” Brad Bickham, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Addus, said Wednesday during a presentation at B of A Securities Healthcare Conference. Now, it’s very minimal.

Hospice Care 59

Hospice Care Medicare Hospitals Healthcare 59

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This agreement builds on the successful results of the Value-Based Agreements Bridges and Highmark entered in January 2022 for Highmark’s Medicare Advantage members and the January 2020 Agreement for the Highmark Wholecare membership. Established in 2017 through a collaboration between Independence Health System, St.

Urgent Care 52

Urgent Care Hospice Care Integration Primary Care 52

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 5, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 31, 2023, CMS posted FY2024 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule Fact Sheet.

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Hospice Care Medicare Regulations Medicaid 40

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That has led to an emergence of risk-based home care models, many of which have given providers room to partake in upside and downside risk. Resilient Healthcare has used that trend to its advantage. Homeward is a tech-enabled home-based primary care provider. The company has a team of clinicians that work in care pods.

Home Care 89

Home Care Primary Care Hospice Care Hospitals 89

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. QM Reports now include two measures based on Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019 Medicare claims data: the Hospice Care Index (HCI) and Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL).

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Hospice Care Quality of Care Regulations Medicare 40

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 25, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Last week, regulators rolled out enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Some of these hospices obtained licenses only to sell them to other entrepreneurs. Some did both.

Hospice Care 40

Hospice Care Regulations Medicare Medicaid 40

Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has released the Hospice Quality Reported Program 2021 Information Gathering Reporting. This report provides information from literature reviews and expert interviews that supports expansion of the hospice quality reporting program. In 2019, more than 1.6

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Quality of Care Integration Medicaid 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. For further information, visit the Hospice Center | CMS webpage. Proposed Medicare Hospice Payment Policies: This proposed rule proposes a permanent, budget neutral approach to smooth year-to-year changes in the hospice wage index.

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Medicare Medicaid Hospitals 52

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Today (July 27, 2022), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1773-F). CMS appreciates the public comments we received on these updates.

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare Healthcare 52

Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. It’s never fun to share a negative article about healthcare providers but it’s important for the industry to be aware of what’s “out there” in the media. Forty years on, half of all Americans die in hospice care.

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Hospice Care Regulations Nursing Medicare 40

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Adults may receive benefits along with curative care until they choose to receive hospice. Children may access services along with both curative and hospice care. Members identified as having significant needs not already enrolled in Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus program are enrolled in the program.

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Medicaid Hospice Care Integration Regulations 102

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 6, 2023

trillion in funding across a range of domestic initiatives, including certain appropriations to healthcare and related programs. The Act extends certain flexibilities for Medicare coverage and payment for telehealth services through December 31, 2024. Recertification of Eligibility for Hospice Care. Telehealth.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Home Health Care News: Why don’t we all just talk about what your organization does and what you do for them? Ashley Puchalski: I’m with Ohio’s Hospice. We service about 60 of the 88 counties in Ohio, providing hospice care throughout the state. Patterson: It’s like an Uber for healthcare.

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Nursing Medicaid Accountability Home Care 83

Etactics

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Such issues may include navigating billing models, payer requirements, and complicated Medicare guidelines. State Medicaid and Medicare Part D plans make up the primary payers. Other payers include contracts with nursing homes for patients covered under Medicare Part A and private insurers. Sent to a hospice care plan.

Medicare 52

Medicare Nursing Hospice Care Patient Safety 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 17, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare . This dramatic rise includes three-fold increases both in government spending under Medicare and Medicaid and in out-of-pocket spending. It’s here!

Medicare 105

Medicare Hospice Care Primary Care Medicaid 105

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On April 20, 2023, HHS issued this Press Release : The Biden-Harris Administration has made promoting competition and protecting consumers a top priority.

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Medicare Hospice Care Nursing Quality of Care 40

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 5, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On July 26, 2022, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed the claims-based measure, Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life, or HVLDL as NQF #3645. HQRP: Hospice Care Index Measure (HCI) Informational Video. You can access the video here: [link].

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Hospice Care Nursing Medicare Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. Ryan Iwamoto, president and co-founder of Los Angeles-based 24 Hour Home Care, has been named a 2021 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

Home Care 91

Home Care Hospice Care Medicare Nursing 91

Home Health Care

AUGUST 11, 2022

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. Based in Atlanta, Aveanna delivers home health, private-duty services and hospice care to a broad range of patients in 30 states. Though it is now heavily invested in the senior home health space, it began as one of the nation’s largest at-home pediatric care providers.

Nursing 77

Nursing Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare 77

HIT Consultant

JUNE 16, 2023

care.ai, an advanced Smart Care Facility Platform partners with Samsung to bring the highest quality graphics and display to care settings, elevating the patient experience by transforming hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities with smarter, more responsive care environments. devices paired with Samsung displays.

Physical Therapy 52

Physical Therapy Primary Care Rehabilitation Medicare 52

Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 3, 2023

This surge was facilitated, in part, by certain flexibilities authorized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in its response to the public health emergency (“PHE”) declared in March of 2020 and which was repeatedly renewed until now. On January 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced that the PHE would end on May 11, 2023.

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Telemedicine Nursing Accountability 52

Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

You also led value-based care at CareMore Health Plan and Healthcare Partners, correct? I started my career at Healthcare Partners as a hospitalist, which was a capitated medical group here in Southern California. We know that in health care the satisfaction can be very low. This is tremendous.

Home Care 102

Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 102

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

KHN, in a series of articles published this year, has examined a range of private equity forays into health care, from its marketing of America’s top-selling emergency contraception pill to buying up whole chains of ophthalmology and gastroenterology practices and investing in the booming hospice care industry and even funeral homes.

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Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 145

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

KHN, in a series of articles published this year, has examined a range of private equity forays into health care, from its marketing of America’s top-selling emergency contraception pill to buying up whole chains of ophthalmology and gastroenterology practices and investing in the booming hospice care industry and even funeral homes.

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Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 52