Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an important role to play in ensuring that hospices are providing necessary and critical, high-quality care to our Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. Unfortunately, hospices are profiting from fraud at the expense of beneficiaries far too often.

Hospice Care 40

Hospice Care Integration Medicare Medicaid 40

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care October 25, 2021 / by Salom Teshale, Kitty Purington, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Mia Antezzo. Comprehensive care coordination. billion on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) per year. Assessment and management of pain and other symptoms.

Medicaid 102

Medicaid Hospice Care Integration Regulations 102

Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

This topic – home health providers’ collective ability to accept patients – was directly addressed in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2024 final payment rule. The Dallas-based Enhabit is one of the largest independent providers of home health and hospice care in the country.

Medicare 96

Medicare Hospice Care Hospitals Medicaid 96

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“We really believe that that’s going to be the way that you succeed financially,” Ponder-Stansel told Home Health Care News. The Jacksonville, Florida-based Alivia Care provides home health care, hospice care, personal care, palliative care, advanced care planning and other services across Northern Florida and Southern Georgia.

Hospice Care 85

Hospice Care Prevention Medicaid Home Care 85

Home Health Care

JUNE 7, 2022

That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020. Creating that seamless experience, in our opinion, makes Amedisys and Contessa second to none in the country.

Hospitals 106

Hospitals Home Care Hospice Care Prevention 106

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are a number of strategies state health officials can use as they build sustainable access to palliative care services in their Medicaid programs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Recertification of Eligibility for Hospice Care. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 52