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

MARCH 14, 2022

Strengthening Care for People with Serious Illness Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid. People with complex or life-threatening conditions often need extra support to manage symptoms and make critical decisions about their care and quality of life. March 14, 2022.

Medicaid 94

Medicaid Rehabilitation Quality Assurance Patient Experience 94

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

Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Many Americans rely on hospice care for end-of-life support. million Americans received hospice care, with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) spending $20.9 billion on hospice services (MedPAC, 2021). High quality hospice services are critical to terminally ill patients.

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Quality of Care Integration Medicaid 52

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. The changes, detailed in a 196-page document , went into effect immediately.”

Hospice Care 40

Hospice Care Regulations Medicare Medicaid 40

NASHP

MARCH 15, 2023

Opportunities for State Policymakers State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Palliative care can be an important component of these strategies.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Primary Care Integration Nursing 52

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

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Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52