CMS Halts New Medicare Enrollment for Hospice, Home Care Amid Fraud Crackdown
CMS imposed a six-month nationwide freeze on new Medicare enrollments for hospices and home health agencies as part of a broader crackdown on fraud in the sectors.
DOJ Doubles Down on Healthcare Fraud Enforcement with New West Coast Strike Force
The Department of Justice’s new “West Coast” strike force targets Arizona, Nevada and Northern California — regions flagged for rising Medicaid, hospice and tech-enabled fraud risks. Legal experts say the effort signals a broader shift toward data-driven enforcement, as regulators ramp up their scrutiny of telehealth companies and billing automation software.
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We Need to Talk About Hospice
It's a place where compassion and dignity are paramount, where patients and families find solace and support during the most challenging times. We owe it to them to ensure that hospice care is of the highest quality, accessible to all and integrated into the broader continuum of care.
Family Caregivers Deserve to be a Valued Part of the Healthcare Continuum
Ensuring that family caregivers, and hospice providers all get the support that they need is more than just about ensuring that a patient receives end-of-life care with the dignity and support they deserve.
The Bereavement Care Crisis in Hospice Facilities
Instead of pushing harder on hospice providers to find more ways to deliver comprehensive bereavement care with less, it’s key to address the systemic forces hampering their ability to deliver quality care at the scale required and address these challenges.
The Powerful Hospice Lessons of Jimmy Carter
Carter entered hospice care in his home, more than a year ago, and has set an inspirational example of how to live your last days on Earth with hope, meaning, and vigor.
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Hospice — The Best Way to Alleviate Loneliness for Middle-Stage Dementia Patients
In-home hospice care, which gives them ample opportunities to engage with family and friends in the comfort of their own homes, allows providers to give dementia patients the daily contact they deserve.
CMS Affirms Value of the Medicare Hospice Benefit’s Unique, Holistic Care
CMS is to be recognized for taking action to establishing chaplaincy codes along with other core services so that hospice claims data on spiritual care can be collected.
At the Crossroads of Hope and Truth
Each of us gets one life, and every life contains its own death. Engage with that fuller picture, wield hope carefully, and then, from everything this hospice doctor has seen, you will be OK, made whole by the time death rolls around, rather than pulled apart by it.
What’s Behind the M&A Spree in the Hospice Industry
While the top-level view of the growth in the hospice industry at 20-plus percent is impressive, it’s worth looking at a few prominent examples to gain further insight into this accelerating trend.
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VCU Health, BAYADA launch home care, hospice joint venture
The Virginia-based health system is teaming up with BAYADA Home Health Care to create a new company providing home-based and hospice care. BAYADA will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company, while VCU Health will collaborate on overall quality and safety.
Humana purchases remaining 60% stake in Kindred at Home for $5.7B
After initially purchasing a 40% stake in Kindred at Home for $2.4 billion in 2018, Humana is now fully acquiring the home health and hospice provider for an additional $5.7 billion. The provider will transition to Humana's payer-agnostic healthcare services brand CenterWell.
OIG report lists HHS’ top 10 challenges
Curbing the opioid epidemic, improving care for vulnerable populations and keeping HHS data safe from cybersecurity threats are all issues outlined in the 48-page report.
Can “pre-hospice” programs support the push towards value-based care?
More doctors, hospitals, and insurers are starting to see the value of home-based palliative care and are figuring out how to pay for it, said Kathleen Kerr, a health care consultant who researches palliative care.
Why unsexy healthcare startups are my favorites
Download MedCity’s Startup Index for November I hate it when people call ideas or businesses “sexy.” People are sexy, ideas and inanimate objects are not. When I hear a person use that term to describe a startup company, I think, “Shallow. Short attention span. Not interested in solving real problems.” A weak idea delivered via […]