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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

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A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. Even more so, specific Medicare and Medicaid policies perpetuate this cycle.

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Voices: Erica Gregory, SVP and GM of Revenue Cycle Management, Netsmart

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Erica Gregory, SVP and GM of Revenue Cycle Management, Netsmart, to discuss how back office automation powers an efficient revenue cycle and the ways that automation can address trends that hospice care professionals are witnessing. This article is sponsored by Netsmart.

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Where Hospice Compliance Meets Revenue Cycle Management

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As regulatory agencies crack down on hospice spending, providers can benefit from recognizing the links between revenue cycle management and compliance. How a hospice handles its revenue cycle management processes can be a key to backing claims data that illustrates compliance, according to Hardy. For example, the U.S.

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Care Synergy Forms DME Joint Venture with RCC Medical Equipment

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The collaborative provides a shared pool of services such as accounting, payroll, revenue cycle and treasury management, information technology (IT), human resources, compliance, education, and marketing and communications.

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Dr. Steven Landers: Hospice SFP Could Spread Misinformation About Quality

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Hospices flagged by the SFP also will be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle and could face monetary penalties or expulsion from the Medicare program. The program will have the authority to impose enforcement remedies against hospices with poor performance based on its algorithm.

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3 Quality Keys Driving Hospice Staff, Family Caregiver Satisfaction

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The committee has aided in the development of standard operating procedures related to the organization’s referral and admission processes, clinical guidelines, and billing and revenue cycle management. HopeHealth recently lowered its staffing vacancy rate to 5.4%, after initially setting a goal of under 8% of all positions organizationwide.

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CMS Names First Hospice Special Focus Program Cohort, Delays List of Future Candidates

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Hospices flagged by the SFP would be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle. The SFP would have the power to impose enforcement remedies against hospices with poor performance on regulatory or accreditation surveys.

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