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NPHI CMO, CIO Dr. Cameron Muir: Translate Hospice Quality into Value

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That means, for example, that a lot of our members have multiple other service lines to try to meet the seriously ill or advanced ill patient population, including, home health, medical practices like palliative care, home-based primary care and PACE. NPHI is really working hard on integrating hospice into health care. So that’s one.

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How to Diversify Services Within the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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Examples include dementia, heart failure and other cardiac conditions, as well as diseases of the lungs. For example, they began to pay for short-term cardiac outpatient care through the Medicare Hospice Benefit. They did not want to see those services discontinued, such as short-term cardiac outpatient care, Stawasz said.

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Elea Institute Seeks to ‘Reimagine’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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For example, the Medicare Hospice Benefit was initially designed in the 1970s and 80s to serve the needs of cancer patients. Today, providers see patients with a growing range of diagnoses, with dementia-related illnesses becoming more prevalent.

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Greater Education Needed to Bring Palliative Care to Cancer Patients

Hospice News

If someone’s in the hospital and they need to see a cardiologist, for example, they make the referral and they meet the cardiologist, but they actually were part of the care. The other thing is that, when providers are asked to give a palliative care consult, it’s different, It’s treated as if it’s different.

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

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Medicaid Health Plans Failing to Pay Hospices for Nursing Home Room and Board

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For example, according to law, plans are not allowed to require prior authorizations for these room-and-board payments, nor do those providers have to contract with the plans in order to receive that reimbursement, according to Clark.

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How Health System Palliative Providers Can Leverage Data to Gain More Resources

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For example, limited opportunities for reimbursement. Their results also showed that the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced positive perceptions of palliative care and increased clinicians’ and administrators’ understanding of what those services are.

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