Utah Hospices Take A Stand For Quality Care Noting the recent media stories that have highlighted issues of great concern about the quality of care provided by some hospices, Utah hospices are speaking out. “Nationally, hospice has become big business, prompting some organizations to treat patients as pure numbers designed to extract money from Medicaid,” says the article in Utah Business. The article notes how the government has been […]
Palmetto Ending of the COVID 19 Public Health Emergency The federal public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, expired at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Providers can learn more about the impact of the expiration of the PHE on any COVID-19 Waiver […]
Federal News and Information Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency The public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. Read the Quality, Safety, & Oversight Memorandum to learn about: Hospices, be sure to check and review the waivers! Here is the hospice waiver information: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/hospice-cms-flexibilities-fight-covid-19.pdf. TNMHO thanks the National Hospice and Palliative Care […]
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shares a detailed examination of hospice practices, developments in hospice providers, critiques of some specific hospices, and history of hospices’ evolution The report, “Preying on the Dying: Private Equity Gets Rich in Hospice Care,” critiques a number of aspects of hospice, and also offers a three-prong approach […]
Federal News and Information Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fee For Services Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) The ABN, Form CMS-R-131, and form instructions have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. The use of the renewed form with the expiration date of 01/31/2026 will be mandatory on 6/30/23. You may […]
FEATURED NEWS STORY FAQs on Health Spending, the Federal Budget, and Budget Enforcement Tools How much support does the federal government provide for health programs and services? The federal government provides support for health programs and services both through spending on programs and services and through tax expenditures. Federal spending on domestic and global health […]
Hospice And Palliative Medicine Physicians Address Their Concerns About Quality Hospice Via “Core Roles And Responsibilities Of Physicians In Hospice Care” A group of individual physicians are speaking out with their concerns “about troubling variability and quality of U.S. hospice care.” The statement speaks to these “core roles and responsibilities of hospice medical directors,” and […]
Federal News and Information Value Based Design Extension The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) announced the extension of the value-based insurance design (VBID) along with the VBID hospice benefit component through 2030. The extension will include changes to address health-related social needs of patients. The model was originally scheduled to […]
Provision Of Hospice Care Facing Major Changes Physician Bethany Snider, Chief Medical Officer for Hosparus health, writes, “The hospice care we’ve known and loved won’t be the same 10 years from now.” This is the opening sentence in “Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis,” a Tradeoffs’ health policy podcast with online transcript. The podcast examines evolving changes […]
Federal News and Information Value Based Design Extension The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) announced the extension of the value-based insurance design (VBID) along with the VBID hospice benefit component through 2030. The extension will include changes to address health-related social needs of patients. The model was originally scheduled to […]