McKnight’s Home Care nabbed a Gold award and two Bronze awards in the America Association of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Upper Midwest regional awards presented last week. The brand, which...
[Updated] Hospice providers blast proposed FY 2025 update as insufficient
By
Liza Berger
Mar 29, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday proposed a 2.6% hospice payment update for fiscal year 2025. Providers quickly reacted unfavorably to the update.
Enhancing interoperability in home health and hospice care
By
Tim Smokoff
Mar 26, 2024
In the dynamic realm of home health and hospice care, the seamless flow of information across care settings stands as a crucial element for ensuring quality patient outcomes and efficient workflows. Recent...
President Carter is teaching us how to die
By
Carrie Leljedal
Mar 19, 2024
President Jimmy Carter is teaching the world that his end of life is just as important as how he lived his life.
CMS hears you, hospice providers
By
Liza Berger
Mar 08, 2024
Rarely does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services succeed in shocking us. The large bureaucracy, which is not exactly known for its nimbleness, managed to do so this week when it abruptly cancelled...
End-of-life care stakeholders celebrate end of hospice VBID carve-in
By
Adam Healy
Mar 06, 2024
Various hospice associations on Tuesday cheered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recent decision to abandon the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design model. They...
CMS to end hospice portion of VBID model at end of year
By
Liza Berger
Mar 05, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Monday disclosed that it would conclude the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design Model at the end of this year.
Dying with dignity: Jimmy Carter’s enduring lesson
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2024
Today is the start of March. But it would not be right to say good-bye to February without mentioning a quite extraordinary happening (and I’m not talking about Leap Year). I’m referring to President...
Industry survey: Staffing, alternative payment models top-of-mind for home care providers
By
Liza Berger
Jan 16, 2024
Home care providers in the year ahead are most concerned about staffing and payment issues related to alternative payment models. That is according to a 2024 industry trends survey released Monday by technology...
MedPAC votes to recommend home health payment rate cut, hospice update freeze
By
Liza Berger
Jan 12, 2024
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission unanimously voted Thursday to recommend cutting the home health base payment rate and eliminating the update for hospices in 2025.