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Anyone who has worked in the field of hospice and palliative care knows that patients often come onto these valuable programs woefully later than they should. Hospice, unfortunately, is largely [...]

It’s rare something stops me in my tracks. But, it happened recently. I was reading an article online about the results of the annual Home Care Pulse Benchmarking Study. As I was reading the [...]

As CMS’s final rule for FY 2020 was heading toward the finish line, it had many hospice providers frustrated and concerned. In addition to reducing reimbursement 2.6% for routine home care – the [...]

The survival of any home-based care provider depends on its volume of referrals and maximizing reimbursement for the care delivered. Both parts of that equation continue to get trickier. With the [...]