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At the recent Interdisciplinary Conference hosted by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Orlando, palliative care was among the hot topics generating a lot of discussion. Not [...]

It’s quite rare that mainstream entertainment includes or even mentions hospice. When it does happen, the message is often wrong or incomplete, further cementing misperceptions about hospice care [...]

At a couple of recent national and state conferences for home health and hospice I’ve attended, many of the education sessions have been devoted, not surprisingly, to PDGM. Knowledgeable people [...]

Just like clockwork, November is again upon us. And so is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month – a time when many providers host activities and promote messages that help their [...]

Providers of home health services, palliative care and hospice care often express disappointment and confusion regarding referral patterns by physicians. Many providers feel physicians don’t [...]

Transcend Strategy Group’s surveys of over 18,000 family healthcare decision makers have shown that the public has a highly generic view of hospice providers. Many believe hospice care is a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A shorter list of primary diagnoses. Low thresholds on therapy visit. New comorbidity coding. Changes in LUPAs. Rebalancing patient mixes for better reimbursement models. So many aspects of PDGM [...]