The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Providers are unveiling diverse tactics to improve outcomes and family satisfaction amid a sea of changes. Adaptability is a provider’s hallmark in today’s current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. The Arkansas-based nonprofit is affiliated with Baxter Health and provides […]
Arkansas-based Hospice of the Ozarks has launched a non-medical care training program to improve caregiving support. The hospice’s new Care Coaching program is being offered at no cost to family caregivers. Through the program, interdisciplinary staff use phone calls and in-person visits and assessments to assist caregivers who are navigating the needs of serious and […]
Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. The letter highlighted the unique challenges that rural and frontier hospice and palliative care providers face, and how strengthened financial support could lead to sustainable access and better […]
Careful management of resources can help hospices avoid the need to repay Medicare for revenues that exceed the payment cap. Hospices that receive Medicare payments are likely familiar with payment caps: upper limits to the amount of funds a hospice can collect from Medicare in a single fiscal year. Hospices that exceed either the inpatient […]
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