In keeping with its recent recommendations to CMS, the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) is recommending increased oversight and compliance reporting ...
Hospice workers who provide care for residents of skilled nursing facilities will have to provide more detailed claim data starting next year, according to recently released requirements from the ...
On Jan. 1, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reinstate rules that, among other things, require volunteers to provide at least 5% of care hours at hospices across the ...
   Under the Medicare program, eligible beneficiaries may receive covered services in a hospice provided certain requirements are met. Section 1861 (dd) of the Social Security Act (the ...
Among 200 eligible patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less, access to palliative blood transfusions was of ...
On April 27, 2017, CMS released a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) that would update the hospice wage index, payment rates and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2018. It also provides an update with ...
Hospice Care is health care that focuses on providing comfort to an individual who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Hospice care focuses on pain management as well as emotional and ...
Hospice care is a multilevel end-of-life care system that aims to manage symptoms and improve the quality of life for someone with a terminal illness. There are four levels of hospice care, each ...
New revisions to the Medicare Claims Processing manual are intended to clarify requirements for hospice providers operating in skilled nursing facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...