Hospice is comfort care brought to every patient, whether in a private home, a nursing home, assisted living community, residential care facility for the elderly, or hospice house. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has defined four types, or “levels,” of hospice care. One patien...
hospicemandated hospice benefitThe implementation of the Affordable Care Act that provides for the expansion of affordable insurance to uninsured individuals and small businesses, coupled with the provision of mandated hospice coverage, is expected to increase the enrollment of the terminally ill younger ...
“Moving forward, the exclusion of COVID-19-related care from financial accountability should be revisited as endemicity takes hold, utilization patterns shift, and high-value COVID-19 care becomes a reasonable objective,” the study concluded....
In end-of-life cancer care, geography may be destiny Jul 9, 2018 Few hemodialysis patients on medicare enroll in hospice Jun 28, 2018 Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study May 16, 2018 1996 to 2013 saw large increase in diabetes spending Jul 5...
In end-of-life cancer care, geography may be destiny Jul 9, 2018 Few hemodialysis patients on medicare enroll in hospice Jun 28, 2018 Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study May 16, 2018 1996 to 2013 saw large increase in diabetes spending Jul 5...
hospicehospice inpatient bedsIn response to a 2011 finding that approximately 27% of Medicare-certified hospices do not provide a single day of general inpatient care (GIP), the authors explored the extent to which hospices have contracts with hospitals for GIP. Using the 2007 National Home and ...
, clinical factors, and beliefs; physicians' beliefs; and service availability. Data were included for 1,132 patients aged 65 years and older diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancer in 2003 to 2005, had advanced stage cancer, died before 2013, and were enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare....