Assisted living hospice care, HCBS, Medicaid make OIG list
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2017
Assisted living hospice care, Medicaid personal care services, home- and community-based services waiver programs and Medicaid data are four topics that made the top 25 list included in the Health and...
MA hospice carve-in model failing beneficiaries, NHPCO charges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 04, 2021
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is blasting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for continuing a two-year Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in demonstration that NHPCO considers...
Personal care service reforms make OIG list of top unimplemented recommendations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2019
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General references personal care services and personal care services attendants, long-term care employee background checks...
Palliative care payment model is on the not-so-distant horizon, advocates believe
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 28, 2021
Palliative care advocates are gaining confidence the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will give the go-ahead for a demonstration payment model covering community-based palliative care.
NHPCO pushes for consistent training and better reporting in new hospice rule
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 01, 2021
Better training, consumer-friendly reporting and fairer non-compliance penalties are some of the recommendations the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has sent to the Centers for...
$60 million Medicare fraud scheme involved assisted living communities, federal officials allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2017
Assisted living communities were provided remuneration, including certified nursing assistants to staff their facilities, for their participation in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme for which 16 individuals...
CMS responds to OIG concerns about hospice care in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 21, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicated that it has not ruled out regulatory reform as it looks to discourage hospice programs from targeting some Medicare beneficiaries who live in assisted...
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Feb 07, 2017
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Providing palliative care to wider group of people, including assisted living residents, gains bipartisan...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2022
A demonstration project to deliver palliative care no matter where an individual lives — including in assisted living communities — and earlier in the disease process has gained bipartisan support.
Aging Committee leaders cheer bipartisanship
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2016
As the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging prepares to depart from that role, she and the committee’s chairwoman celebrated what can be accomplished when Republicans and Democrats...