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Latest State & Federal Hospice News

Latest State & Federal Hospice News

FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index Final Rule The new rule can be found here and a fact sheet can found here. Of note – the modified election statement and addendum requirements were finalized by CMS and will be effective for hospice admissions effective October 1, 2020. The market basket was updated by 2.4% and the FY2021 cap amount is $30,683.93. The 5% cap on wage index decreases due to changes in OMB area delineations was also finalized for FY 2021.   The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) posted the following important information to the provider website at in.gov/medicaid/providers on July 28,
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NHPCO’s Hospice Music Project – New Release

NHPCO’s Hospice Music Project – New Release

Music Inspired by the Compassion and Hope of Hospice is Recorded by Nashville Artists Proceeds from NHPCO’s Hospice Music Project new recording The World Around the Bed: Songs of hope and healing will support PPE supplies for hospice providers.   (Alexandria, Va) – The birth of the Hospice Music project began in November 2018 as part of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) interdisciplinary team conference hosted in New Orleans. At a conference session led by hospice physician and musician John Mulder and GRAMMY award winning songwriter Tricia Walker, hospice professionals shared reflections of their work. They put words to the many emotions
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When do we get to cry?

When do we get to cry?

  Like many little girls, I played nurse. My dolls were lined up in empty Kleenex boxes with various gauze wraps and band-aids on imaginary “boo-boos” that I tended to. I could often be found with one of my dad’s crisp white hankies folded into a nurse’s cap secured with paper clips. In those days it was all about healing that set the course of my career plans. Now, 53 years later as a nurse with the last 30 in hospice I’m fully aware that not everyone gets well.   As we move through the endless days of COVID-19 my
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Honoring Veterans at the end of life. (Family Life Care)

Honoring Veterans at the end of life. (Family Life Care)

Several years ago Family LifeCare realized that our Veterans require special care and support at the end of life. Recognizing these unique needs of America’s Veterans and their families, we have made a commitment to pursue Veteran-centric educational activities and to support strategic partnerships with community Veteran programs to improve quality and increase capacity to serve Veterans. READ MORE    
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Choosing the right care for you. (Asera Care)

Choosing the right care for you. (Asera Care)

While hospice also focuses on managing symptoms and pain, this type of care is for people in the terminal phase of their lives. As such, it includes an interdisciplinary team approach to tend to the holistic needs of the patient and family. Dependent on a prognosis of six months or less to live Medicare benefit, Type A billing Includes an interdisciplinary approach For the family and patient Main focus is end-of-life care READ MORE
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