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Home Care Services/statistics & numerical data , Hospice Care/statistics & numerical data , Hospices/statistics & numerical data , Medicare/standards , Cause of Death , Certification/statistics & numerical data , Health Expenditures/statistics & numerical data , Health Expenditures/trends , Home Care Services/standards , Home Care Services/trends , Hospice Care/standards , Hospice Care/trends , Hospices/standards , Hospices/trends , Humans , Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data , Length of Stay/trends , Medicare/economics , Medicare/statistics & numerical data , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/standards , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/statistics & numerical data , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/standards , Quality Indicators, Health Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Reimbursement Mechanisms/standards , Reimbursement Mechanisms/trends , United StatesSubject(s)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./legislation & jurisprudence , Hospice Care/economics , Hospices/economics , Reimbursement Mechanisms/legislation & jurisprudence , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./economics , Costs and Cost Analysis , Documentation/standards , Episode of Care , Health Plan Implementation/economics , Health Plan Implementation/legislation & jurisprudence , Hospice Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Hospices/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/economics , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/legislation & jurisprudence , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/standards , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/economics , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/standards , Reimbursement Mechanisms/trends , United StatesSubject(s)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./economics , Hospice Care/economics , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/economics , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./legislation & jurisprudence , Financial Management/legislation & jurisprudence , Financial Management/methods , Hospice Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Leadership , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/economics , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission/legislation & jurisprudence , United StatesABSTRACT
This article incorporates findings from the first phase of a Hospice U-shaped Modeling Project conducted by Simione Consultants that were presented on July 14 at the 17th Annual NAHC Financial Management Conference & Exposition in San Diego, CA, by Robert Simione and Theresa M. Forster. SPECIAL NOTE: The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and its affiliated Hospice Association of America (HAA) extend special thanks to the agencies that volunteered to participate in the hospice payment modeling study referenced in this article, and particularly to Robert Simione, Jared Shure Michael Simione, and Kaitlyn Quada of Simione Consultants, LLC, for their significant contributions to advancing knowledge of the potential impact of hospice payment reform.
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Health Care Reform , Hospice Care/economics , Reimbursement Mechanisms/organization & administration , Medicare/economics , United StatesSubject(s)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./legislation & jurisprudence , Hospice Care/economics , Mandatory Reporting , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Reimbursement Mechanisms/legislation & jurisprudence , Societies , Reimbursement Mechanisms/organization & administration , United StatesSubject(s)
Home Care Services/legislation & jurisprudence , Hospice Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Lobbying , Politics , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./legislation & jurisprudence , Home Care Services/economics , Hospice Care/economics , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission , Reimbursement Mechanisms , United StatesABSTRACT
This article will provide a description of the Medicare Advantage program in its current form, the areas of concern that Congress and other policymakers have exposed during 2007, legislative changes that could be in store and what their impact would be on plans, and what this all could mean for the home health program.
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Medicare/trends , Private Sector/trends , Cost Control , Cost Sharing , Humans , Insurance Benefits , Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services/legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services/trends , Medicare/economics , Private Sector/economics , United StatesABSTRACT
Home care and hospice providers seek a number of legislative reforms in order to more effectively address the challenges they face. Following are the top-ranked legislative priorities for 2008, along with specific recommendations on the issues, as chosen on by the membership of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and voted by its board of directors at its February 2008 meeting.