Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 1, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday (July 31, 2023), I posted a blog on the FY2024 Final Rule for Hospice Payment. This fact sheet discusses the major provisions of the final rule, including the annual update to hospice payments and the aggregate cap amount for FY 2024.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. QM Reports now include two measures based on Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019 Medicare claims data: the Hospice Care Index (HCI) and Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL).

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 5, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 31, 2023, CMS posted FY2024 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule Fact Sheet. This rule also proposes conforming regulations text changes related to the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 25, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Last week, regulators rolled out enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.

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Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. It’s never fun to share a negative article about healthcare providers but it’s important for the industry to be aware of what’s “out there” in the media. Forty years on, half of all Americans die in hospice care.

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Icanotes

MARCH 28, 2024

The therapist uses different techniques to help restore an individual's ability to self-regulate their bodily responses and ultimately heal from their past. It highlights the role of avoidance in prolonging the healing process, but it does not emphasize physiological regulation like SE therapy.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations. Adults may receive benefits along with curative care until they choose to receive hospice. Children may access services along with both curative and hospice care.

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