Healthcare Policy
Hospice Quality
09/18/23 at 02:10 PMThe National Hospice Locator provides free information to the public regarding every known hospice location - and is now sorted by quality. Hospice quality matters, and the time is now...
Update Hospice Demographics on Care Compare
09/08/23 at 04:02 PMInstructions on how hospices can update their demographic information (e.g., profit status, etc.) in Care Compare...
Medicare Advantage Lessons from Home Health
03/25/23 at 07:00 AMMedicare Advantage lessons from Home Health that might better prepare hospices...
Palliative Care in Medicaid Actuarial Study
02/15/23 at 02:05 PMActuarial Analysis of a Medicaid Palliative Care Benefit
New Hospice Star Ratings
09/13/22 at 07:00 AMFor the first time ever, CMS released Hospice Star Ratings. All 5 Star Hospices (N= 195) listed! (8/31/22; read more)...
Updating Hospice Info with Medicare
03/01/22 at 04:42 PMMy hospice's profit status is incorrect on Care Compare. How do I update it?
Hospice Compare Update
02/25/22 at 10:30 AMCare Compare Quarterly Refresh – February 2022 The February 2022 quarterly refresh...
Rebuilding Public Health
02/09/22 at 03:10 PMReposting a link to Dr. Don Taylor's brilliant blog post on Rebuilding Public Health. Read the whole (short) thing, I don't even want to summarize or highlight it.
Comparing Hospice Annual vs. Quarterly Claims Files
02/03/22 at 04:05 PMNOW... Insignificant differences between the Annual vs. Quarterly files...
Healthcare Expenditures
02/16/21 at 09:08 PMThe most expensive 1% of people account for 21% of total healthcare expenditures - seems I'm always looking for this...
Hospice Policy
12/04/19 at 11:15 AMInteresting hospice policy implications, if they pass this round or not...
Improving Care at the End of Life
10/24/18 at 09:15 PMFive big ideas to improve care at the end of life, and four background papers.
OIG Special Agents Sound Off on Hospice Fraud, CMS Rules
08/13/18 at 08:23 AMFollow-up on 2018 OIG Hospice Report...
Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and Program Integrity: An OIG Portfolio
08/13/18 at 07:00 AMOIG Report on Hospice Vulnerabilities, 7/18...