Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result.
Two recent settlements highlight important Medicare hospice program requirements and the need to remain vigilant about compliance with Medicare program rules. The first settlement involved Charles ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized three rules for hospice care, inpatient psychiatric facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The 2023 hospice payment update is ...
Back in March of this year, in U.S. ex rel. Paradies v. AseraCare, Inc., a district court in Alabama granted summary judgment to a defendant hospice finding that an expert physician’s disagreement ...