Home Health & Hospice Week
ProPublica Buts Hospices On Hot Seat
Are you ready for your practices regarding COVID-19 patients to go under public scrutiny? That’s what’s happening to New Orleans hospices in a new exposé by investigative journalism organization ProPublica. In a lengthy story called “Sent Home To Die,” ProPublica examines both hospital and hospice policies, procedures, and actions regarding COVID-19 patients who were discharged from the hospital to hospice at home or in a hospice facility at the height of the city’s surge in April. The story highlights differences in care and outcomes for Black and white patients as well as substitution of in-person hospice visits with telemedicine visits, among many topics. The article is at www.propublica.org/article/sent-home-to-die.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Compliance:
Take A Close Look At Your Medical Director Practices
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Billers, Coders, And More Face The Fraud & Abuse Music
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Medicare Reconfigures LCDs
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ProPublica Buts Hospices On Hot Seat
Are you ready for your practices regarding COVID-19 patients to go under public scrutiny? That’s [...] - Industry Notes:
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