Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice Aiming To Serve Minority Population Strikes Out On CON
Data shows minority patients are often underserved by hospice, but a chance for North Carolina to help rectify that situation is going to waste. So says Heart’n Soul Hospice, which was recently turned down by the state for a certificate of need covering the Charlotte area. Heart’n Soul owners in Nashville “made it clear they are Black and intend to serve everyone but will focus on African Americans, who are currently underserved,” says the U.S. News & World Report. The company has locations in Nashville, Tenn., and Seattle, Wash., which are both CON states. With nine hospices currently operating in Charlotte, the state says it doesn’t need more. But “there continues to be many minority residents, particularly those over the age of 65 who are more likely to require end of life care and that have endured decades of inequality, resulting in a lack of trust of medical institutions that makes it particularly challenging to gain acceptance to deliver care in their home,” noted Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio in a support letter for the application, reports WCNC.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Telehealth:
Fulfill Your Telehealth Billing Duties Or Risk Noncompliance, Lower Reimbursement
Make sure those visits get into the PoC. Home health agencies have a lot on [...] - Reimbursement:
Review Telehealth Code Descriptions
Pop quiz: Which code requires different unit reporting? Nearly four months into mandatory telehealth visit [...] - Oasis:
Newest OASIS Quarterly Q&As; Tackle Critical Functional Domain Item
Falls, hospitalizations get a little more clarity. Medicare’s bare bones instructions on scoring a patient’s [...] - HIPAA:
HHA Socked With Double Whammy Of Ransomware, Fine
You may have to worry about more than HHS if your patients’ data gets exposed. [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Nonprofit Hospices Launch Potential Regional Network
Maryland and Virginia may be just the beginning. Two more veteran nonprofit hospices are combining [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice VBID Report Indicates Full Steam Ahead
Use of in-network hospices is growing. Hospices hoping that early problems with the Medicare Advantage [...] - Industry Notes:
Check For 2024 HHQRP Rate Ding
You’ve got just a couple of short weeks to fight a noncompliance determination for home [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Part B Premium To Jump 6% Next Year
Medicare has announced price hikes for beneficiaries’ premiums and deductibles. The standard monthly premium for [...] - Industry Notes:
Accessing Judicial Reviews Will Be A Hair Easier In 2024
Medicare premiums and deductibles may be going up for 2024, but a potential cost-based barrier [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Assessment-Related Misdeeds Costs Cigna Big
Bogus in-home assessments are part of the reason insurer Cigna has agreed to a big [...] - Industry Notes:
Mark This PRF Reporting Makeup Date On Your Calendar
If you failed to report your COVID expenses on time for the Provider Relief Fund’s [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Aiming To Serve Minority Population Strikes Out On CON
Data shows minority patients are often underserved by hospice, but a chance for North Carolina [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Facilities Plan Openings
Two new hospice facilities are opening on opposite sides of the nation. In Virginia: The [...]
