Palliative care should follow care coordination and quality improvement processes called for by the Affordable Care Act, according to updated guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a report on July 31 titled “Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and ...

Hospice of the Plains, Inc. is celebrating the results of a recent evaluation designed to ensure compliance with state and Medicare requirements. The state surveys are required every three years to ...

CMS posted an expanded set, dated April 29, of Medicare regulatory flexibility measures for hospice organizations related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, supplementing the previous COVID ...