People whose loved ones have a serious illness often hear about hospice and palliative care. With so many terms to understand at once, it’s understandable that it can be overwhelming. They sound so similar, but what is the difference? Below, we break down these two types of care. What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is…
The life expectancy of Americans is slowly increasing. In 2019, it was 78.87 years — in 2021, it rose to 78.99.1 While this isn’t a massive increase year-over-year, it sets the stage for a significant trend: Older Americans are steadily growing in number. As a result, there’s now a greater need for effective and efficient…
According to survey data from Stanford Medicine, while 70 percent of healthcare professionals say electronic health records (EHRs) have improved significantly over the last five years to help streamline their practice, 49 percent point to challenges with documentation and data entry.1 This is especially relevant for hospice providers. With many expanding their offerings during the…
New rules and policy changes are certainly keeping the hospice sector busy. First, the moratorium on hospice sequestration and now the 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Final Rule! Your compliance eyes and ears here at Net Health have had their noses to the ground (or, rather, nose to the regulatory grindstone) and we’ve put together a…
Stress is everywhere. The pandemic exacerbated this problem — from health issues to lost income to strained relationships, this has been a year like no other. Despite evolving crisis challenges, however, the American Institute of Stress notes that the death of a loved one or spouse still takes top spot as the most stressful event…
While home health and hospice care differ in purpose — hospice care focuses on easing patients’ end-of-life while home health looks to address specific illnesses, injuries, or chronic conditions in the patient’s home — they share a similar process: the use of an interdisciplinary group (IDG)/ interdisciplinary team (IDT) to improve overall care. As noted…
Since 2013, the federal law has required a 2% reduction to the reimbursement (applied to the 80% of the allowed charge) that a participating provider would receive directly from Medicare; this reduction in payment is referred to as “sequestration” because a set percentage of money is automatically removed (or “sequestered”) from the amount of funding…
With a wealth of data at Hospices’ fingertips, learning to navigate through and utilizing it to strengthen quality and operational initiatives can prove challenging. This session is geared toward not only discussing available hospice data but finding ways to incorporate data in day to day operations for better outcomes. Learn from Carrie Cooley and Lynn…
Hospices data—patient records, care trends, census data and more—can be used to save time, maximize reimbursement and improve patient care. Learn about the five areas within a hospice that can benefit from better data analysis, and how hospice providers can use the data to create more efficient, thriving businesses. Download this guide to learn how…