3+ hour, 59+ min ago  (344+ words) The SCAN Group affiliate my Place Health has acheived significant reductions in hospitalizations as its program exceeds 300 participants. The company houses SCAN Group's Programs-for-All-Inclusive-Care-of-the Elderly (PACE) business, which operates two centers in the Los Angeles area. The PACE provider established…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (288+ words) Valuations and multiples for hospice assets in the M&A market are slowly crawling upwards as deal volume rebounds. The valuations from these larger platform deals have a "trickle down" effect on lower- and middle-market transactions, Mertz said. According to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) Medicare could save between $1. 19 billion and $1. 5 billion annually if eligible beneficiaries elected the hospice benefit five days earlier, according to a new analysis commissioned by the Research Institute for Home Care. The project's Early Hospice Election Model examined Medicare beneficiaries…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (373+ words) The U. S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed an advance care planning quality measure for several health care settings, a move that could boost hospice utilization. If finalized, the quality measure could result in significant savings for the health…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (903+ words) Palliative care can have a significant impact on payer's star ratings from the U. S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. This is according to Robin Hefferman, co-founder and CEO of Empassion Health....