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“Yes, we need to take a closer look.” A recent HHS Office of Inspector General data brief looked into potential inappropriate payments to nonhospice providers for services to Medicare beneficiaries during the hospice period of care. According to the report, the OIG...
Hospice provides countless individuals with an essential service on their last steps of life's journey. New research has shown ways to lower the costs and open up more people to the idea of hospice so that the service is better utilized. This is helpful for anyone in...
The state of Texas is unenrolling Medicaid recipients faster than any other in the United States, and some of these recipients include eligible children and adults living with serious medical conditions that require life-saving treatment and medications. Patients and...
Texas has one of the highest mortality rates in the nation for new mothers. House Bill 12, a bipartisan effort passed by Republicans and Democrats expanding Medicaid coverage for new mothers to 12 months postpartum, was supposed to take effect September 1, but it...
Hospice providers are critical in providing essential care and comfort to Texas patients in their last days. As healthcare worker shortages continue, hospices may inadvertently violate wage and hour laws by offering new forms of compensation to attract and retain more...
Hospice care, though often relegated to the shadows of the healthcare conversation, serves as a vital support system for those approaching life's final chapter. In Texas, this often misunderstood service has been under the microscope, with increased oversight and...
Almost 20 million people in Texas and around the country enrolled in Medicaid during the public health emergency that began in January 2020 and lasted until May 2023. These people were able to enroll in the government health care program because Congress put a...
The end-of-life care sector in Texas and around the country was once a relatively small part of the health care industry that was dominated by charities, but it has now grown to become a $33.06 billion industry. Experts believe that the hospice sector will grow to...
A healthcare proxy and a living will are two of the most common ways that Texas residents legally make their medical wishes known. Medical professionals will refer to either of these legal directives when a patient is unable to make medical decisions for themselves....
Skilled nursing has always been the hallmark of hospice care in Texas. This is an industry where quality of care has always been more important than mere profits. However, it is also true that there does need to be at least a nominal return on the hundreds of millions...
People in Texas who have a loved one in need of hospice care are dealing with many issues. Amid the emotional and personal upheaval is the understandable concern about paying for the services a hospice provides. Hospice care can be covered in a few different ways When...
