Medicare beneficiaries with several ADLs cost more, report finds
Jan 30, 2009
Medicare beneficiaries who require assistance with three or more activities of daily living account for up to one-quarter of all Medicare Part A and B spending. This despite the fact they constitute only...
MedPAC to recommend that Congress alter hospice reimbursement system
Jan 13, 2009
Medicare should pay a hospice more per day when a beneficiary enters the system and less as the beneficiary’s stay increases in length, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission officials said recently.
Hospice payment system requires reform, staff tells MedPAC
Nov 11, 2008
Medicare hospice payment reform will be necessary to combat the rising cost of hospice, staff members suggested recently to the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC).
New palliative care ethical guideline released
Jul 01, 2008
Palliative care workers are allowed to sedate some patients with intractable pain at the end of life–but only as a last-resort measure, according to a new ethical guideline approved by the American...