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Aging Health Care - General Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Home Care, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Optum HouseCalls program

Optum home care program linked to fewer emergency, hospital visits for Medicare Advantage members: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage patients who receive in-home health visits through the Optum HouseCalls

Hospice/Home Health Services Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Food Insecurity, VA geriatrics, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Actions of geriatric and home care teams save Veteran’s life

(Source - news.va.gov) The Robley Rex VA Geriatrics and Extended Care team received a call from a Veteran reporting that

Health Care Redesign Hospice/Home Health Services Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Home Care, Legislation, medicare

Federal lawmakers push for more Medicare benefits at home

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A new bipartisan bill in Congress hopes to address Medicare’s looming insolvency

End of Life Hospice/Home Health Services Telehealth

Eileen Cook April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 End of Life, Hospice, Telehealth

Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

(By JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press published by ST A T on April 23, 2023) At age 93, struggling with

Aging End of Life Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 End of Life, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Hospice, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice

Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General Telehealth

Eileen Cook April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Home Care, medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Telehealth

Why Medicare advisory group is going after telehealth, at-home care

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare is paying too much for telehealth and at-home care, the executive

Aging End of Life Hospice/Home Health Services

Eileen Cook December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Aging, End of Life, Grieving, Older Adults

A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before,

Aging Assisted Living CMS Health Care Finance HHS Hospice/Home Health Services

Eileen Cook August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

HHS Expands Home and Community-Based Services in Five New States and Territories for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

(Source - www.cms.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Alzheimer’s/Dementia End of Life Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services

Eileen Cook July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift

Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

Payers could be key in helping solve the nation’s caregiving crisis

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) It’s an issue Americans face every day: an older parent the family