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This issue looks at what items are included in the Health Insurance Reform Bill signed into law and what industry experts anticipate the effect will be on hospice. As implementation decisions are made, Hospice Management Advisor will cover those changes and offer suggestions on how to remain successful
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It has become ever more apparent that health care is being provided by caregivers at home. But most laypersons find themselves inexperienced in caregiving. The good news is that support for this role is growing.
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Meditation has analgesic benefits associated with creating a relaxed state of mind and enhancing the ability to moderate reactions to pain, according to new research published in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain Society.
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Newspaper and magazine reports about cancer appear more likely to discuss aggressive treatment and survival than death, treatment failure or adverse events, and almost none mention end-of-life palliative or hospice care, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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The latest in a series of papers published by researchers led by Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH, instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and documentary filmmaker, looks at the use of a video showing actual cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as other life-sustaining treatments often faced by patients at the end of life.
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Incorporates a productivity adjustment reduction into the market basket update beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2013,
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This is the first of a two-part series examining the impact of some regulatory and financial changes faced by hospices during recent years. This month's article looks at the increased need for technology to manage hospice billing and data collection. Next month we look at how agencies have met the challenge of physician notes in records, staff training, and management of increased administrative tasks
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Although prior privacy requirements called for home health agencies to notify patients when a breach of privacy was discovered, the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) specifically identifies time frames and content of notifications.
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On Feb. 17, 2009, the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) was enacted. On that date, tiered civil monetary penalties were put into place for violations following the enactment, and state attorneys general were given the authority to enforce the act.
