CAHPS Hospice Survey measure scores are calculated across eight rolling quarters and are published quarterly for all hospices with 30 or more completed surveys over the reporting period. The Hertel Report compiled the data and identified all Arizona hospice providers with star ratings from a low of 1 to 5, which denotes the highest...
Hospice business is shifting in Arizona as Banner Health (Banner) has closed hospice services in Arizona and will now refer to nonprofit Hospice of the Valley. Also, Pennant will take over hospice services for Southwestern Palliative Care and Hospice (Southwestern).
Banner, Arizona's largest health system, will shift its 100 hospice...
Valor, a provider of skilled hospice services in Tucson, Green Valley, and Sierra Vista is now part of the Pennant Group.
Nearly 48,470 Medicare beneficiaries in Arizona elected the hospice benefit in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2020, Medicare was the largest payer of hospices...Arizona News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it will extend the Medicare Care Choices model until December 31, 2021 and will provide supportive services for the duration of the program. This model allows participating hospices to provide services that are otherwise unavailable if billed under Medicare Parts A, B and D...Arizona News
Hospice advocates are calling for a delay to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Advantage (MA) carve-in demonstration set to begin in Jan. 2021.
Earlier this year, the agency announced it would start testing hospice care coverage through MA plans in 2021 with the intention of increasing care...
