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Navigating Hospice Billing to avoid common mistakes can put your agency on a path to success. This blog explores best practices and tips to keep you compliant, efficient, and free from errors that could cost your agency money. ...
What should you expect from the Hospice survey process, and how should you prepare? This blog explores strategies to prepare for a hospice survey when the time arrives for the next one in your agency. ...
Launching a Hospice line of service is a major step for any agency, one that introduces new regulatory requirements, billing workflows, and interdisciplinary documentation standards. Alora’s Hospice functionality was designed to make that transition seamless. Whether an agency is newly accredited or expanding from Home...
Documentation has become a daily operational issue for many hospices. Clinicians spend hours completing visit notes long after leaving the bedside, lags in documentation delay billing, and leadership must constantly address the tension between achieving efficiency and quality. When documentation is incomplete, late, or inconsistent,...
Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings can serve not only as a clinical forum, but also as a data-driven system. Effective IDGs align patient goals, compliance requirements, and team execution. Below is a pragmatic approach to using technology to make IDG meetings faster and measurably better, without...
In hospice, care coordination is more than a clinical priority. It directly affects regulatory compliance, reimbursement, patient satisfaction, and staff retention. Well-coordinated teams respond faster to patient needs, prevent avoidable hospitalizations, and create a smoother experience for caregivers. With technology, including AI, predictive analytics, and...
CMS has issued the FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and HQRP Final Rule, which contains a 2.6 percent payment rate update, a higher aggregate cap, clarifications on admission and face-to-face attestation requirements, and the path forward for the HOPE transition beginning...
With many options available, choosing the right hospice EMR solution requires careful evaluation. Below are the most important factors to consider when selecting hospice software, followed by information on which Hospice Software is the preferred choice for agencies nationwide....
While artificial intelligence (AI) promises transformational efficiencies across clinical documentation, operational workflows, billing, and quality monitoring, many hospices struggle to translate potential into practice. AI is not a plug-and-play solution. Without a holistic strategy, AI implementations can fail, squandering sizable investments. This article explores challenges...
Compassionate care goes beyond just managing physical symptoms. It entails preserving dignity, being truly present, and meeting emotional, spiritual, and relational needs at life’s end. Families remember not just what hospice team members do, but how their hospice team made them feel during the hardest...