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Title:OIG Reports: Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes
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Owner: Sager, Joel (User-52, jsager:DocuShare)DS
Create Date:Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:40:36 AM EDT
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  • Nursing home hospice patients received nearly 46 percent fewer nursing and aide services from hospice staff than hospice patients living at home.
  • Hospices receive the same daily reimbursement from Medicare for nursing home patients as they would receive for patients living at home, even though hospices provide fewer services in the nursing home setting.
  • 1 Hospice Care in Nursing Homes Beginning in 1986, terminally ill Medicare patients living in nursing homes could elect Medicare’s hospice benefit.
  • Compared to hospice patients living at home, nursing home hospice patients received 44 percent fewer nurse visits and 48 percent fewer aide visits.
  • Not surprisingly, hospices are informing ...
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