Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond
Tune in to Husch Blackwell’s hospice podcast with Meg Pekarske for conversations with industry innovators and fundamentals for navigating hospice law. In our commitment to monitoring updates and fostering learning, each episode delivers essential information clients need for best solutions in this changing healthcare sector.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 135
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Innovators Series: A Conversation with Carla Davis, CEO of Heart of Hospice LLC
In this episode, Meg Pekarske has a conversation with Carla Davis, CEO of Heart of Hospice, where they discuss Carla’s path to hospice and her vision for the future of end-of-life care. They explore …
01:07:29 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Is the Aseracare precedent in jeopardy? Courts Questioning Clinical Judgment Standards
The 2019 Aseracare Court of Appeals decision was lauded by hospices as appropriate push-back to overly aggressive whistleblowers and government enforcers. Its central holding, that two physicians can…
00:38:54 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Are You Ready for October 1, 2020? Honing in on CMS’s Impending Election Statement and Election Statement Addendum Requirements
Last year, confusion and consternation ensued when CMS finalized new requirements for the hospice election statement and an “addendum” with patient-specific information about the hospice’s coverage r…
00:36:24 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Legal and Accounting Perspectives on Commonly Asked Provider Relief Fund Questions
Overview:
This episode commonly asked questions from hospices across the country. The group shares legal and accounting perspectives as well as practical considerations to help hospices as they operat…
01:01:04 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Keeping Up with HHS’s Constantly Evolving Guidance on the Provider Relief Fund
The only thing constant is change…since our last podcast, evolving guidance from HHS continues to create confusion regarding how the relief payments were calculated and under what circumstances provi…
00:34:12 |
Fri 22 May 2020
Innovators Series: A Conversation with Michael McHale, President and CEO of TRU Community Care
In this episode, Meg Pekarske talks with Michael McHale who is President and CEO of TRU Community Care. Michael is a friend, colleague and hospice innovator. As a former board member of the National …
00:55:03 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: $30 Billion in Relief Funds Made Available, but Strings are Attached!
On Friday, April 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began disbursing $30 billion in relief funds directly to Medicare providers, including hospices. The use of those funds, however,…
00:35:57 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Labor and Employment Trends – COVID-19 Edition: FFCRA Insights for Healthcare Providers
In today’s COVID-19 edition of the Hospice Labor and Employment Trends series, Meg Pekarske talks with colleague Tom O’Day about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). As one of Husch …
00:37:04 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Recent Developments Regarding Telehealth, Virtual Visits, and Medicare Audits and Appeals
Change is fast-paced in the world of COVID-19. On Monday, March 30th, CMS released an interim final rule along with hospice specific waivers. Your Hospice Team discusses these recent developments and…
00:34:50 |
Fri 03 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Insights and Strategies for Virtual Visits, Telehealth and Medicare Appeals
In today’s episode, your Hospice Team shares insights on operationalizing recent government guidance for hospices facing coronavirus obstacles. We discuss the role of virtual visits, how to use teleh…
00:53:42 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Navigating and Troubleshooting Coronavirus Challenges
These are extraordinary times. COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, has disrupted the life of every American and every business. Hospices are no exception. In fact, they are on the frontlines, respons…
00:25:47 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
The Next Wave From OIG: Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Audits
In this episode, the hospice team discuss the latest round of audits from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) which focus on Durable Medical Equipment (DME), supplies and their “relatedness” to a p…
00:20:19 |
Thu 05 Mar 2020
Hospice Labor and Employment Trends: The Old and the New in 2020
In this episode, we share a lively discussion with colleague Jon Anderson on what should be front of mind for hospices in 2020 from a labor and employment perspective. Jon shares insights on what the…
00:41:17 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
Breaking Down TPEs: Facts and Strategies
In this episode, the hospice team shares insights on how to manage and succeed in responding to additional documentation requests (“ADR”) stemming from Targeted Probe and Educate (“TPEs”) projects. W…
00:23:35 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Your Hospice Team Has a New Home
In this episode, your hospice team discusses the exciting opportunities resulting from their move to a new law firm: Husch Blackwell. Their new home enhances their ability to provide wide-ranging and…
00:19:53 |
Thu 23 Jan 2020
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