Healthcare is changing rapidly. Demands are greater now than ever before on healthcare organizations - often exceeding dollars provided. Follow the rest of the story from paragraph below. Link provided.
Although Many Hospices are trying to get by with minimal Medicare standards during the shake up, we at Lighthouse have again committed to the CHAP Accreditation process which requires more stringent standards of excellence. We are CHAP PROUD. Lighthouse Hospice - We Light the Way.
“However, under the Affordable Care Act, hospices are going to have to learn how to do more with less,” Armour said. “Hospices are being hit particularly hard in the area of financial responsibility for pharmaceuticals under the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. Less financially viable hospices may have to turn patients away because there simply won’t be enough reimbursement funds to cover these costs.”
