The hospice benefit is designed to meet the needs of participants with life-limiting illnesses and to help their families cope with related problems and feelings. Hospice care is an approach to treatment that recognizes that the impending death of an individual warrants a change in focus from curative care to palliative care.
MO HealthNet News
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| Date | Volume Number | Subject | Type | Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2020 | COVID-19: Home Health | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/17/2020 | COVID-19: Personal Care Program Services | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/07/2020 | COVID-19: Claims for MO HealthNet Participants with Medicare or Commercial Insurance | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/03/2020 | COVID-19: EPSDT - Well-Child Care Visits via Telehealth | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/02/2020 | COVID-19: Private Duty Nursing (PDN) | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/01/2020 | COVID-19: CPAP and NiPAP/Sleep Studies Criteria | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/27/2020 | COVID-19: Sedative Hypnotic Preferred Drug List | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/26/2020 | COVID-19: Missouri receives approval from Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services of 1135 waiver request to COVID-19 | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/25/2020 | COVID-19: Sterilization | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/24/2020 | COVID-19: MO HealthNet Providers Providing Services at Additional Locations | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Telehealth – REVISED March 26, 2020 | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Multi-Function Ventilator | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Teledentistry | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/20/2020 | COVID-19: Registered Behavior Technician | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/20/2020 | COVID-19: Additional Albuterol Inhalers as Preferred Products | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers |