Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

As hospice program integrity remains in the spotlight, California remains the only state to take action on curbing the problem. Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

Michigan-headquartered Residential Hospice has acquired Comfort Hospice in Missouri and Grace Hospice in Ohio for undisclosed amounts. Residential purchased the two hospices from health care company U.S. Medical Management will retain its hospice locations outside of St. Hospice utilization in Missouri reached 50.2%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Utah-based Canyon Home Health & Hospice recently acquired Uintah Home Health and Hospice for an undisclosed amount, growing its footprint in the Beehive State state. Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. Its hospice utilization rate reached 60.5%

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

In addition to home-based primary care, Enoble providers hospice and palliative care, among other services. of New Jersey’s population will be 60 and older by the year 2030, an increase of 30% from 2012. ” The post House Call, Hospice Company Enoble Care Merges with Clare Medical appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

Program integrity and an onslaught of audits are top of mind for many hospice providers in 2024. We look forward to continuing our work with CMS and Congress to ensure an equitable and effective enforcement system that preserves access to nonprofit, mission driven hospice care.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rodgers became AccentCare’s top executive in 2012 after more than three years as the CEO of OptumHealth Collaborative Care. A major achievement during Rodgers’ tenure at the Dallas-based hospice, home health and palliative care provider was the company’s 2020 merger with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. We were a service family, and it was just a wonderful sector to be in,” Fleece told Hospice News. I wasn’t seeking hospice.”

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Though nonprofit hospices now represent a smaller slice of the industry than in years past, they continue to care for more than half of patients in the United States who elect the benefit. The number of hospices operating nationwide rose to 5,3,58 in 2021, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. There is scrutiny on hospice care [that’s] setting the stage for the next phase of what hospice oversight looks like.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2022

A federal court has sentenced Liana Karapetyan, former co-owner of California-based ANG Health Care, Excel Hospice, and Excel Home Healthcare, to 18 years in prison for hospice fraud and anti-kickback violations. Atoyan was co-owner of the hospice and home health businesses and has pled guilty for his role in the scheme.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2023

A federal court has sentenced Akop Atoyan, former co-owner of three California home health and hospice agencies, to 25 months in prison for health care fraud and kickback schemes. He and his wife Liana Karapetyan owned ANG Health Care, Excel Hospice, and Excel Home Healthcare in the Sacramento area. Atoyan pled guilty to the changes.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

After nearly four years at the helm, Alive Hospice President and CEO Kimberly Goessele has decided to step down. Her departure closely follows an announcement that a rumored sale of the hospice would not take place. Goessele has led the Nashville-based nonprofit hospice since October 2019.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Five hospice providers made Inc. They include Texas-headquartered Traditions Health, Bridge Home Health & Hospice and Healthflex Home Health & Hospice, both in California. Bridge Home Health & Hospice crossing state lines. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States. .

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

A JV partnership with Memorial Hermann will allow us to positively impact a large number of lives across the state of Texas by improving access to high-quality, home-based care,” a Contessa spokesperson told Hospice News in an email. “A Home health and hospice provider Amedisys acquired the company last June for $250 million.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Empath’s first center, Suncoast PACE, launched in 2012. Our organization here at Empath Health, we’re dedicated to serving every spectrum across our communities and are 100% committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Fleece told Hospice News. “Our The post Empath Health Launches New PACE Center appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. The nonprofit hospice is supported by TCMH Healthcare Foundation’s Hospice Memorial Fund.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

VITAS Healthcare continues to experience tremendous success and, as we keep growing, so do the opportunities and recognition for our leadership,” Westfall told Hospice News in an email. Westfall came to VITAS in 2012 as senior vice president of field operations. CEO Nick Westfall has been appointed the company’s chairman.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

VITAS Healthcare, one of the largest providers of hospice and palliative care services in the U.S., Kathleen Coronado, a registered nurse, has been promoted to associate VP of hospice operations after 18 years at VITAS. Anthony Cosma II, a 12-year veteran of VITAS, assumes the role of VP of hospice operations.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2023

Landers, a physician certified in family, geriatric and hospice and palliative medicine, has been president and CEO of VNA Health Group since 2012. VNA Health Group is a multi-state provider of home health, hospice, primary care and public health services, among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Atlanta-headquartered Aveanna provides home health, hospice, personal care and private duty services across 33 states. The company has had a “strong, disciplined” approach to its hospice growth in recent years, according to Shaner. Scott Herman said in an announcement emailed to Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

“When we think really along the lines of that full continuum [of home-based care], we are developing our provider line, or home health line and hospice,” Choice Health at Home CEO David Jackson previously told Hospice News. “We With that infusion of capital, Choice purchased Kindful Hospice and Amed Home. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Since joining the company in 2012, Templeton has served as senior vice president and chief of clinical operations. The Tennessee-based company offers community-based hospice, infusion therapy, home health, and palliative care across 200 locations in 30 states. New COO Takes Helm at Compassus. David Cook, Jr.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

Calls are growing louder in support of increased accreditation organization oversight that could help curb fraudulent activity in the hospice space. Rising concerns about maleficence among accredited hospice organizations was a leading reason that CMS cited for the proposed increased oversight.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Increased regulatory and clinical oversight is needed to address common billing and documentation errors related to hospice general inpatient care, according to the U.S. Roughly one-third of Medicare claims for general inpatient hospice services (GIP) are billed in error, the OIG indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Utah-headquartered Canyon Home Care & Hospice has acquired Arizona-based internal medicine practice Thomas G. Established in 2012, Canyon’s service region stretches across locations in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. Arizona ranks third in the nation in hospice utilization. Dallman, M.D., The Thomas G. “We

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2022

based hospice provider Bluegrass Care Navigators has named Stephanie Greene as its new chief operating officer of clinical services. She succeeds Cassie Mitchell, who left the organization to become CEO of Colorado-based HopeWest Hospice. Hospice Maui appoints new CEO . She was previously the clinical director at Hospice Maui.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

For Immediate Release PHOTO LINK June 13, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – More than 100 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 150 congressional offices this week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care.

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HPNA podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This episode of HPNA Podcast Corner welcomes guest Shelly Thomas to share with us A Day in the Life of a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Licensed Practical Nurse. In this episode, Shelly speaks to the importance of certification and the role hospice LPNs play in the care of person and their families living with serious illness.

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HPNA podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Gentry is a recipient of the HPNA Distinguished Nursing Practice Award, the Oncology Nursing Foundation End of Life Career Development Award, she was named one of North Carolina’s Great 100 Nurses, named 2012 Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse of the Year, and she received the Friends of Nursing Award for Nursing Mentorship.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

Even with legislation in place designed to provide resources, several barriers exist that prevent expanded access to respite and hospice support for terminally ill pediatric populations and their families. Once open, it will be the states first respite and hospice facility for children facing life-limiting conditions.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Hospice leaders will need to keep their eyes on five key trends in the new year when it comes to compliance, business operations and finance. Hospice utilization reached 51.7% The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The past year has seen a slew of regulatory developments aimed at improving quality and combatting fraud in the hospice industry. The first was two July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Some individuals also hold management positions at several of these hospices simultaneously.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care. And so it could be genomics, certainly, that’s very personal, McCleod told Hospice News. While genetic information can be useful in hospice and palliative care, patients rarely have that data. Between 2012 and 2019, only 6.8%

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2025

For many patients with advanced heart failure, hospice care does not meet their needs until very late in their course, Dr. Nora Segar, assistant clinical professor at the Yale School of Medicine and one of the founders of the clinic, said in a statement. In 2012, heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7 Close to 6.7

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

billion in 2012, the CDC report found. Patients with heart failure have multifaceted needs that could be better addressed with stronger palliative care collaborations, recent research has found. Quality of life scores among these patients improved by roughly 12.92 points, a higher increase compared to others. About 13.9% billion in U.S.

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