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.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

. “As CEO (and now chairman, as well), I am constantly focused on our strategic vision and working with both our leadership and entire organization to execute our mission-focused efforts to deliver the most compassionate, high-quality care to patients and their families across the country. He became CEO in 2016.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is the second PACE center that the nonprofit senior care health system has opened and the first such program in its home county, Hillsborough. Empath’s first center, Suncoast PACE, launched in 2012. We exercise; we do all kinds of fun things.”

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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. Empath has also been stepping up its investments in care models like PACE and adult day services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The initial partnership between the two companies was established about 15 years ago, but NorthShore folded its in-house hospice and community-based palliative care programs into Residential early this year. In 2012, the company purchased its first hospice provider, Celtic Healthcare.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The companies indicated in a statement that the merger will enhance access in-home medical care and improve patient outcomes. In addition to home-based primary care, Enoble providers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The company also operates an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We identified numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse by hospice agencies, which typically offer palliative end-of-life care to individuals with medical diagnoses of fewer than six months to live.”. “The state’s weak controls have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse,” CDOJ indicated in its report. “We

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

We identified numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse by hospice agencies, which typically offer palliative end-of-life care to individuals with medical diagnoses of fewer than six months to live.” “The state’s weak controls have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse,” CDOJ indicated in its report. “We

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Initially established in 2008 as a rehabilitation service provider, Choice expanded into home health during 2012 and later into hospice in 2018. In 2020 the company partnered with the investment firms Trive Capital and Coltala Holdings to widen its reach as a post-acute care company.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Last year, Ohio’s Hospice — and its palliative care arm Pure Healthcare — entered into a VBID network contract with the CVS Health Corp. Branded at Ohio’s Hospice at United Church Homes, it provides care in more than three communities across the UCH footprint. NYSE: CVS) subsidiary Aetna.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

In that position, he will support the organization’s Home Visit Physicians and Palliative Medical Partners programs. Pagliaro steps in to oversee the delivery of Samaritan’s health care services to upwards of 11,000 patients, clients, and their families each year.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

among Medicare decedents in 2018, which is in line with that year’s national average, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2012, the company purchased its first hospice provider, Celtic Healthcare. Hospice utilization in Missouri reached 50.2% In Ohio, seniors currently represent 17.5%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The state sharpened its gaze on the hospice space in the wake of two 2019 OIG reports showing that about 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a condition-level deficiency that posed a serious patient safety risk. In November, industry organizations called on CMS to examine the issue nationally.

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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. Carolina Caring appoints new chief medical officer.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

Founded in 1975, Alive Hospice provides care to nearly 5,000 patients annually across 12 counties in central Tennessee. The nonprofit’s services include home- and facility-based hospice and palliative care, as well as grief support. Hampe was previously the organization’s CFO, serving in the role since 2012.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“We are honored to have provided care to our home health and hospice patients and their loved ones. We wish them the best, and are hopeful that we can accommodate a smooth transition to ensure continued quality, compassionate care.”. in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

The idea to open a new hospice in Arizona came from the personal experience of losing a close loved one alongside the professional backgrounds of witnessing the challenges in end-of-life care delivery, Seebert told Hospice News in a recent interview. I worked in Phoenix at the sheriff’s office from 1976 to 2012.

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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., Starting out as a bedside nurse in 2006, Coronado has held multiple roles within VITAS, including team manager, inpatient unit manager and patient care administrator.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

HealthFlex provides home health, hospice, palliative care, social work, and personal care. The company — currently serving more than 10,000 patients across its business lines — has more than quadrupled in size since its founding in 2012. The company reached No. 2,299 this year, achieving growth of 255%.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The first report shook the industry with findings that around 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a deficiency that posed a serious safety risk. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

An OIG study of hospice billing claims submitted during 2012 found that 31% of the GIP claims that providers submitted to CMS were inappropriately billed — to the tune of an estimated $268 million that year alone. GIP is one of the most expensive levels of care and hospices get paid more for providing it,” Burns told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

The proposed increased oversight would be an important step forward in addressing instances of fraud, waste and abuse in hospice, according to members of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA). Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Established in 2012, Canyon’s service region stretches across locations in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. “We More than 58% of Medicare descendants in the state elected hospice during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Dallman, M.D., LLC for an undisclosed sum. Dallman, M.D.,

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2022

In this COO role, Greene will be charged with overseeing operations of all of the organization’s clinical service lines, which include hospice, palliative and home-based primary care in addition to adult day health care, behavioral medicine and clinical pharmacy. Sangre de Cristo lands new palliative care director.

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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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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

OCTOBER 11, 2021

. Palliative Nursing Acute to Post Acute Transitions in Care: Challenges and Opportunities. Dr. Gentry is a nurse practitioner with the Duke University Palliative Care Consult Service, faculty at the Duke University School of Nursing, and a member of the Duke Hospital Ethics Committee.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

AUGUST 14, 2023

The EAPC blog is a respected source of information about the latest in palliative care development, education and research. It was established in 2012 and it has readers in 227 countries across the world with over 975,000 views. The post Meet our Blog Editorial Team appeared first on EAPC.

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Pallimed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Probably hang out in different Zoom rooms talking about different subjects, playing games, talking about palliative care things, or maybe not palliative care things. When: Wednesday, Feb 17, 2012 Where: Zoom invite via email sent by email at 5p CT UPDATE: Invites have been sent. So what might we do.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2025

Yale Universitys health system has established a new outpatient palliative care clinic designed for heart failure patients. Current American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend that patients who have advanced heart failure receive palliative care. In 2012, heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Patients with heart failure have multifaceted needs that could be better addressed with stronger palliative care collaborations, recent research has found. Patients who received home-based heart failure management alongside palliative care services also had fewer rehospitalizations over a six-month period compared to others.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

An OIG study of hospice billing claims submitted during 2012 found that 31% of the GIP claims that providers submitted to CMS were inappropriately billed to the tune of an estimated $268 million that year alone. New frontiers of care Hospice is no longer just hospice, is a saying that has been floating around the space since at least 2019.

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MAY 23, 2025

Law makers in several states have proposed legislation supporting the establishment of pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care facilities in recent years. Another report from Pediatric Research estimated that 1-in-100 children are cared for in home settings annually.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

Sarah Houses board helped to write state legislation aimed at improving support for pediatric respite and end-of-life care. Sarahs Law passed in 2012 as part of Ohios state operating budget and established billing codes for facilities operated by a licensed pediatric respite care program.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care. Personalized medicine is a step away from a one-size-fits-all approach to health care. 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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