Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

Federal legislators plan to continue to work on passing a bill designed to bolster the hospice and palliative care workforce. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) has come before Congress several times but has not yet been passed. PCHETA was first introduced in 2017. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

APRIL 20, 2023

Hospice transaction activity has plummeted to its lowest level in years, new dealmaking data suggests. That’s no surprise, as many anticipate health care investors to operate with a more conservative approach in 2023. A dip in the number of quality available assets is likewise having an impact on hospice M&A activity.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) is prioritizing hospice as the agency cracks down on health care fraud. DOJ counts hospice claims among the root causes of rising Medicare costs in recent years, according to Lisa Miller, deputy assistant attorney general overseeing the department’s Crime Fraud Section.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

s (NASDAQ: AVAH) hospice and home health segments saw small jumps in the third quarter, but these lagged behind the company’s growth targets. Founded in 2017, the company launched a $458.8 Its services include home health, hospice, private duty services and personal care. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.’s rise from $411.3

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

COO Jeff Shaner, who has been with the company since its founding in 2017, will succeed Strange effective Jan 1. “I Atlanta-based Aveanna provides home health, hospice and pediatric services across its 33-state footprint. Nevertheless, this fell short of expectations due to home health and hospice headwinds.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

Regulatory challenges have contributed to the hospice sector’s current M&A slump, but this year’s volume nevertheless aligns with experts’ forecasts. This year will be the second consecutive year-over-year decline in hospice activity. You have to go back six years to get an idea of average annual activity. billion.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

NASDAQ: ADUS) has completed the acquisition of the home health, hospice, and private-duty company Tennessee Quality Care for an undisclosed amount. With this transaction, we will also be able to expand our home health and hospice services into nine additional counties as we look ahead to de novo locations in the future.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Global Partners in Care became an affiliate of CHC in 2017, but the program’s roots were planted in 1999. hospice leaders. So, these U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

LHC Group delivers hospice, home health, home- and community-based services, and facility-based care to seniors in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Q4 2022, for example, saw the slowest volume of PE acquisitions since late 2017, the M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart reported.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

UAMS Health Comprehensive Care at Home will be up and running in early 2023, though the home health service may begin accepting home health patients later this year. Amedisys CEO] Chris Gerard sees palliative care as really the linchpin of the businesses,” Stein told Hospice News. “So

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Many hospice providers rely on Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursement to support palliative care, PACE and social determinants programs, among others. The agency will continue to collect only non-extrapolated overpayments for 2011 through 2017. In 2023, the number of MA plans will swell to 3,998, up 6% from 2022.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The study compared two groups of Hispanic patients across Colorado-based community health care systems, nonprofit providers and academic settings from January 2017 to January 2021. Data were collected and analyzed from July 2022 to July 2023 of self-identifying Hispanic patients with serious noncancer life-limiting illnesses.

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Changing Lives Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Outgoing Hospice Quinte Executive Director Jennifer May-Anderson, left, with Acting Executive Director Petra Lepage outside of Hospice Quinte’s Stan Klemencic Care Centre on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Kim Lander, President of the Hospice Quinte Board of Directors, expressed both gratitude and sadness at the news.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? Mark Kulik: Truthfully, all of them.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Millicent Burke-Sinclair, president and CEO of the hospice and palliative care provider Four Seasons, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She is currently the Vice-president of The Doctor Patient Forum, and she has been with the volunteer organization, Don't Punish Pain, since its inception in 2017. Dr. Kollas has served as a medical expert witness in cases involving opinions regarding the standard of care in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

Hospices have been advocating for lawmakers and regulators to take action on curbing fraud, supporting veterans and bolstering the health care workforce. Battling fraud Reports of unethical or illegal practices have surged, particularly among hundreds of newly certified hospices in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Recently Rep.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

As dementia-related illnesses continue to rise among hospice patients, caregivers and providers alike are working judiciously to best find ways to support patients and their families in navigating these new diagnoses. In July 2023, the U.S. As of 2023, according to the CMS website, dementia affects more than 6.7

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Debbie Jonhston is a registered nurse who founded Viriginia-based Serenity First Hospice in 2021, inspired by the care her father recieved as he reached the end of his life. In those fields, she previously had founded the company Care Advantage, which telecommunications firm Bell South acquired in 2017. So it’s capital intensive.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. There’s going to be so much change around value-based care coming in some way, shape or form for hospices,” Kudner told Hospice News. But it goes both ways.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Understanding the significant factors driving global data disparity trends can help inform hospices’ service development strategies and care models. Researchers from Michigan-based Corewell Health examined hospice utilization and place of death from 2003 to 2020 among patients with multiple myeloma (MM), a type of hematological cancer.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. Naomi: Well, it was one of five, but honestly, Alex chose it because he tried it in 2017, and he wanted another crack at it. laughter] Eric: And part of that is this idea of, in hospice, sometimes we just try to medicate suffering away. Pain Manag Nurs. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

When considering the future of children’s palliative care within the UK, it is recognised that an equitable palliative care service is needed (Together for Short Lives 2023). Where home is not felt to be a safe place, a hospice can be considered as such (Simpson and Penrose, 2011; Price, McCloskey and Brazil, 2017; Rainsford et al 2018).

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Where the child has an oncology diagnosis, there is an established body of evidence, but for children with a life limiting condition, the evidence is more limited (Duc, Herbert and Heussler 2017; Johnston et al 2020). As part of their narrative parents were also asked if they had objects that they wished to share.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2023. . In October 2017, CMS launched the Meaningful Measures Framework.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2025

A federal jury has convicted Eduardo Lopez, a former Nevada hospice executive, for his involvement in a wage-fixing conspiracy, as well as five counts of wire fraud. Lopez in 2023 was charged with agreeing to suppress and eliminate competition for home health and hospice nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019.

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Traditions Health

MAY 6, 2025

Franklin, TN Traditions Health, a leading multi-state provider of home health, hospice, and palliative care services, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jennifer Vickers to vice president of operations for the home health service line. Her journey with Traditions Health began in 2017 as an administrator.

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