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in 2018, falling slightly under the national average of 50.3% Hospice utilization in Louisiana was at 50% in 2018, per NHPCO. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4% that year, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reports. Adults older than 65 account for more than 16.5%

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per 100,000 females between 2018 and 2022, the research found. Palliative care’s major referral hurdles, key selling points More than 3.97 million women in the United States had some type of breast cancer in 2021, according to research from the National Cancer Institute. Annual breast cancer-related death rates reached 19.3

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JULY 22, 2024

For the study, researchers examined Medicare claims data for more than 1 million patients who died between 2016 and 2018. “Financial incentives to reduce costs in MA appear to promote less use of potentially burdensome treatments but also leave some patients without home-based or facility care after hospitalization.”

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JUNE 17, 2024

Clark has served as a board member of the nonprofit hospice provider since 2022, and from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, Clark served as a board member from 2014 to 2018 before returning to her post in 2022. YoloCares Names New Board Chair California-based YoloCares has tapped Jackie Clark as its new board chair.

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Ginn began leading financial teams at Amedisys in 2007, while Guidroz previously served as senior vice president of accounting at Amedisys since June 2018. He joined the hospice provider in 2015 as director of market development before moving up the ranks to general manager in 2018 and senior general manager in 2022.

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Hospice News

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” LifeTouch has been struggling financially for several years and has operated in the red since 2018. The agency has reported net income ranging between $517,000 in 2018 and more than $1.3 The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000. But the following year, it reported a more than $1.5

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The research spanned two studies that examined the occurrence of end-of-life care referrals during 2018 among 28,697 hospitalized patients diagnosed with metastatic cancer in the Garden State. Roughly 82% of Medicare decedents in 2018 were Caucasian, according to NHPCO. were Hispanic; 1.8% were Asian; and only 0.4%

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MAY 4, 2022

The company settled that first suit in 2018 for nearly $6 million. NYSE: HUM) and private equity firms TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe acquired Curo in July 2018 for $1.4 Most of the alleged fraudulent activity in the 2018 and 2009 cases occurred prior to Curo’s ownership. million of the recovery.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

of Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Though racial disparities have long-proliferated in health care, hospices have been among the settings seeing widening gaps. Hospice utilization among diverse populations is sorely lacking. African Americans made up a mere 8.2%

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For example, for FY 2022, the agency used 2018 data. “We Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6% increase in the per diem base rate. The proposed increase does not keep pace with inflation, largely because the hike is based on outdated data.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The study spanned data among 199,828 Medicare decedents 50 and older who died in 2018. Many elderly Americans follow one of three place of care trajectories during the last three years of life, researchers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, found in a study recently published in BMC Geriatrics.

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JUNE 24, 2022

“We did raise that concern, and they proposed a mechanism for dealing with it,” Harold Miller, president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, said at a public HHS meeting in 2018. Rodgers provided this commentary in support of the model at a public HHS meeting in 2018.

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JUNE 15, 2022

The agency’s methodology used 2018 data. We urge CMS to consider updating the baseline year for the hospital [inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS)] from the current baseline year of 2018 to a more current baseline year,” the comments indicated.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Researchers compared health outcomes among 183 patients with incurable, advanced types of cancers from 2014 to 2018 to determine an association between palliative care and health utilization metrics. billion during 2018, according to a recent Market.us palliative care market will reach $78.50 billion by 2023, a climb from $49.42

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Private equity transactions represented half of all home health and hospice deals in 2018 and 2019, resulting in a 300% increase in patients enrolled under PE-backed providers, according to research published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. But research has found that the tide is shifting.

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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 2018, the sixth-highest in the nation that year, according to NHPCO. In 2018, the holding company formed a new health care investment arm, Graham Healthcare Capital.

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She was previously on the organization’s board of directors between 2018 and 2022, serving as chair for part of that time. “IL-HPCO The natural progression of this partnership aligns with our mutual goals of creating a better continuum of care for individuals with a serious illness through the evolution of their life.”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Researchers examined Medicare claims data for more than 1 million patients who died between 2016 and 2018. Results indicated that MA beneficiaries were 1.6% less likely than those in traditional Medicare to receive aggressive treatment during the last six months of life and were 3.3% less likely to die in a hospital.

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million in 2018, up from slightly less than 1.1 Approximately 6.7 million U.S. adults suffer from heart failure, a number expected to rise to 8.5 billion by 2030, a 2023 study in the Journal of Cardiac Failure found. Hospitalization rates have also been rising, according to the study. Hospitalizations due to heart failure reached nearly 1.3

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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. More than 58% of Medicare descendants in Arizona elected hospice during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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JUNE 26, 2023

Researchers in Israel studied 180 hospitalized cancer patients between November 2018 and March 2020. Palliative care patients who receive psychological, emotional and spiritual support are more likely to elect hospice when they become eligible.

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Researchers at the nonprofit examined 58 studies published between 2018 and 2021 on these disparities. of all Medicare hospice patients in 2018, representing a small portion of the 20% who were patients of color that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Hispanics made up 6.7%

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AUGUST 21, 2024

A number of research papers and stakeholders have advocated for the inclusion of these pharmacists in the interdisciplinary care team, including the fourth edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, published in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers dug into patients’ data to examine palliative care utilization and delivery of mental health services and pharmacotherapies between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018.

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APRIL 22, 2022

The Sunshine State in 2018 ranked third nationwide for hospice utilization at 57.9% The number of seniors 60 and older totaled 577,550 in the county alone during 2018, according to a report from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and the Brevard County Commission on Aging. Census Bureau. and 59.2%, respectively.

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of all Medicare hospice patients in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The hospice began partnering with the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center in 2018 to develop cultural sensitivity staff training programs and bring more collaborative and inclusive care to seniors living on reservations.

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Beginning in 2018, WellSpan began to test that theory by examining financial metrics associated with its palliative care services, with a focus on cost savings. The earlier a patient receives palliative care, the larger the return on investment, an analysis by the Pennsylvania-based health system WellSpan Health has found.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Roughly 82% of Medicare decedents in 2018 were Caucasian, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. I mean in short, even in death they don’t think that we matter.” Racial divides have interfered with access to hospice services nationwide. Comparatively, that year, slightly more than 8% were African-American; 6.7%

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JUNE 12, 2024

A 2018 study showed that most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life. Without widespread change, demand for palliative care in the United States is projected to outstrip the supply of the clinicians trained to provide it during the next decade.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

According to court documents, between January 2018 to in or May 2021, the defendants allegedly used the two Los Angeles-based hospice companies to submit more than $9 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.

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JULY 3, 2023

The seeds of the plan were planted in 2018 when the legislature established the state’s Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. Those reports are collated in one place, giving states just starting what Kansas began in 2018 some best practices while forming their own advisory councils. “So,

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JUNE 30, 2022

in 2018, rising above the national average of 50.3% Census Bureau estimate that seniors will comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Texas reached 52.1% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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JUNE 7, 2024

Researchers enrolled 1,250 patients with advanced NSCLC in the study, which took place between June 2018 and May 2023. Quality-of-life assessments were done using a tool called the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung. Participating patients had been diagnosed within the 12 weeks prior to their enrollment.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alaska was the lowest in the nation in 2018 at 22.8% in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). during 2018, according to NHPCO. Vermont hospice shuts down three service lines. currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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JUNE 30, 2022

in 2018, tipping above the national average of 50.3% Census Bureau indicate that seniors will comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Texas runs high, reaching 52.1% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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in 2018, tipping above the national average of 50.3% Census Bureau indicate that seniors will comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Texas runs high, reaching 52.1% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. By 2030, one out of every five people living in Indiana will be older than 65, according to the Indiana Business Research Center. This represents 46% growth in the senior population since 2015. Hospice utilization in Indiana reached 48.9%

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