Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A 2018 study showed that most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life. In response to growing need, more educational and academic institutions have been creating new pathways for hospice and palliative care clinical training. Regional programs cropping up.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Kathy Hochul has signed a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice, and palliative care. The campaign must include education about hospice and palliative care, according to the newly approved legislation. Historically, hospice utilization has been low in New York relative to other states.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2025

Hospice and senior services provider Empath Health is financially supporting clinical education in hospice and palliative care at the University of Southern Florida (USF). Empath will provide $10,000 annually to USFs Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies.

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Hospice News

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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. Only 7% of community-based palliative care programs are operated by home health organizations, compared to about 50% for hospices and 7%, according to 2019 data from the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. Our review found that Black patients with serious illness report poor-quality clinician-patient relationships and communication,” Chambers told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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. 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.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (IL-HPCO) has penned a three-year association management contract with The HAP Foundation to provide counsel and operational support. She was previously on the organization’s board of directors between 2018 and 2022, serving as chair for part of that time. “IL-HPCO

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. The hospice received a $60,464 grant from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to fund the rebuild, part of a statewide water quality improvement project.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

NYSE: HCA) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently added a new graduate fellowship in hospice and palliative care medicine to their existing repertoire of training programs. Demand for culturally diverse hospice and palliative care in Florida is growing as minority aging populations swell. Utah held the highest rate at 60.5%

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in 2017 proposed that the U.S. 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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. Some states offer hospice- and palliative care-themed license plates or designate an official Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

Physician burnout costs hospices — both literally and figuratively — whether it occurs among their own medical staff or with their referral partners. This not only contributes to hospices’ own labor shortages, but disrupts relationships with other providers. A ripple effect on hospice. Burnout takes a heavy toll.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

payment increase for hospices is insufficient in today’s economic climate, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) indicated in comments on the 2025 proposed payment rule. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6%

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Researchers enrolled 1,250 patients with advanced NSCLC in the study, which took place between June 2018 and May 2023. The post Palliative Telehealth’s Quality of Life Improvement Equivalent to In-Person Care appeared first on Hospice News. Telehealth can be just as effective as in-person visits when it comes to palliative care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

The University of South Florida (USF) College of Nursing has launched a graduate certificate program in palliative care and hospice. The program is designed to help nurses pass the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) exam. The post USF Unveils Palliative Care Certificate Program for Nurses appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Blue Ridge Hospice Welcomes New VP of IT Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice has named Mohamad Hamad as its new vice president of information technology. Technology will play a key role in Blue Ridge Hospice’s ability to grow and sustain its services in the face of rising demand, according to President and CEO Jason Parsons.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

She recently joined the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) as its innovation lab clinical officer. Passed in 2018, the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care (CHRONIC) Act widened supportive avenues for social determinants of health among seriously ill populations.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The bottom line is, what we have right now is insufficient,” Edo Banach, president and CEO of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), told the audience at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Chicago. The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

On June 1, LifeTouch Hospice will merge with Arkansas Hospice. Both hospices are owned and operated by the SHARE Foundation, a nonprofit, faith-based organization. The hospice last year served 430 patients in a five-county region of Arkansas. Meanwhile, Arkansas Hospice has fared better.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care, and I think there are other vehicles,” Tumlinson told Hospice News. I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care, and I think there are other vehicles,” Tumlinson told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

Texas-based senior living provider EdenHill Communities recently expanded to offer hospice services. The continuing care retirement community (CCRC) is located on a 27-acre campus, in which eligible residents are now able to access in-house hospice services. The company previously outsourced hospice services for residents.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Recent research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey has revealed gaps in hospice referrals and palliative care consultations among underserved patient populations in the state. Racial divides have proliferated access to hospice services nationwide. were Hispanic; 1.8% were Asian; and only 0.4% were Native American.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2022

A community health worker — when integrated as part of the health care team or ancillary to the health care team — is extremely important,” Johnston told Hospice News. Four academic institutions are collaborating to test the ways community health workers could enhance palliative care for African American cancer patients.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

ID-PALL was piloted in a study among seven internal medicine units at hospitals in Switzerland between January and December 2018. Oncology nurses at cancer centers across the country are developing ways to improve palliative care referrals for seriously ill patients and families who could benefit from these services.

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Hospice News

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. Improving the state’s understanding of palliative care and how it differs from hospice. and then realizing we have a lot of work to do,” she told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A swelling demand for hospice in the community spurred the unit’s development. We are thankful the community will now have access to hospice care close to home to service the growing need.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

Hospice leaders and lawmakers are meeting on Capitol Hill today to address the pressing issue of program integrity, among other policy priorities. Thus far, California is the only state to take action on the issue, beginning with a moratorium on new hospice licenses and an extensive audit of California’s oversight processes.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2023

Broadly, MA plans have been expanding supplemental benefits to include palliative care since 2018, when the U.S. I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care,” Tyler Overstreet Cromer, principal of ATI Advisory’s Medicare Innovation Team, previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has purchased California-based Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care in the San Diego area for an undisclosed amount. Ardent, which also offers home health care, serves between 20 and 50 hospice patients per day, according to National Hospice Locator. Hospice utilization reached 46.1% million, up 5.4%

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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

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2018 designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for major depressive disorder, which paved the way for expanded clinical trials. The post Psyence, Newcourt Deal Would Create New Palliative Care Psychedelics Company appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Hospice provider Agape Care Group has acquired GHC Hospice for an undisclosed sum, furthering the company’s goal of multistate expansion through the Southeast. We’ve been laser focused in the Southeast over the last few years and do feel like it gives us the most near-term upside,” Agape CEO TroyYarborough previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Agape Care Group has expanded into Alabama and Louisiana with the acquisition of Journey Hospice. Both [Alabama and Louisiana] are tremendous markets with compelling demographics and strong workforces,” Agape CEO Troy Yarborough told Hospice News. “We Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Residential Hospice has acquired Illinois-based Safe Haven Hospice from the senior living provider Christian Horizons for an undisclosed sum. More than 57,000 Illinois residents enrolled in hospice during 2021, a utilization rate of about 47%, according to the U.S. Graham went on to acquire Residential Hospice in 2014.

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