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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) can have an impact on mortality and morbidity among seriously ill patients, according to researchers of a 2019 study published in the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy.

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care. In addition to palliative, Homeland at Home provides facility- and home-based hospice, home health, personal and skilled nursing care, along with bereavement support.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Hospice Regulations May Be Adversely Affecting Dementia Patients

Hospice News

MAY 27, 2022

Designed to prevent misuse of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, these efforts may have had unintended consequences. Researchers from George Washington University and the University of Chicago examined data from more than 11 million unique hospice care episodes that occurred between 2008 and 2019.

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What Palliative Care Providers Need to Know About Palliative Psychedelics, Cannabis

Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Palliative care providers face a host of legal and regulatory challenges when seeking to expand patients’ access to certain controlled substances. It’s making sure that your product is safe and that regulations are created for licensing, traceability and dosing,” Hanley-Kollar told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits

Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

The forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act from U.S. Blumenauer announced the bill in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. 1, 2019 and Dec. Oftentimes, they live longer,” Blumenauer said at Elevate. House of Representatives.

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Dementia Patients Less Likely Than Others to Receive Hospice Care

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Because of hospice’s requirement for a prognosis of less than six months, people’s focus on their symptom relief and their access to hospice care is tied to their understanding of their remaining survival time,” the authors indicated in the study. days for the overall hospice population.

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Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

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.

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VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”. The average age among the veterans was about 65.

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Palliative Care A Differentiator For Home Health Operators

Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Home health care providers are increasingly recognizing the clinical value of palliative care, despite its tricky payer landscape and relatively low margins. Hospices have a much larger presence in the space, but more home health agencies are showing an interest — including companies that provide both of those services.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas. “We

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Dr. Steven Landers: Hospice SFP Could Spread Misinformation About Quality

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

1, 2025, could potentially lead patients away from quality providers and into the arms of bad actors in the space, according to Dr. Steven Landers, newly appointed CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home. It might make them even fearful about hospice care, which is the last thing we want to see happen.

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Hospice Researchers Seek to Untangle Possible Relationships Between Tax Status and Outcomes

Hospice News

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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Care Compare site.

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UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2023

Cape Fear LifeCare will also assist UNC by providing palliative care consultations within the hospital. As reasons behind the sale, the hospital cited efforts to more closely align its scope of services to its overarching mission as an acute care hospital and to improve efficiency. “We Census Bureau.

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Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Changes to the SFP will be top priority for industry groups that will work with policymakers in the new year, according to Logan Hoover, vice president of policy and government relations at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “We He also wrote some sections of the Affordable Care Act.

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Hospices’ 2024 Public Policy Priorities

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. Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting legislation designed to tackle the fraud issue as well as improve the quality of hospice care.

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Home Health Care Linked to Increased Hospice Utilization

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Researchers from New Jersey-based Rutgers University’s School of Nursing have found that patient preferences leaned toward home-based hospice services following home health experiences. million Medicare decedents who died in 2019. million Medicare decedents who utilized hospice in 2019, about 591,272 had dementia, the research found.

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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Researchers have identified a number of clinical benefits, including reduction of anxiety, depression and improved acceptance of mortality, according to a 2019 literature review in the journal Current Oncology. What hospices need to be aware of is that it’s not just the big picture, but also the little picture,” Ballentine told Hospice News.

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St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

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. Formerly Hospice of St. Florida-based St. A team of St. Only Utah and Arizona saw higher rates at 59.4%

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.

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‘Transforming’ Hospice Access for Terminally Ill Prison Populations

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

NDCS collaborated with several organizations including the Nebraska Health Care Association, which helped foster connections to local skilled nursing facilities. A primary consideration was ensuring a robust training model that would equip the volunteers with the interdisciplinary skills needed to provide quality hospice care, Palik stated.

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Health Care Orgs Face Liability If End-of-Life Wishes Not Upheld

Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

One of the defining principles of hospice care is honoring the wishes of terminally ill patients. Now, with increasing frequency, a health care provider’s failure to honor those directives can lead to litigation or penalties by regulators. This can prevent or delay hospice care for individuals who chose to receive it. .

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Croix Hospice recently unveiled data showing how the company leveraged predictive analytics technology to improve quality outcomes. In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Croix Hospice. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates

Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

The availability of post-acute resources, including hospice and palliative care, has a significant impact on hospital readmissions, but greater coordination among providers could drive improvement. Patients who had easy access to primary care providers were also less likely to return to the hospital.

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Congress Mulls Bill to Extend Recertifications by Telehealth

Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. If a hospice is undergoing a period of enhanced oversight by the U.S. A range of stakeholders in the hospice space have voiced support for the legislation.

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LifeTouch to Merge with Arkansas Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

In 2019, LifeTouch was in the red for a similar amount. In its place, the organization made agreements with local hospitals to provide inpatient hospice care in their facilities. Meanwhile, Arkansas Hospice has fared better. The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Ask Congress for Action on Proposed 2023 Medicare Rates

Hospice News

JULY 13, 2022

More than a dozen hospice advocacy groups have called on congressional leadership to intervene in a proposed 2.7% This proposal fails to thoughtfully consider the burdens and heightened costs providers are facing in order to continue doing business and provide high-quality hospice care to their patients,” the groups stated in the letter.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. The Denver Hospice is an affiliate of the Care Synergy network, a collaborative of nonprofit hospice, home health and palliative care providers in Colorado.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Hospice M&A Market to ‘Return to Sanity’ in 2025

Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2025

The hospice mergers and acquisitions market has seen a host of changes in recent years, with buyers and sellers examining a range of risks and opportunities in the field this year. The industry saw a flurry of M&A activity in 2019 and 2020, with record high valuations and deal volume.

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For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. Today, patients are enrolling in hospice with a wider range of diagnoses, some of which have a much less predictable trajectory than most cancers. days for the overall hospice population. population.

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Gilchrist and Luminis Health Form Joint Venture, Find ‘Sweet Spot’ in Health Care Delivery

Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care. Among the 1.6

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Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Congress mandated the SFP in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 , which contained language from the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act. This was in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S.

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Hospice Oversight: 2024’s Most Impactful Regulatory Actions

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. Calls for reform This year also saw calls for major reform in the hospice space.

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CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

.” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC). The non-hospice Part A and Part B spend in particular reached rose to $883 million last year, a 28.9% bump from FY 2019. Sometimes, for example.

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Hospices Work to Recruit More Volunteers Before COVID PHE Ends

Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Historically, about 10% of the hospice’s volunteers who visit patients are pre-med students.

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Pediatric Hospice Abbey House Gaining Momentum in Texas

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Established in 2019, the foundation began in part with community donations and philanthropic support from a family that received care from pediatric hospice and palliative provider Dell Children’s, part of the nonprofit health system Ascension. Keller Foundation.

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Walmart, UnitedHealth Group Launch Value-Based Health Care Partnership

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Medicare Advantage plans do not currently cover hospice care outside of the value-based insurance design model demonstration, often called the MA hospice carve-in. However, providers often work with MA plans to support upstream services like palliative care, home health, or PACE.

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Hospices Acquired by PE Firms, Publicly Traded Companies See Increases in Dementia Patients

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

After an acquisition by a public company, hospices saw a 1.4% HCC scores are designed to predict the costs associated with a patient’s care. Patients with lower HCC scores often need hospice care for longer periods of time, though their care needs may be less intensive or complex.

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[UPDATED] CMS Finalizes Hospice Special Focus Program, 36-Month Rule

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Each of the major national hospice industry organizations voiced concerns about the algorithm that CMS will use beginning in 2024, including LeadingAge, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NHPI), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 days, according to a report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported.

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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The deal is intended to improve care collaborations, quality and reduce reliance on expensive facility-based care for seniors in Utah, according to the company announcement. Utah holds the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents nationwide. Its hospice utilization rate reached 60.5%

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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice Regulations May Be Adversely Affecting Dementia Patients

What Palliative Care Providers Need to Know About Palliative Psychedelics, Cannabis

Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits

Dementia Patients Less Likely Than Others to Receive Hospice Care

Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

Palliative Care A Differentiator For Home Health Operators

New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

Dr. Steven Landers: Hospice SFP Could Spread Misinformation About Quality

Hospice Researchers Seek to Untangle Possible Relationships Between Tax Status and Outcomes

UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospices’ 2024 Public Policy Priorities

Home Health Care Linked to Increased Hospice Utilization

Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

‘Transforming’ Hospice Access for Terminally Ill Prison Populations

Health Care Orgs Face Liability If End-of-Life Wishes Not Upheld

St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates

Congress Mulls Bill to Extend Recertifications by Telehealth

LifeTouch to Merge with Arkansas Hospice

Hospice Advocacy Groups Ask Congress for Action on Proposed 2023 Medicare Rates

Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice M&A Market to ‘Return to Sanity’ in 2025

For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

Gilchrist and Luminis Health Form Joint Venture, Find ‘Sweet Spot’ in Health Care Delivery

Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

Hospice Oversight: 2024’s Most Impactful Regulatory Actions

CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

Hospices Work to Recruit More Volunteers Before COVID PHE Ends

Pediatric Hospice Abbey House Gaining Momentum in Texas

Walmart, UnitedHealth Group Launch Value-Based Health Care Partnership

Hospices Acquired by PE Firms, Publicly Traded Companies See Increases in Dementia Patients

[UPDATED] CMS Finalizes Hospice Special Focus Program, 36-Month Rule

Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

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