Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Race and socioeconomic status continue to deepen disparities in access to end-of-life care across the country. 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.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Bond is board-certified in family medicine, emergency medicine and hospice and palliative care medicine. He has worked in the end-of-life care space for close to two decades. Prior to that, Bond was national medical director for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, which was acquired by AccentCare in 2020.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2024

Coupled with the fraud issue are those associated with quality of care. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that nearly 15% of surveyed hospices were cited with serious quality issues between 2020 and 2022. Yesterday, the U.S. Most had multiple deficiencies.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Queen City Hospice provides end-of-life care in six counties across the Cincinnati area in the southwest part of the state. Queen City Hospice has been on a growth trajectory since Addus Homecare purchased the provider for $192 million in 2020. This is a rise from 17.8% currently, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This marks the third affiliation that Chapters announced or completed during 2022, following Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care early in the year and Hope Healthcare just last week. “In Combined, Chapters Health and Capital Caring Health employ more than 4,000 staff in additional to 3,000 volunteers.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During his tenure, he has helped to develop and oversee the launch of the NPHI Innovation Lab, which focuses on designing systematic approaches to improve advanced illness care by examining trends in population health, claims analytics and practice optimization. Muir was previously chief innovation officer at Capital Caring Health.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Like many in the hospice space, VITAS has seen workforce clinical capacity compress and impact revenue to varying degrees since 2020. The Nashville-Tennessee-based home care and hospice provider has seen responses to job postings improve during the past year and recently hired two full-time RN case managers, Turner stated.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

At 30%, the Empire State ranked 50th in utilization among the states and the District of Columbia in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. of the state’s residents were 65 or older in 2020, making New York 25th that year in population growth among seniors, according to the research organization PRB.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

For the past several years, Chapters Health has been on an aggressive and ambitious trajectory to change the way chronic illness management and end-of-life care is administered in our communities,” Molosky said. “We The two providers have growth and innovation in their immediate sights, he said in a recent combined statement.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

In our collaboration with Family Resource, we have discovered the perfect partner — one that not only shares our passion for care, but also possesses the resources and expertise to provide our caregivers with the support they need to so they can offer the best quality of care to all clients.” Seniors 65 and older represent 16.8%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More than 20% of hospice decedents in 2020 suffered from dementia, up from 18.5% in 2019, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. of terminal diagnoses in 2020, while cancer accounted for 7.2%. Comparatively, circulatory and heart diseases, the next highest, represented 10.2%

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

Angela’s Hospice provides end-of-life care to adult and pediatric patient populations. Established in 1985, the faith-based nonprofit also offers palliative care, grief support and virtual telehealth hospice services to caregivers and patients. For nearly 50 years, this organization has delivered on that mission.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

Issues in complex end-of-life care treatments The limited use of these treatments for end-of-life hospice care is also tied to length of stay issues, the NHPCO indicated in its letter to CMS. The median length declined slightly to 17 days, down from 18 in 2020, MedPAC reported.

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MARCH 30, 2023

The UCH partnership will also include Pure Healthcare, the palliative care and supportive services arm of Ohio’s Hospice, established in 2020. Demographics are driving up a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Though new to the hospice arena, Callaway has previously served in both the home health and acute care spaces and has seen how care collaborations across the continuum can improve the quality of end-of-life care among aging populations. “I VIA Health Partners was established in 1978 as Hospice at Charlotte.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

“We have to sit face-to-face in that intimate space and talk about care, so that we can develop a trusting relationship. The number of physicians who report feelings of burnout grew to 58% by 2020, up from 40% in 2018, according to a summer 2021 study in the Journal of Medical Practice Management. Burnout takes a heavy toll.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

Nearly 1 in 3 transgender adults reported that they had to teach their health care provider about transgender issues in order to receive appropriate care, according to a Center for American Progress 2020 survey. How might care needs and goals of care differ in the LGBTQ+ community?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Even as demographics drive up demand for serious illness and end-of-life care, public awareness is driving down utilization. Nearly 50% of residents in a 2020 statewide survey indicated that they were not aware of health care services and support options available to seniors. Seniors are projected to make up 27.5%

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2023

Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) has merged with Stillwater Hospice amid mounting financial pressures. The two Indiana-based nonprofit hospices joined forces to ensure continued access to end-of-life care in the Kosciusko County area. in 2020, reported the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Prior to that, Posega held her current role at AccentCare from May 2020 through February 2023. Her health care experience has spanned organizations such as Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, now an AccentCare company, as well as Lexington Health Network and MacNeal Hospital, part of the Loyola Medicine health system.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

“As home and community-based medicine continues to garner steam in the national landscape, the ability for organizations like Chapters Health System and Hope Healthcare to continue being front and center in redesigning end-of-life care is paramount,” the two CEOs told Hospice News in a joint email.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The hospice provider began as an all-volunteer organization in 1977 and provides pediatric palliative care and grief support services in addition to hospice. Francis, the organization rebranded in 2020 to reflect its expanded scope of community-based services in an area with a growing need for serious illness and end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The petition cites concerns that a change in ownership could adversely affect quality and access to care among underserved communities. The hospice indicated that any future considerations will not impede the community’s access to end-of-life care, according to Alive Hospice’s executive committee, speaking on behalf of its governing board.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The transactions come after the Archdiocese of New Orleans filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2020 and announced shortly after that it would be selling off a portion of its 2,500 rental low-income senior living, according to local news. currently, according to the U.S.

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JULY 17, 2024

This is a piece of the puzzle of creating that continuum of care where we have a whole suite of services and support for people with serious and advancing illness.” Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2024

“We want to also be the team that talks to the person about what hospice care is and helps them understand it before they get there, because there are absolutely misconceptions and ideas around what hospice is and what it isn’t that I think stops people from accessing it.” Miller serves as president and counselor at Mettle Health.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2020 the company partnered with the investment firms Trive Capital and Coltala Holdings to widen its reach as a post-acute care company. Earlier this year Choice secured a $190 million credit line led by Oxford Finance, a global specialty financial firm focused on life sciences and health care investments. “Our

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

California-based Hospice by the Bay has also rebranded as By the Bay Health to recognize that it now offers more services than end-of-life care, including palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care, and skilled home health care as well as hospice services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

State medical facilities plans (SMFPs) are programs built into CON processes that focus on expanding health care services among populations with specific unmet needs. Lee, along with co-founders Bishop Sandy McClain and CEO David Turner, applied for a license to establish the hospice in 2020 during the pandemic.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

McDonald graduated in 2020 from HopeHealth’s hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program. Resources are limited among an aging population with high care needs. It’s bringing palliative medicine consults outside of the hospital and into people’s homes, into long-term care centers and cancer or heart failure clinics.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“Frank and Chris have done everything to ensure that the Calvary family is at the side of anyone who needs end-of-life care,” Decina said in a statement. ” Calvary Hospital’s scope of acute-care services focuses almost exclusively on hospice and palliative care. Fertitta Family College of Medicine.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As more care moves into the home setting, systemic changes may be necessary to keep that momentum going. Demand for home-based care was creeping upward before 2020, but the pandemic that broke out that year accelerated the trend.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience. Some hospice executives have said they believe that his example will prompt more Americans to learn more about this form of end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Witnessing the success of that oncology collaboration led physicians in other Summit departments to recognize the benefits of offering palliative care, according to Partners In Care CEO Greg Hagfors. ” Partners In Care offers palliative, home health and community- and facility-based hospice care, among other services. “We

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2023

Generally, these buyers see a promising return on investment and sustainable business growth because of rising demand for end-of-life care in the United States. Hospice multiples reached a record-high of 26 times EBITDA in 2020, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute.

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MAY 30, 2023

“We envision a large network of not-for-profit, community-based hospice providers working collaboratively to create standards for what a community should expect from an end-of-life care provider.” In 2020, it merged with fellow nonprofit Stratum Health, thus expanding its footprint and scope of services.

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