Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Bristol Hospice has acquired Mississippi-based Mid-Delta Hospice, a move that marked its entry into the state. The decision to launch services in a new state came with growing recognition around rising demand for home health and hospice care, according to Bristol Hospice CEO and President Alex Mauricio.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Hospice of the Western Reserve has completed its affiliation with Hospice of North Central Ohio (HNCO), expanding its geographic presence in the Buckeye state. The two hospice providers in February announced the affiliation after signing a letter of intent to enter a Management Services Agreement. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. 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).

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The bereavement care tech platform Empathy is now partnering with the software company Benekiva in an effort to streamline life insurance claims processing and help families access benefits more quickly. The average cost to the bereaved exceeds $12,000. The company’s clients include a number of Fortune 100 companies.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Idaho-based Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley has initiated Spanish-speaking services in an effort to reach underserved Latino patients and families. However, language barriers can make those patients difficult to reach, according to Lisa Wild, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Hospice & Community Care has inked a deal to affiliate with Hospice of Central Pennsylvania. Joining forces will also allow the two Pennsylvania-based nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers to realize cost-savings potential when it comes to purchasing durable medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The hospice and senior care provider Helios Care is partnering with the integrated health system Bassett Healthcare Network to bring more extensive access to hospice and palliative care to patients in central New York. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2023

Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake and its affiliates are unifying under the organization’s main brand. Effective April 1, affiliates Calvert Hospice and Hospice of Charles County will be known as Hospice of the Chesapeake. Both facilities will retain their individual names following the brand unification.

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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

MAY 9, 2022

This growing need has spurred the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) to recently develop its Community Counseling Guide to help member providers structure bereavement services, including best practices for billing. Demand for mental health care skyrocketed during the pandemic. last year, up from 9.2%

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake has penned an agreement to acquire nearby Calvert Hospice for an undisclosed amount. ” Hospice of the Chesapeake has cared for patients since 1979, prior to establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Hospice of the Chesapeake in Oct.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Hosparus Health has acquired Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice in Madisonville, Kentucky, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1978, Hosparus Health’s 600 employees and 500 volunteers provide care for more than 10,000 patients annually, including hospice, medical care, palliative medicine, mental health and bereavement services. “Our

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.

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Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

After taking hits during the pandemic, nonprofit hospices are seeing supplemental revenue from resale thrift stores rebound. Many hospice organizations operate these stores to raise money for their programs. We’re definitely seeing an increase in resale shop sales,” Hospice & Community Care CEO Jennifer Graham told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. The massive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 1 million deaths since 2020 — has spurred demand for bereavement care and was a partial impetus for the legislation. .

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

Nashville-based Alive Hospice recently responded to speculation that the nonprofit will sell its operations to a for-profit company, a move that has sparked cries of opposition within the local community. A spate of news reports have indicated that Alive Hospice may be up for sale to a publicly traded for-profit entity.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

million in 2021. Services provided through the program include consultation for pain and symptom management, nursing services, mental health counseling, family support and bereavement care. “As for Pediatric Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News. In 2022, the state’s legislature earmarked $8.7

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Hospices can assist terminally ill patients and their families who have questions about “green” burial options by connecting them with services like death doulas or by educating staff on those practices. A lot of people on hospice services want to run the whole spectrum of that holistic care and tend to be more open to the idea.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

OpusCare of Florida recently opened a new inpatient hospice facility near the state’s southern tip. This made the facility the first freestanding hospice center in that region. “We Initially scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2022, the 13-suite hospice center began operations last week. “It Census Bureau projected.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Hospice of Morrow County has joined forces with Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio, a member of a regional partnership of providers in the state. . Hospice of Morrow County has joined forces with Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio, a member of a regional partnership of providers in the state. Seniors currently represent 17.5%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Though operators often feel siloed within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, they are not shielded from the shifting currents in the health care system at large. Their growing prominence is leading more hospices to see innovative partnerships with upstream providers as well as building out their own programs. “I

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice has expanded into Loudoun County in its home state with a de novo office. The hospice has also begun to offer inpatient care in the county at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Close to 40,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Virginia elected hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau reported.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A lack of culturally inclusive care and mistrust of the health system are contributing to low hospice utilization among Native Americans. Native Americans are the least likely to enroll in hospice among racial and ethnic groups. Many in that community also lack access due to geographic and financial barriers. They comprised 0.4%

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The bereavement care tech startup Empathy has secured $47 million in a Series B funding round led by Index Ventures. The Empathy app is designed to help families navigate the logistical aspects of bereavement, including documentation, funeral or memorial arrangements, validating a will and other essentials.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Behavioral health care is a rising star in health care in terms of growth and demand, and the trend is leading some hospices to invest in the space. For one, addressing the psychosocial and emotional aspects of dying and bereavement has been an intergral part of the hospice mission since the beginning.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

Nevada-based 1Care Hospice, part of 1Care Health, recently acquired Reset Behavior Health for an undisclosed amount. 1Care is expanding its umbrella into the pediatric industry,” Belluomini told Hospice News in an email. “By 1Care was launched in October 2020 by a group of hospice and palliative care leaders with nursing experience.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Three independent providers — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care and Hope Hospice — will merge, becoming the largest nonprofit hospice network in northern California. In the intervening months, Hope Hospice also joined the transaction. By the Bay Health was the first hospice to operate in its home state.

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Traditions Health

JULY 31, 2023

Designed to help you work through the complex issues associated with loss, bereavement services lend you extra support during one of life’s most challenging times. What are bereavement services? Bereavement is the term used for the period of sadness and mourning that follows a death. Why are bereavement services important?

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2023

Maribel partners with health care providers to support their efforts to design and expand the services they offer in the home setting, including home health agencies, hospices, palliative care providers and health systems. Dr. Adam Groff and Dr. Ronald Paulus launched Maribel Health late in 2021.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital recently received approval from legislators to relaunch hospice and home health services nearly a year after a local provider shut down. Bartlett Regional Hospital in January began the process of taking over HHCJ’s hospice and home health patients to fill care delivery gaps in southeast Alaska.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Incidentally, as of 2018 Utah also had the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 60.5%, compared to that year’s national average of 50.3%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). For deaths at home, for example, the report included numbers from 2018 to 2021.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Two hospices have lost the battle against workforce shortages, with one halting some of its service lines and another shutting down altogether. Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters. Alaska-based Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) recently announced its closure, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This extends the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider’s Green River location, which cares for patients in five Kentucky counties. “We Hosparus’ Green River office cared for 486 hospice patients in 2021 throughout its 1,600-square-mile, five-county region. Community Center appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The deal expands Eden Health’s home health and hospice footprint in Washington, one of eight states in its service region. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual. Community Home Health & Hospice did not respond to Hospice News requests for comment.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As of 2020, Miami-based VITAS is the nation’s largest hospice provider by market share, operating 50 locations in 14 states. In her new position, Husted will oversee the company’s volunteer and bereavement programs, working to improve the patient and family experience and foster growth.

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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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