Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Reimbursement pressures, workforce strains and lagging awareness represent pain points preventing greater utilization of palliative care. There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care,” Leonard told Palliative Care News in an email.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In addition to jeopardizing access to care, fraudsters have stolen millions of taxpayer dollars which is why we’re working to provide accountability, restore integrity to the hospice benefit and ensure access to compassionate, high-quality care.” NAHC and NHPCO have since combined into the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. National averages hovered around 49.1%

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this week’s blog, the 5th and final of our CYP series, Gilda Davis @GildaMDavis, Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Worcester discusses challenges affecting children’s palliative care. As such, the services that are currently available are going to find themselves under further increasing pressure.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

As more care moves into the home setting, more hospitals and health systems are throwing their hats into the ring. Coupled with the entry of more payers into the space, the influx of health systems into home health, hospice and community-based palliative care stands to change the competitive dynamics in markets nationwide.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Home-based care provider AccentCare has been busy since its merger with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, exploring new technologies and care delivery strategies, as well as expanding business lines. To what extent do these programs collaborate with your hospice and palliative care teams?

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2023

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International that provides hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. Home health and hospice provider Amedisys acquired the company in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Initiatives like these allow health systems the opportunity to not only capitalize on growing demand, but also to address a more comprehensive range of their patients’ health needs in the setting that most prefer, according to Angel Vargas, vice president of Care at Home for Kaiser Permanente. billion in 2021.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

NASDAQ: AMED) and Mount Sinai Health system have expanded their joint venture to form a new entity offering a larger continuum of care, branded as Mt. Sinai at Home. Sinai in 2017 to provide hospital-at-home services. In 2021, their joint venture expanded to offer community-based palliative care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

based home health and hospice provider. . Driving this renewed interest is the company’s June 2021 purchase of Tennessee-based Contessa Health for $250 million. Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) is fired up for more hospital joint ventures, a new area of focus for the Baton Rouge, La.-based

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care. Established nearly four decades ago, Big Bend Hospice in 2021 formed a new parent company, Seven Oaks Health. Dozier Hospice House.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

among Hispanic populations in 2022, the largest increase across all minority groups that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Lower health literacy levels can prevent individuals from understanding their options for end-of-life care and the resources available to them, she stated. An increase of 3.3%

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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. Maribel’s mission is to make home the center of the health system.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). This is a slight increase from 2021 but approximately equal to 2020.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

billion in 2021. Commitments to home-based services Though Risant’s potential role is uncertain at this point, both Kaiser and Geisinger have made prior commitments to expand their home- and community-based services. Kaiser serves more than 12.6 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Companies ranging from large health systems and private equity firms are eagerly pursuing investments in the space, and long-time players are working to diversify their services to include a broader care continuum. It’s exciting to be creating a care model that is blazing the trail for advanced care at home.”.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2022

Hospice News recently sat down with McSpadden to discuss how hospices view the intensifying regulatory pressure in California, as well as how they are responding and what’s needed to raise the bar on quality care. How has a lack of regulatory hospice oversight in California created opportunities for large-scale fraud and abuse?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent hospice billing practices are slowing growth among legitimate providers and impairing their ability to enhance quality care delivery, said Patrick Harrison, senior director of regulatory and compliance at the National Alliance for Care at Home. Medicare fee-for-service hospice programs made an estimated $1.3

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