Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. 31, 2021, according to a new CMMI white paper.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Combined, the inpatient centers have served more than 25,000 patients and their families, according to the end-of-life care provider. In addition to its inpatient operations, Hospice of Northwest Ohio delivers end-of-life care and support in homes and nursing facilities.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

Rosen and Murkowski, initially tried to pass the palliative care training bill in 2019, and then again 2021. That is why I have supported legislation that will allow more patients access to the highest quality of end-of-life care.” The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) manages the initiative.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

Demographics are driving a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio. In 2021, close to 80,150 Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio utilized the hospice benefit, according to the U.S. This is a rise from 17.8% currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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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. The new office will be home base for Queen City staff who provide care in the Brown County region and surrounding areas. Census Bureau. This is a rise from 17.8% currently, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 9, 2024

After this effort was initiated in 2021, about 54% of eligible patients elected the hospice benefit, compared to 22% in years prior, a new study in JAMA Network Open indicated. For most of these patients, hospice care began within one to two days of prognosis.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care (IAHHC) has unveiled a new employee support program designed to help with retention of much needed workforce resources in end-of-life care. The association’s staff also help manage the Kentucky Home Care Association (KHCA). Development of the C.A.R.E.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The new location will allow for expanded access to end-of-life care and caregiver support, according to Robert Watson, who will serve as its new executive director. When medicine cannot provide a cure, hospice redefines hope in terms of a patient’s quality of life,” Watson said in a statement.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

National health care expenditures in the U.S. trillion in 2021, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These sources continue to provide funding in 2021, but at much lower levels and in 2020.”. The health care sector accounted for 18.3%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

“A rate freeze would interfere with the progress made through hospice wherein highly patient-centered care, controlled by the patient at the most important point of an individual’s life, offers Medicare with significant financial savings while providing incredible end-of-life care.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. So, for access to rural care, we’re going to have to depend on smaller rural programs.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Our shared approaches to serving patients advocate for care with the highest quality of life possible, including in-home services for patients with chronic illnesses and home-based end-of-life care.” In 2021, 48,644 Medicare beneficiaries in New York state elected the hospice benefit, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 20, 2024

The new center provides a location for the development and implementation of a “robust work plan” focused on increasing hospice and palliative care access across New York, according to the state’s health department. Kathy Hochul approved a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

A large aim of the transaction is to expand access to quality, comprehensive end-of-life care across a broader region in the state amid challenges such as rising competition and economic pressures. About 80,150 Medicare decedents in Ohio utilized hospice services in 2021, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Hospices have come under increasing regulatory oversight during a time of prolific workforce shortages , rising demand and technology innovations that are reshaping end-of-life care delivery. Recent strategic growth decisions have included the health system’s expanded pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The expansion is driven by growing demand for end-of-life care in the northern Tampa Bay area, according to Jalisha Wynn, general manager for VITAS. “At Established nearly four decades ago, Big Bend Hospice in 2021 formed a new parent company, Seven Oaks Health. of the county’s overall population, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

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 based home health and hospice provider. .

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The organization has grown its patient census and geographic reach under Whitaker’s leadership, citing a “234% increase” in the number of patients accessing care across all of its service lines in the announcement, as well as expanded services into four new counties. the previous year – both California-based.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When that isn’t possible, Big Bend Hospice’s inpatient units provide an at-home feeling along with specialized end-of-life care that often exceeds a family’s caregiving capability.” More than 154,500 people received hospice in Florida in 2021, according to the U.S. Statewide, 6.7 spike from 4.4

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. California’s Department of Justice (CDOJ) in 2021 issued a report detailing the state’s history of lax oversight. “The

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. More than 49% of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice care during 2022, up from 47.3% in 2021, the commission reported. The commission projected an aggregate 2024 margin of 9%. Of those, 1,169 were nonprofits, a 1.4% decline from 2018.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. This reflects a total enrollment increase of 9% over 2021. MA as a whole is rapidly growing.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

Akula, 68, was initially indicted in the fall of 2021 on the charges, which alleged that Canon routinely billed Medicare for physician services for patients who were admitted into GIP and stayed for longer than 24 hours. The FBI thanks its partners the U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Agape first entered Georgia in 2021 with a de novo in the Augusta community, near the South Carolina border. Later that year, the company purchased Serenity Care and Integrity Hospice in separate transactions, both in the town of Dublin, Ga. The Foothills deal gave Agape its first foothold in North Carolina.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines. The lawsuit contends that the claims denials denied Partners in Care its right to procedural due process. Partners in Care refuted the findings in a Jan.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

While consolidation slowed in 2023, many industry observers expect a rebound in 2024, though perhaps not to the record-breaking levels seen in 2021. Prior to his role at Transcend, he was senior vice president of marketing and communications for AccentCare, which merged with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2021.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

LaLonde became director of the hospice’s Angela First Care program in 2021, moving up in the ranks to her current position a year later. She previously served as administrator of memory care and resident services at Glacier Hills Retirement Community. “Her For nearly 50 years, this organization has delivered on that mission.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Last year Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian formed a home care and hospice venture in the California — rebranded as Hoag at Home. In 2021, Wisconsin-based Aspirus Health System expanded with hospice and palliative care programs in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Home-based hospice care is a different ballgame,” said Massey.

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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. In 2021, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 92.1

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

Demographics are driving a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio. In 2021, close to 80,150 Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio utilized the hospice benefit, according to the U.S. This is a rise from 17.8% currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

MARCH 30, 2023

Demographics are driving up a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio. In 2021, close to 80,150 Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio utilized the hospice benefit, according to the U.S. This is a rise from 17.8% currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Before joining Guaranteed, Malone served as vice president of sales and partnerships at mental health provider Thriveworks since 2021. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state of hospice and palliative care markets. In 2021, hospice was a $23 billion industry that made up roughly 20% of the overall U.S. health care market, according to a report that Bank of America (BofA) Global Research shared with Hospice News. “As we see growth acceleration, staffing capacity is the number one concern.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

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. Each year, primary care physician turnover generates nearly $979 million in excess health care expenditures for public and private payers, the same study showed.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“At Broward Health Medical Center, we remain steadfast in our commitment to comprehensive Health care, encompassing the crucial aspects of medical treatment and the invaluable comfort of palliative and end-of-life care,” Fernandez said. HHHC in 2021 merged with SolutionHealth for an undisclosed amount.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2022

1, 2021, with 53 participating health plans. The main opportunity is to ensure continuity of care for our members from primary care to end-of-life care. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. This number grew to 115 in 2022.

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