Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

The JV, branded as Adena Home Health and Hospice, will launch next month, providing care to seriously and terminally ill patients in south central and southern Ohio. This is an exciting and significant step forward in our home health and hospice care delivery,” said Adena Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Shaheed Koury, in a statement.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The prospect of stagnated per diems would be woeful news for hospice providers that are facing widespread wage increases along with inflation and other costs, according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Health and Hospice (NAHC). For this year, CMS increased the hospice base rate by 3.1%.

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Hospice News

JULY 16, 2024

The Pennsylvania state Senate has approved a bill proposing to expand staffing requirements around death proclamations to include a wider breadth of hospice clinicians. If enacted, the legislation would allow licensed practical nurses (LPNs) providing hospice care to make death pronouncements.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Prolific health disparities have driven hospices to implement various strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion among underserved patient populations. Lower health literacy levels can prevent individuals from understanding their options for end-of-life care and the resources available to them, she stated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Deborah Morris, chief medical officer for Big Bend Hospice, said in a statement. 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.” Hospice utilization in the Sunshine State runs high.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

Compassus’ nearly 7,000 employees care for more than 120,000 patients each year in 30 states. “As our teams come together, we’ll continue to focus on patients, partnership and innovation to deliver superior care.” Demographics are driving a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

MedPAC commissioners maintained that hospice payment levels were “favorable,” due to increases in utilization and length of stay, sufficient access to capital, investor interest in the space and margin data. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. in 2021, the commission reported.

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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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Seasons Hospice

JANUARY 7, 2021

After a tumultuous year in 2020, many are looking forward to 2021 as a year of renewed hope. Here at Seasons Hospice of Tulsa and Muskogee, we would like to share some words of encouragement with you and your family as we move into the new year. Look for Joy in 2021. Look for new ways to find and share joy in 2021.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

The violations included fraudulent charges related to general inpatient hospice (GIP) services that were not provided and multiple counts of medically unnecessary procedures. Shiva Akula showed no regard for quality end-of-life hospice care,” said Jason Meadows, Special Agent in Charge at HHS-OIG.

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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

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. Hospices in urban and suburban areas made up the remaining 82%, the report found.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Hospices flagged by the SFP also will be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle and could face monetary penalties or expulsion from the Medicare program. The newly introduced House bill is designed to improve data transparency when it comes to the hospice SFP and quality measures.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. The discriminatory experiences have led to mistrust in the health care system at large, as well as underutilization of end-of-life care, Praver indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

YoloCares has announced its disaffiliation from the California Hospice Network (CHN) after three years of collaborative partnership. CHN is a coalition of nonprofit hospices designed to support the growth of community-based hospice care and leverage their collective scale and resources in value-based payment programs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As with other demographic groups, hospice utilization among Hispanic, Latino and Latinx populations is low in comparison to Caucasians. Latino patients are more likely to die without receiving hospice care or even information about these services, the report indicated. “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ginn served in that same role before being promoted to CFO in 2017 and executive vice president in 2021. The company in June announced plans to acquire the massive home health and hospice provider Amedisys for $3.3 AMOREM has locations across 12 counties in northwest North Carolina, which include four inpatient care units.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

base rate increase for next year, which some in the hospice community have called inadequate. 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.

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NHPCO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For Immediate Release: February 9, 2021 . Hospice Action Network Honors 2021 Congressional Champions. NHPCO advocacy affiliate recognizes members of Congress who have supported hospice . People in the final stages of life should have access to the compassionate care that hospice and palliative care provide.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

Commonly called the hospice carve-in, the program in 2021 began testing the coverage of hospice through Medicare Advantage, as well as palliative care and transitional care. The post Hospice’s Outlook in Value-Based Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JULY 1, 2021

This recognition is reflective of each and every team member and the care and compassion they provide to those we serve,” said Lisa Kissell, CEO of Valeo Home Health and Hospice. Valeo was honored at the Best of SLC banquet held on June 14, 2021 at This Is The Place State Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care. Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

of all Medicare hospice patients in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Similar to other underserved populations, fear of discrimination and mistrust are the biggest walls between Native Americans and hospice care, according to Craig Dresang, CEO of California-based YoloCares.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The health care system, in both private and public settings, that is engaged with financing, managing, and providing palliative and hospice care must directly address the issue of racism, discrimination, and disparities, particularly among marginalized underserved non-Hispanic Blacks,” authors stated in the study.

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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

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. It has not turned out to be a good thing for patients.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 13, 2023

NHPCO Facts and Figures is the leading resource for hospice providers and others interested in understanding the work of the community. The 2023 Facts and Figures report continues to see the impact of COVID-19 on patient care and the effect of the COVID-19 waivers to the traditional delivery of hospice care.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

Few businesses have to work as hard as hospices to dispel myths and misconceptions about their practices. To help move the needle on awareness, Guidry, a care team physician for one of the nation’s largest hospice providers, founded Mourning Dove Medical in 2021. I thought it was withholding care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Croix provides hospice to nearly 4,000 patients daily across the Midwest. The hospice promoted Eric Lewis to chief accounting officer, who joined St. Croix in 2021 as vice president and controller. Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Through the JV, the two organizations formed the Luminis Health Gilchrist Lifecare Institute as a way to provide an “integrative continuum of care for the elderly across multiple settings,” in communities statewide, according to a recent announcement. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2023

The California-based hospice has calculated these cost savings by taking the number of patient care hours served by a volunteer and multiplying this amount by average hourly staff rates. Their services reduced the hospice’s costs by an average of 6%, a rise from 5.5% during the previous fiscal year, according to Conway.

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Hospice News

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. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Concern is mounting around whether current health equity initiatives will be a flash in the pan or yield long term improvement on reducing disparities in hospice care among communities of color. Many people who could benefit from hospice are not getting the care they deserve,” Deese told Hospice News in an email. “We

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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. Staffing woes curbing hospice and palliative growth.

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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. also said that she would like to know why a higher proportion of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries disenrolled during the last year of life.

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Hospice Valley

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

260 total views Last Updated on November 12, 2021 by Frank Davis For compassionate, dignified end-of-life care for you or your loved one, hospice is a caring and supportive environment where you can live out the rest of your days in peace.

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