Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Amedisys acquired Contessa in 2021 for $250 million. Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Medicare made an estimated $190 million in improper payments to acute-care hospitals for outpatient hospice services between 2017 and 2021. Most acute-care hospitals reviewed only whether outpatient services palliated or managed terminal illnesses, not related conditions. An audit by the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2024

Between 2019 and 2021, the prevalence of chronic pain among adults nationwide ranged from 20.5% Between 2019 and 2021, the prevalence of chronic pain among adults nationwide ranged from 20.5% The survey was administered to 1,000 physician members of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), with a 52.6%

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

A new collaboration for transitional care between Florida-based Big Bend Hospice and the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare system has more going on behind the scenes. Big Bend, a nonprofit provider, in 2021 formed a new parent company called Seven Oaks Healthcare. Certainly the idea is to take pretty big leaps towards value-based care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021. Patients that utilized community-based palliative care services were more likely to enroll in hospice further upstream, she indicated. “We

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. Though Gentiva did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, Bloomberg reported that ProMedica’s Heartland Hospice is valued at $710 million.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The soon-to-be-implemented hospice Special Focus Program (SFP) from the U.S. The Alliance was formed by the merger this year of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the National Association for Home Health & Hospice. “We The program, set to begin Jan. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

As the hospice landscape shifts and hospice care is delivered more widely, another care type has made entry into the conversation: palliative care. Based upon the request of a hospice customer, Axxess began to develop a palliative care-specific technology platform in 2021. But it’s proving outcomes and it’s making waves.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 21, 2024

Among the most common misconceptions about palliative care is that these services are often conflated with hospice as support received at the end of a person’s life. Palliative isn’t hospice, you want them to be different programs,” Dedes told Palliative Care News during the Hospice News Sales & Marketing webinar series.

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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 31, 2024

million in 2021. for Pediatric Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved its 2025 state budget that includes outlays to support palliative care services for children. The state’s budget included $14.7 million for maternal and child health, including $10.4

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The pandemic reinforced positive perception of palliative care and increased participants’ understanding of its scope and respondents indicated a need for more palliative care and advocated for their role in future pandemic,” Vesel said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Some states have begun instilling regulations in place requiring private insurance companies to cover palliative and hospice care for eligible children. Illinois legislators in January 2021 passed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill (SB2384), which established an in-home palliative care benefit for children facing life-limiting conditions.

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Illinois-headquartered Unity Hospice & Palliative Care has expanded to Houston, Texas, following its acquisition of an existing license in that market. This expansion coincides with Unity’s 30 th anniversary as a premier hospice and palliative care organization,” Unity owner Michael Klein told Hospice News in an email. “As

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million. Palliative care has always kind of sat in the shadows of hospice. Contessa’s specialty is high-acuity care in the home, including hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility-at-home programs.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Though the needle is moving, it lags behind the pace needed to keep up with demand, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, hospice and palliative care physician and medical director at Georgia-based Longleaf Hospice. Luke’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine’s program. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Researchers examined eight other studies from 2012 to 2021 that included virtual reality interventions among a rough total of 225 palliative care patients with diverse types of advanced illnesses and age ranges (20 to 103 years old). VITAS is among the hospice and palliative providers that have integrated VR into care delivery.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The company acquired Contessa in 2021 for $250 million. Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. “Our Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? million beneficiaries.

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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. For some rural areas, they’re not seen as financially feasible or sustainable to larger programs,” Kuhlman told Hospice News. “So,

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Connecticut Hospice Inc. Dubbed as Magnolia Care, the decision to launch these new services was in part driven by rising demand as more seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reach life’s final stages, according to the hospice provider. Growing demand is among the factors driving hospices’ investment.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Two Maryland-based hospices, Hospice of Washington County and Gilchrist, have agreed to affiliate. We are excited about the synergy between our organizations,” Sara McKay, CEO of Hospice of Washington County and Franklin Hospice, said in a statement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rising demand and demographic tailwinds are propelling rapid growth in both the hospice and palliative care markets. A large concern is whether there will be enough hospice and palliative care providers to keep pace with demand, according to Brian Tanquilut, equity analyst in health care services at investment banking company Jeffries LLC.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2024

National hospice utilization rates have fallen since 2020, though the total number of patients served remains consistent. The aging population continues to increase, so even as the percentage of patients served decreases, the total number of patients served increases,” Ware told Hospice News. “The In 2021, 1.71 About 47.3%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Oncology nurses at Nebraska Medicine in 2021 began utilizing a palliative care screening assessment tool to help differentiate patients in need of general or specialized serious illness care. Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute also began integrating the ID-PALL tool in 2021.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice will soon add a third location to its geographic footprint in Oklahoma. The de novo will open this fall, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and serve hospice patients and their families across 11 surrounding counties. Demographics are driving demand for hospice in Oklahoma. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unity Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Houston has unveiled a five-year general inpatient (GIP) service agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health. The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals. Unity Hospice and Palliative Care serves 13 counties in Texas.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2023

This push dovetails with the home health and hospice provider’s plans to extend the continuum of services it can bring into patients’ homes, including palliative and high-acuity care. Among those assets is the Amedisys subsidiary Contessa, which the company acquired in 2021 for $250 million. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

The interdisciplinary nature of palliative care, especially the inclusion of social workers, positions palliative care nicely to help to address the myriad needs that people have,” Maxwell told Hospice News. “The Programs to address social determinants have likewise been found to reduce health care expenditures. Case in point, the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 21, 2024

Maine-based Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice has rebranded as Andwell Health Partners to better reflect its growing suite of services. The company launched in 1966 as a home health company, later adding hospice, palliative, behavioral health and community care services. “As We want to serve as your partner in health for life.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Trust and collaborative communication are essential to hospice executive teams seeking to weather a changing health care system. The nonprofit health system provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Franchitto and Martin have led the organization for roughly 15 years.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once among the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers, Humana Inc. NYSE:) acquired the company in 2021. The following year, the insurance giant divested Kindred’s hospice and personal care segments, selling a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CDR) for $2.8

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others, Ellen Lukens, deputy director of CMMI said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. “In Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS later extended the program until December 2021.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cancer patients and those with other serious chronic illnesses often experience higher rates of mental health comorbidity that is “under-diagnosed, under-treated and under-studied,” a 2021 study from the Cambridge University Press found.

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