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

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Bailey Woodhams, business development manager for consulting firm Maxwell Healthcare Associates, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Millicent Burke-Sinclair, president and CEO of the hospice and palliative care provider Four Seasons, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Together for Short Lives

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New research we are releasing today reveals that NHS funding for local children’s hospices in England varies by as much as £483 per child in 2022/23.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hollie Trogdon, senior vice president of PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. What drew you to this industry?

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed the Hospice Care Index (HCI) to paint a picture of care processes that occur between a patient’s admission and discharge, but as currently designed it may not be an effective measure of quality. The post Quality Measures: Will the CMS Hospice Care Index Actually Work?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This kind of approach would likely resonate with hospice workers, research has demonstrated. Hospice employees value efficiency very highly, as it affords them the ability to concentrate on “what matters most,” as well as a sense of fulfillment, according to a 2022 study by Transcend Strategy Group.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Katie Leonard, director of pediatrics at Anchor Health, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“For hospice services specifically, an aging population, along with better informed family members about the positive aspects of hospice care, along with an increased dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, are all drivers of these crucial services,” he said. Among Medicare beneficiaries, 45,760 elected the hospice benefit in 2022.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO at Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management, LLC, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

to conduct the analysis of the program, formally called the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID). The RAND analysis released this week covers the calendar year 2022. In 2022, 13 insurance companies offered hospice VBID benefits through a total of 109 health plans.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Continued growth in the number of for-profit providers (an increase of at least 10% in 2022) and reports of strong investor interest in the sector suggest that capital is available to these providers,” MedPAC indicated in its report. More than 49% of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice care during 2022, up from 47.3%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

. “Our new Wildwood branch will bolster our support for the surrounding rural communities in eastern Missouri by providing them with the increased accessibility and convenience of our expert care team.” Croix Hospice cares for as many as 4,400 patients daily across its ten-state footprint, which is concentrated in the Midwest.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

Inflation and rising health care utilization are driving U.S. health care spending to growth faster than the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The nation’s health care spend is projected to reach nearly $5.1 Spending by Medicare, hospice’s principal payer, is expected to reach close to $1.1 of the anticipated U.S.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Dallas-based home health and hospice provider Intrepid USA Healthcare Services’ geographic footprint spans 66 locations in 14 states. Intrepid has two locations in Beaumont, Texas, where the company provides home-based hospice, palliative and supportive care services. Hospice utilization rates hovered at 49.1%

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% annually between 2022 and 2031, reaching $7.1 Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Hospice utilization rates among Medicare descendents in Florida reached 55.97% in 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Facts and Figures report. Francis Reflections operates two general inpatient hospice care units in Melbourne and Titusville, Florida.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 6, 2022

DUBLIN, CA – The 2022 Hike for Hope on May 14 at Del Valle Regional Park broke both attendance and fundraising records with more than 1,300 registrants and over $180,000 in support raised for Hope Hospice’s patient care and community programs. ABOUT HOPE HOSPICE. HopeHospice.com. Tax ID 94-2576059.

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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. The facility will provide hospice care to patients requiring higher levels of pain and symptom management in a home-like environment.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

(Hospice News photo) The former Crossroads locations in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma locations will operate under the ACG Hospice brand, while the Georgia location will be branded as Georgia Hospice Care. Agape Care Group’s 2,000 employees serve roughly 5,000 patients in nine states.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Croix Hospice in March 2022. This is in addition to six that launched in 2022. Croix’s new wound care team will provide specialty care planning, treatment and clinical documentation. Croix Hospice apart by providing access to clinicians who specialize in wound care in addition to the traditional hospice care team.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The organization expects 10 to 12 participants in 2024, compared to about 30 for their more general grief programs for children, according to Ryan D’Amato, family support manager for Hoffmann Hospice. Hoffman Hospice cares for roughly 300 patients per day. Fire Administration reported.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

“Our new Manhattan branch will headquarter more local staff within the communities they are already serving, allowing us to increase access and convenience to hospice care where there is great need.” Between October 2021 and September 2022 nearly 50% of eligible patients who reside in the service area for St.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

billion in improper payments during 2023, though a smaller proportion of those dollars went to hospices than in years prior. Hospices received nearly 5.4% of improper payments from Medicare in 2023, down from 12% in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Medicare fee-for-service programs made $31.23

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2024

“However, we believe further scrutiny of the performance of PE associated activity is warranted to ensure that all Medicare beneficiaries receive the quality of hospice care to which they are entitled. The research cited above suggests that may not always be the case.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Hospice and palliative care providers are adept at realizing such savings, largely because they operate in a lower-cost setting and can prevent hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 As of 2022, more than 500 of these organizations were in operation.

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Hospice Valley

MARCH 30, 2022

47 total views, 1 views today Last Updated on March 30, 2022 by Frank Davis Death is a difficult thing to think about, and realistically it’s something that most of us have to face in our lifetimes, it’s not surprising that we avoid the topic like the plague. But what happens when you or your loved one […].

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2024

Gentiva’s parent company, the private equity firm Clayton, Dublier and Rice, acquired a 60% stake Kindred at Home’s hospice assets in 2022 for $2.8 The integrity of hospice care is critical to the millions of patients receiving these services,” said Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Christian J.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

“These restrictions are closely tied to the two most common reasons for a live discharge from hospice: decertification — when a patient is removed from hospice care due to a stabilized condition; or revocation — when a patient chooses to leave hospice care to seek curative care,” the authors wrote.

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Hospice Valley

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

60 total views Last Updated on February 25, 2022 by Frank Davis Hospice Valley’s catholic hospice care is a place where people can find God in their day to day lives, and where they are surrounded by a community that reflects the love of Jesus Christ. Our catholic hospice care is a place where people are […].

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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

AUGUST 14, 2024

Once they learned that we were tied to a home health provider, especially a hospice, it turned them off.” They decided the answer was two-fold: Sever ties with the hospice care provider they worked for; then start casting about for investors. “We He’s a hospitalist, and they always talked about palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The organization began as a home health agency and added a hospice segment in 2022, according to Vicki Owens, CEO of Emmaus Catholic Hospice, DBA under the nonprofit Dominican Home Health Agency. The home health organization has provided care in Denver, Colorado, since 1923. That was a really foundational year for us.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Croix Hospice cares for as many as 4,400 patients daily with more than 65 locations across its ten-state footprint, which is concentrated in the Midwest. Those were in addition to six that launched in 2022. In October 2022, St. In October 2022, St. The company has been on a growth trajectory for several years.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

.” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC). Despite rebasing payment rates for the higher levels of care, there still remains a high percentage of hospices that provide little to no CHC, IRC, or GIP.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

1, 2017, to July 31, 2022, and examined inequities among pediatric palliative populations. Hispanic and Latino pediatric patients were 59% less likely to receive palliative care consultations compared to white patients across inpatient settings nationwide, a June 2022 study published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine found.

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