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Eden Health Acquires A Plus Hospice Care

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Eden Health of Northern Nevada, dba Eden Hospice, has acquired A Plus Hospice Care in its home state. Through the transaction, A Plus Hospice Care patients will have access to Eden Health’s additional services, including home health, home care and palliative care. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should consider is retiring the six-month terminal prognosis requirement and allowing for some concurrent care, Wallace and Wladkowski indicated.

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Medicare Making Fewer Improper Payments to Hospices

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Medicare fee-for-service programs made $31.23 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.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or any Medicare Advantage plans spoke at this hearing. No representatives from the U.S.

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The Hospice CARE Act’s Potential to ‘Dramatically Reshape’ End-of-Life Care Delivery

Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer. “It

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How the Hospice Care Index Can Help Shape an Operator’s Future

Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Strong performance on the Hospice Care Index is becoming increasingly essential to securing payer and referral contracts and will be a key consideration in the federal government’s forthcoming Special Focus Program (SFP). The Hospice Care Index can be a referral driver.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. 3–6 Big Provider, Payer Hospice Deals.

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Asian-American Communities Face ‘Digital Divide’ in Health Equity, Hospice Care

Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The data come at a time when hospices are striving to better understand how to improve those groups’ end-of-life trajectories. Technology utilization has gained momentum in health care, including in hospice care delivery. Coupled with the telehealth disparities are inequities pertaining to hospice care.

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MD Home Health Begins Offering Hospice, Primary Care Clinic

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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St. Croix Expands in Illinois, Acquires Lexington Hospice Care

Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Croix Hospice has acquired Lombard, Ill.-based based Lexington Hospice Care. In addition to a spate of acquisitions, the Minnesota-based hospice provider has launched three de novos thus far in 2022. Geographically, Lexington Hospice Care fits nicely into St. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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MedPAC to Congress: Freeze Hospice Rates in 2025

Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In its annual report to Congress, MedPAC urged policymakers to eliminate hospice base-rate increases for 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC.

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The First Year of Hospice VBID Is the Hardest for Payers and Providers

Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Implementation of the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been challenging for both payers and providers, though a recent analysis indicates that it may get easier over time. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) commissioned the RAND Corp. The RAND analysis released this week covers the calendar year 2022.

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U.S. Health Care Expenditures to Reach $7.1 Trillion by 2031; Hospice Spending to Double by 2032

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. The report, published today in Health Affairs , did not contain hospice-specific data. ” In 2022, CMS paid $23.9

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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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National Health Care Expenditures Growing Faster than U.S. GDP

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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said during a virtual media briefing.

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Quality Measures: Will the CMS Hospice Care Index Actually Work?

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. appeared first on Hospice News.

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NPHI: Increase Scrutiny of PE Hospice Transactions

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. Of those, about 77% were for-profit entities, which provided care to about half of Medicare hospice decedents that year.

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Hospice’s Post-VBID Value-Based Outlook

Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

The post-Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in landscape could include wider value-based reimbursement avenues in the hospice space, leading providers to pivot into MA payer relationships. The forthcoming end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstrative takes effect Dec.

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New Day Healthcare Acquires Intrepid USA’s Missouri, Texas Hospice Assets

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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Understanding the ACO Opportunity For Hospices

Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Though the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is going away at the end of this year, those operators still have a role to play in value-based care. The carve-in, formally known as the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID), will expire on Dec. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hayden Jordan, Palliative Care Director, PruittHealth Home

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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Treasure Coast Hospice, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Complete Affiliation

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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St. Croix Expands Further in Kansas

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.” A little more than 31,000 Medicare patients in Kansas elected hospice in 2021, according to the U.S.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hollie Trogdon, Senior Vice President, PruittHealth Home

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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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3

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Nonprofit Startup Emmaus Catholic Hospice: Supportive Culture Key to ‘Rapid Growth’

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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Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Hosparus Health Hosparus Health Hosparus CEO David Cook Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice launched in 1993, initially branded as Green River Hospice. In 2021, more than 22,000 Medicare decedents elected hospice care in Kentucky. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. The recently proposed 2024 hospice payment rule contained a 2.8% In Fiscal Year 2022, routine home care accounted for 98.8% As many as 72.2%

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Advanced Home Care Acquires Dignity Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Massachusetts-based Advanced Home Care has acquired Dignity Hospice Care for an undisclosed amount. The transaction follows Advanced Home Care’s acquisition of Dignity Home Care late last year. The buyer company’s CEO Art Kalenjian will now take the helm at Dignity Hospice. Census Bureau projections.

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Untangling the Hospice GIP Conundrum

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Though hospices are required to offer all four levels of care, more than half did not provide a single day of GIP during 2022, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). of hospice care days in 2013, CMS reported. Utilization overall has been declining. GIP represented 1.8%

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years. It makes sense.

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VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since its implementation in July 2022, VITAS has bolstered its ranks with 275 newly hired licensed clinicians, including 103 during Q4, the company reported. For some of those other metrics, results were mixed for both Q4 and full-year 2022. from Q3 2022. The decline resulted from the reinstated 2% Medicare sequestration, a 2.8%

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3 Reasons Continuous Home Care Utilization is Falling

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Utilization continuous home care has dropped precipitously during the past decade, with labor pressures, regulatory scrutiny and billing challenges as contributing factors. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice & Palliative of Martha Vineyard Navigates Staffing, Access Barriers

Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Rising demand comes at a time when labor and financial pressures are bearing down on providers amid soaring care delivery costs. These were the driving factors that fueled HPCMV to seek out Medicare certification after nearly four decades of thriving on philanthropic support, according to Stauffer Wozniak.

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Medicare Gives Consumers a New Hospice Rating System

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Hospice Care Index: A Perfect 10. In August 2022, Medicare included a new overall quality measure for Hospice Care Compare: the Hospice Care Index. For each quality measure where the hospice has good performance, one point is added to the Hospice Care Index. In Conclusion.

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St. Croix Hospice Expands in Iowa

Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Croix Hospice to expand in Iowa. “Nearly 37% of Iowa residents live in rural communities, and 21% of the state’s population receive Medicare. Croix Hospice, in a statement. A little more than 21,000 Medicare patients in Iowa elected hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. In October 2022, St.

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Gentiva Settles FCA Claims Against Kindred at Home

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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CMS Pilot to Conduct Medical Reviews of Hospice Stays Longer than 90 Days

Hospice News

JULY 17, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a small pilot program for post-payment reviews of hospice stays that exceed 90 days. CMS internal data has identified a potential area of vulnerability beginning with the second benefit period, or 91st day in hospice,” Noridian indicated in an announcement.

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Hospice VBID: Understanding the 2023 Program Modifications

Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model will begin its third year on Jan. Often called the MA hospice carve-in , the voluntary demonstration is designed to assess payer and provider performance related to hospice within Medicare Advantage (MA).

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NHPCO: Proposed 2.8% Hospice Payment Hike Insufficient

Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patients’ care needs, a major industry group said. CMS earlier this month released its 2024 hospice proposed rule , which included the 2.8% After a moratorium during the pandemic, full Medicare sequestration resumed on July 1, 2022.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

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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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Why MA Plans Are Investing in Palliative Care as a Supplemental Benefit

Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Increasingly, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have found real value in offering community-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has allowed MA health plans to cover supplemental benefits for eligible patients. Since 2018, the U.S. In January 2023, 30.19 million of the 59.82

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Summit Hospice Settles False Claims Case for $1.05 million

Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2023

OIG alleged in a recent report that Summit Hospice violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid for non-covered hospice services. HHS-OIG will continue to work with our federal and state partners to ensure that hospice providers are giving their patients the care and comfort they need.”

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Eden Health Acquires A Plus Hospice Care

‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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Medicare Making Fewer Improper Payments to Hospices

Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

The Hospice CARE Act’s Potential to ‘Dramatically Reshape’ End-of-Life Care Delivery

How the Hospice Care Index Can Help Shape an Operator’s Future

Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Asian-American Communities Face ‘Digital Divide’ in Health Equity, Hospice Care

MD Home Health Begins Offering Hospice, Primary Care Clinic

St. Croix Expands in Illinois, Acquires Lexington Hospice Care

MedPAC to Congress: Freeze Hospice Rates in 2025

The First Year of Hospice VBID Is the Hardest for Payers and Providers

U.S. Health Care Expenditures to Reach $7.1 Trillion by 2031; Hospice Spending to Double by 2032

CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

National Health Care Expenditures Growing Faster than U.S. GDP

Quality Measures: Will the CMS Hospice Care Index Actually Work?

NPHI: Increase Scrutiny of PE Hospice Transactions

Hospice’s Post-VBID Value-Based Outlook

New Day Healthcare Acquires Intrepid USA’s Missouri, Texas Hospice Assets

Understanding the ACO Opportunity For Hospices

Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hayden Jordan, Palliative Care Director, PruittHealth Home

Treasure Coast Hospice, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Complete Affiliation

St. Croix Expands Further in Kansas

Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hollie Trogdon, Senior Vice President, PruittHealth Home

Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Nonprofit Startup Emmaus Catholic Hospice: Supportive Culture Key to ‘Rapid Growth’

Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

Advanced Home Care Acquires Dignity Hospice

Untangling the Hospice GIP Conundrum

CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue

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Hospice & Palliative of Martha Vineyard Navigates Staffing, Access Barriers

Medicare Gives Consumers a New Hospice Rating System

St. Croix Hospice Expands in Iowa

Gentiva Settles FCA Claims Against Kindred at Home

CMS Pilot to Conduct Medical Reviews of Hospice Stays Longer than 90 Days

Hospice VBID: Understanding the 2023 Program Modifications

NHPCO: Proposed 2.8% Hospice Payment Hike Insufficient

Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

Why MA Plans Are Investing in Palliative Care as a Supplemental Benefit

Summit Hospice Settles False Claims Case for $1.05 million

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