Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Providing hospice and palliative care to patients in remote regions can come with significant challenges alongside innovative opportunities to improve quality, according to Cathy Stauffer Wozniak, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha Vineyards (HPCMV). Back then it was just Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard Inc.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Black Americans are frequently denied access to hospice and palliative care due to structural racism, and many of those communities lack sufficient information to make end-of-life care decisions, new research has found. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. I’ll say the obvious, racism. were Hispanic; 1.8%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The FDA in 2022 published a final rule , Annual Summary Reporting Requirements Under the Right to Try Act, which established statutes for manufacturers and sponsors of eligible investigational drugs to submit yearly data on dosages supplied and the number of patients treated.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 21, 2024

Pharmacists have a pivotal role in the provision of hospice and palliative care and are integral members of all interdisciplinary hospice teams,” the organization indicated. The post Specialized Palliative Pharmacists Have Key Role in Interdisciplinary Teams appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Recent research has found that more than 90% of board certified palliative physicians and nurse practitioners nationwide were located in metropolitan and urban areas in 2022. Only one palliative care physician existed per 8,632 seniors 65 and older in 2022, according to the research. according to Chen.

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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. About 17.4% of Nevada’s 3.1

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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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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Initially, what we thought we would do is build a palliative program that would nest between the home health and hospice,” Fluhart said. “We Once they learned that we were tied to a home health provider, especially a hospice, it turned them off.” The World Health Organization estimates 56.8

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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. Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. Palliative care has always kind of sat in the shadows of hospice.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

In 2022, the state’s legislature earmarked $8.7 In 2022, the state’s legislature earmarked $8.7 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. Mariano (D-Quincy).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

More home health care, health systems, hospices and primary care providers have gained a foothold in the palliative care space, often through community-based collaborations. A diversifying field Though hospices and health systems have largely dominated the palliative care market, primary care providers have increasingly delved into the space.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In addition, the agency has integrated palliative care components into the Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID), often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in. This year, the number of MA plans swelled to 3,998 nationwide, up 6% from 2022. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (IL-HPCO) has penned a three-year association management contract with The HAP Foundation to provide counsel and operational support. She was previously on the organization’s board of directors between 2018 and 2022, serving as chair for part of that time. “IL-HPCO

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Combined, the two organizations provide hospice and palliative care to more than 7,000 patients annually across Brevard, Martin, St. The deal includes Treasure Coast Hospice, which the health system established in 1982. Francis Reflections operates two general inpatient hospice care units in Melbourne and Titusville, Florida.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2024

of elderly patients receiving naturopathic care reported reduced symptom burden for cardiometabolic, cognitive and musculoskeletal conditions compared to others, according to a 2022 study published in BMC Health Services Research. The post Naturopath’s Potential in Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News. About 89.3%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

billion in shared savings payments during the program’s 2022 to 2023 performance year, the highest dollar amount thus far, CMS reported. “We Palliative care and hospice providers can collaborate with ACOs by becoming members of those organizations themselves, or by contracting with them through a preferred provider network.

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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 26, 2024

Hospice and palliative care provider VIA Health has long invested in disease-specific programs. The numbers have continued to grow in terms of building these quality indicators to ensure that heart failure patients get adequate and high-value, quality end-of-life care in their trajectory and get enrolled in hospice and palliative care.”

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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

JUNE 15, 2022

Aging Media Network (AMN) is proud to announce the Frontline Honors Class of 2022. We are excited to announce the Frontline Honors Class of 2022, which showcases individuals who have put patients, residents and their team members ahead of themselves to help their organizations thrive.”. Croix Hospice.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Julia Hospice & Palliative Refuels De Novo Plans Pennsylvania-based Julia Hospice & Palliative (JHPC) has reignited plans to launch a de novo after experiencing pandemic-related setbacks. Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic.

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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. In 2022 Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Texas-based New Day Healthcare LLC on Monday announced its acquisition of Intrepid USA’s hospice operations in Missouri and in its home state. The deal includes Intrepid’s hospice assets in Joplin and Springfield, Missouri, as well as its locations in Beaumont, Texas. Hospice utilization rates hovered at 49.1% Census Bureau.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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 But ultimately, the satisfaction from their members and their members’ families is much higher than if their members went without hospice.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With 15 de novos under its belt thus far in 2022, Caring Brands International (CBI) subsidiary Interim HealthCare Inc. Its services include home health, senior and pediatric care, palliative and hospice, with a goal to provide a full continuum of care to patients and their families.

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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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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

31, these waivers included the ability for hospices to recertify patients via telehealth services. Telehealth’s value proposition is building in the palliative care realm as regulators mull policies around future utilization, leaving providers to navigate uncertain and potentially difficult challenges among patients. People would suffer.

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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. Garrett is also executive director of the Virginia-based hospice’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee. Hospice utilization rates rose by 4.1%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When we think about the value-based world, there’s a lot of value to be delivered that maybe is not captured in the fee-for-service world,” Dr. Thomas Lee, vice president of medical affairs for Ennoble Care, told Hospice News. Operators can come to ACOs by two main avenues. That’s not sustainable.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

California-based Hospice of the Foothills unveiled a rebranding strategy aimed at better communicating its expanded suite of services. Rebranded as Foothills Compassionate Care, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, caregiver and grief support services as well as community education and resources.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2022, the company serviced more than 269,500 Medicare Advantage members and 89,000 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. The post Primary-Palliative Care Model Improved Quality, Cost Savings appeared first on Hospice News. The findings appeared in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Founded in 2016, agilon health, inc.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Blue Ridge Hospice Welcomes New VP of IT Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice has named Mohamad Hamad as its new vice president of information technology. Technology will play a key role in Blue Ridge Hospice’s ability to grow and sustain its services in the face of rising demand, according to President and CEO Jason Parsons.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

payment increase for hospices is insufficient in today’s economic climate, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) indicated in comments on the 2025 proposed payment rule. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6%

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