Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

Combined, hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility-at-home admissions grew by 55% year-over-year during the second quarter of the year. This is compared to a 4% increase in home health same-store admissions and a 6% decline for its hospice segment. million in Q2 2022. million the prior year.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. MedPAC June 2022 report to Congress included similar findings, according to the commission’s Executive Director James E.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2024

Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years. Only three hospice deals took place in the third quarter of this year compared to 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021, according to The Braff Group. But additional data point to a resurgence.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to offer non-skilled home care services as a supplemental benefit. In 2022, close to 15% of all MA plans – about 1,000 in total – offer in-home support services, according to Washington, D.C.-based As of 2019, the U.S.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Wage inflation slowed sequentially, clinical headcount increased and home health and hospice turnover has declined as we continue to improve these trends will allow us to admit and serve more patients and residents.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased home health base rate payments by only 0.7%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Our disciplined approach to home health is fundamentally rooted in the fact that we understand we cannot chase low margin business and try to make it up with volume in home health.” The company’s home health and hospice service line brought in $52.98 compared to Q3 in 2022. million, a 6.3%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

2023 now has a slight reprieve with provisions in its final rule, resulting in an estimated net increase in home health payments of 0.7%. These payment concerns come at a time when both home health and hospice providers are continuing to feel the effects of COVID-19 headwinds, including disruption of referral streams. “And

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

We are seeing more hospice in the pipeline than we are in home health at this point,” said Jacobsmeyer during an earnings call. “We’re We’re seeing a little bit higher hospice potential development projects in the pipeline compared to home health.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We In 2022, the projected improper payment amount for hospice care is expected to be close to $2.9

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Rising expenses caused widespread margin compression among hospices during 2022, particularly those associated with wages and salaries, recruitment and retention, fuel and general inflation. “We’re Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care + Hospice. “We Staying on top of spending. We look at the payer mix.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Acquisitions contributed roughly $65 million to Addus’ bottom line thus far in 2022, including one substantial hospice deal. Last month it acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Health, Ltd. Addus has seen success in its value-based contracting efforts in the state, as well as an uptick in home health and hospice referrals.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

The home health, hospice and senior living company aims to pursue acquisition opportunities across all of its service lines. Pennant’s home health and hospice segment brought in $95 million in Q2 this year, an 11.3% rise from the same period in 2022. million during the second quarter, a 13.7%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Electronic medical record data can help providers identify training gaps among their clinicians, particularly when it comes to advance care planning and palliative consultations, according to Lisa Simmons-Fields, director of system population health and care management at Trinity Health System.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

“Our home health and hospice pipeline is ripe with opportunities we expect to execute on over the next few quarters …,” Pennant President John Gochnour said in an earnings call. “We We will continue to invest consistently in home health and hospice through multiple avenues. million in Q1 2022.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

Amedisys Chairman Paul Kusserrow said last November that the company has a pipeline of more than 13 health system joint ventures, which could potentially double Contessa’s footprint. The program helped to identify patients that wouldn’t normally land in the home health care setting.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2022

But LHC Group’s hospice segment is faring better than its home health business. dip in home health patient admissions during the second quarter compared to the prior year’s period. LHC Group has previously reported that it had “remaining untapped opportunities” on the horizon for 2022. The segment brought in $102.6

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

These issues exist throughout the health care continuum, meaning that hospices have a broad range of competitors in the labor market. Medical groups and health systems nationwide reported a median of 10% increase in staffing costs from 2022 to 2023 in a recent American Medical Group Association (AGMA) survey. About 77.6%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Hospice News recently sat down with executives at each company during the 2022 ELEVATE Conference in Chicago to discuss how they are honing their M&A and growth strategies. But the organization grew more strongly in home health, and that really was the primary focus,” said Davis. “Up

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. This started to level off late last year and in early 2022. Companies like LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG), Amedisys Inc.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. If finalized, this would mirror the current regulation for home health providers. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

drop compared to Q2 in 2022. The consideration marks the latest move in a trend of large home health and hospice providers weighing the benefits and risks of similar deals in the industry. and 0.7%, respectively. Meanwhile, Enhabit’s average length of hospice stay was 108 days, a 0.9% Meanwhile, Amedisys Inc.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. Between July 27th and August 19th, 2022, HCP conducted a survey targeting agencies who provide in-home care services.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Austin: I think in home health and hospice, there’s a different answer for each one. I would say generally speaking, in home-based care services, we don’t do a very good job of pounding our chest and saying, “Hey! Austin: Continued monetization. I think we’re seeing care models change.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

It’s down a bit by about 10% – 11% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2021 as some of the investor focus shifts to home health. Because of the [Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM)], things got garbled and murky in home health as investors waited to see what happened. There could be several.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

We’re trying to really recruit staff and talk about the benefits of the flexibility of working in home health and hospice and what that does for an individual clinician. Do you expect to meet that 10-per-year goal in 2022? But again, as I mentioned that the development pipeline is also pretty robust.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Agnew recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss her community education and outreach efforts and the ways UnityPoint is engaging with the health care workforce amid industry-wide staffing shortages. As a leader at UnityPoint, what are your priorities for 2022? Can you give me some details about that initiative?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As VBID now, we’re approaching the end of 2022 and then emerging into 2023, we’re going to be in 15 plans, 119 plan benefit packages, and across 806 counties. That’s what they said in home health, but we know they get different flavors and do a little bit different variety of care and what they provide.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

initially to invest in the home health and hospice space? Gumina: I first invested in home health and hospice prior to my time at Grant Avenue back in the early 2000s. For example, I was the first institutional investor in Encompass Home Health back then, and also started a hospice business called Voyager.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Through Q3, how is 2022 shaping up for HHA and hospice M&A? Hospice will benefit with about a 3% rate improvement from 2022.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What to know about the HHVBP roll-out to all 50 states Now that the pilot has concluded and is deemed a success, HHVBP officially rolled out to all 50 states in 2022 for pre-implementation. This is the onslaught. ” – Naomi Goldapple, VP of AlayaLabs, Navigating Value-Based Care in Home Health with AlayaCare Webinar.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Now that the pilot has concluded and is deemed a success, HHVBP officially rolled out to all 50 states in 2022 for pre-implementation. With the overall goals of HHVBP being better health, better care, and lower costs, the focus is on disease management, preventing re-admissions, and improving outcomes. 2022 – pre-implementation year.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 3, 2018

The pace of change in home care is accelerating at a high rate, and demands for caregiver time and skill are unrelenting. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the home infusion therapy market — a rapidly growing mainstay of home and clinic care expected to reach $31.9 billion USD by 2022.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 31, 2022

Business owners in home health, hospice, home care, and primary at-home care could all be under threat. . T he future of home-based care might change forever, and faster than you think. Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical will change the landscape of home care forever—for better or worse.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

Michah’s Story Begins: It is January 2022, and hospice agencies are still struggling to provide care in the midst of a pandemic. Michah knows October 1, 2022, will be here before he knows it—and that he and his team will be ready. Common HIPAA Violations in Home Health: Navigating the 7 Trickiest Compliance Pitfalls.

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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health announced four of its home health branches have earned the SHPBest Patient Satisfaction Award from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) for the 2022 calendar year.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2022

So in the home health world, in the hospice world, we’ll take on one or two patients and do some per visit activity. And that doesn’t, that’s how I got started in home health. I took on patients on my way home from the rehab. Close Related Resources. Connect with Melanie Stover.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

One contributing factor is that — following a glut of activity in 2021 and 2022 — fewer quality hospices are left on the market, the Mertz Taggart report indicated. “To The current state of hospice M&A The downward trend started to emerge in late 2022, when deal volumes and valuations dipped from the record highs of the preceding years.

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