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. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

“Aetna remains focused on providing benefits and services to help our members age in the place that is best for them – whether that is with caregivers or without, in a family home or in a senior living community,” Terri Swanson, president of Medicare for Aetna, told Hospice News in an email. “We

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. The agreement marked not only one of the largest deals in hospice, but also signaled increasing interest among payers to operate health care provider companies.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2023

Meanwhile, the company’s near-term acquisition sights are set more on home health than in personal care amid potential payment shifts. Pandemic forces winding down in hospice Addus provides home health, personal care and hospice to about 47,500 patients across roughly 203 locations in 22 states. of the company’s $251.6

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

In 2022, more than 907,000 Medicare hospice decedents were older than 85, out of 1.7 million total patients, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. But the most successful hospices in the senior living arena are those who can offer a larger continuum of care, according to Ponder Stansel.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2022

billion sale of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, divesting a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Soon thereafter, the company announced plans to divest the hospice and personal care segment. (NYSE: HUM) has completed its $2.8 Humana will retain the remaining 40%.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. Seniors 65 and older represent 17.7% of the state’s overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. The company received roughly $24 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, utilizing the funding to raise wages while providing sign-on and retention bonuses in 2022. million in revenue for all of 2022.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Frontpoint, a portfolio company of Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Tacoma Holdings, is an emerging provider of home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For starters, the company is going full-speed ahead on palliative care, delivered through its subsidiary Contessa Health. Amedisys yesterday announced a partnership with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to cover those services, as well as a forthcoming divestiture of its personal care segment to HouseWorks — excluding its Florida operations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As the dust settles from its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM) seeks to further expand into value-based care as both a provider and a payer. On the payer side, Humanais developing value-based reimbursement models designed to support Medicare patient populations.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Texas-based Choice Health at Home’s recent purchase of Instant Care of Arizona is bursting with long-term growth potential. The deal marked Choice’s first steps into the Arizona market and made the company a stronger player in the private duty and personal care arenas. Instant Care is Choice’s second acquisition this year.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

The bill’s introduction follows legislation floated last year that proposed to expand Medicare coverage of telehealth and make permanent some of the flexibilities implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Thyme Care recently launched a virtual palliative care program. Currently set to sunset Dec.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2023

during the same period in 2022. Although 2022 was a difficult year for our home health and hospice segment, we firmly believe in this business and its long-term value proposition,” Ashar said in an earnings call. “We million increase from Q4 2022. NASDAQ: AVAH) home health and hospice margins. in Q1 from 48.7% dip to $56.1

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Under Kusserow, Amedisys also expanded its care continuum from home health and hospice to include palliative care, personal care, hospital-at-home and skilled-nursing-facility-at-home. Factors such as the return of 2% Medicare sequestration and a 62-cent increase in costs-per-visit also impacted earnings.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 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 data from the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Kusserow – who holds a reputation as a successful turnaround executive – held the Amedisys CEO role from 2014 until early 2022. During that time, he helped spearhead the company’s aggressive hospice expansion, epitomized by the industry-shaping acquisitions of Compassionate Care Hospice, AseraCare and other businesses.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

All told, Addus provides hospice, home health and personal care to an estimated 47,500 patients annually across 203 locations in 22 states. Compared to Q2 2022, the company saw 9.7% Allison attributed the decline primarily to the return of Medicare sequestration. Census Bureau. This is a projected 37% increase from 2017.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

billion in 2022, according to the data firm ResearchandMarkets. Because most of the individuals accessing PACE are going to be Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. In 2022, roughly 60 home care, home health and hospice private equity deals took place across the United States and Canada. billion, up from $34.5

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remain intact. These include 1135 waivers of certain hospice rules that permitted use of telehealth to fulfill requirements typically done in person, such as recertification by physicians and patient visits. A continued federally declared emergency allows flexibilities by the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

Home health value-based purchasing Home health providers have two primary inroads to value-based care — HHVBP and Medicare Advantage. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kicked off the HHVBP demonstration on Jan. But starting in 2022, CMS began rolling it out nationwide.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

(NYSE: HUM) has signed a definitive agreement to sell a 60% stake in Kindred at Home’s (KAH) hospice and personal care business to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) for $2.8 The company attributed this primarily to growth in its Medicare Advantage business and state contracts membership.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Diephuis previously served as an advisor for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The investment from Echo and CVS is a milestone moment for Thyme Care driven by our commitment to working with partners dedicated to rethinking how we deliver and pay for cancer care,” Diephuis said in a statement.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

High valuations have led Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) to pivot towards personal care and home health deals rather than hospice acquisitions. Hospice multiples broke records in 2020, 2021 and 2022, reaching as high as 29x. Addus began as a personal care provider in 1979. million during Q4 2022, about 20.5%

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2023

Hospices have relied on data to enhances their ability to assess the quality and quantity of bedside care delivered during a patients’ final days. This includes two key quality measures: Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) and the Hospice Care Index (HCI).

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. Also last year, Elara Caring and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) formed an integrated care model designed at better addressing behavioral health needs among seniors.Texas-based Elara Caring offers hospice, palliative and personal care in addition to behavioral and home health.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Buyers want hospice, and they seem to realize that overpaying in 2021 and 2022 burned investors. Texas-based New Day offers hospice, home health and personal care through several brands. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its final 2024 home health rule included a 36-monthrule for hospice providers.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

UnitedHealth Group is the largest operator of Medicare Advantage plans in the country. The deal trumped a previous offer to purchase Amedisys by the home infusion company Option Care Health (NASDAQ: OPCH) for $3.6 The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

When we look at what we’re trying to provide, that comprehensive solution at home, what we put together in Harris County is really going to be the poster child for what we want to do in all of the major areas of the southwest, whether it be personal care services, hospice, home health, and being able to provide that for our patients.

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