Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

CAPC surveyed 150,000 health care professionals between December 2021 and January 2022 to gauge the efficacy and scope of their quality improvement efforts to advance equity among Black patients with serious illnesses. One health care organization used patient data to adjust its clinical workflow process.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Tutera and Residential have maintained a partnership since May 2022, through which the home health and hospice company provides home health services in the Kansas City market. In 2022, the Michigan-headquartered company acquired Comfort Hospice in Missouri and Grace Hospice in Ohio for undisclosed amounts.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Prior to this appointment, Tarsa has served as chief clinical officer at VNH since joining them in 2022 and will continue in this role concurrently. She succeeds Johanna Beliveau, who left to pursue a new professional opportunity. Vynca provides palliative care as well as other services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. In 2022, 147 plans offered home-based palliative care across 17 states, a 7% increase in the number of plans compared to the prior year. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory. “I

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Fluhart says by December 2022, the company was profitable, and has stayed that way ever since. Fluhart says by December 2022, the company was profitable, and has stayed that way ever since. “I Another rapidly growing palliative care business is Indiana-based InHome Connects, which launched in 2022.

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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

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 4, 2022

With 15 de novos under its belt thus far in 2022, Caring Brands International (CBI) subsidiary Interim HealthCare Inc. Thus far, 2022 has been a “big year” for Interim Healthcare’s pipeline, Sheets previously told Hospice News. The company has completed three acquisitions thus far in 2022.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

More than 16,000 people elected the hospice benefit in 2022, about 46% of the state’s Medicare decedents that year, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. Financial terms were undisclosed. The M&A advisory firm Agenda Health consulted on the deal. About 17.4% of Nevada’s 3.1 Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This year, the number of MA plans swelled to 3,998 nationwide, up 6% from 2022. For the time being, Medicare Advantage may be providers’ best bet for palliative care reimbursement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

A second study found that roughly 88% of palliative patients nationwide who have used virtual reality in the last decade reported improvement in their physical and/or psychological symptoms The journal Palliative Medicine published the research in May 2022. Around 17.5% About 82.5%

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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. Naturopathic medicine and palliative care may have more in common than meets the eye. About 89.3%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 21, 2024

They can bring an enhanced understanding of laws governing controlled substances, awareness of symptom complexity for the seriously ill, provide medication counseling and monitor effective utilization, a 2022 study found. Integrating pharmacists who specialize in palliative care can improve the quality of cancer care, research has found.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Cancer and circulatory disease patients represent three-fourths of those who utilized hospice in 2022, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. Without family caregivers, many patients would not be able to receive hospice, palliative or other forms of home-based care. Dementia and neurological illnesses make up the remaining 25%.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents reached 47.79% in Missouri during 2022, with rates reaching 52.23% in Texas that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Dallas-based home health and hospice provider Intrepid USA Healthcare Services’ geographic footprint spans 66 locations in 14 states. Census Bureau.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents reached 52.23% in Texas during 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. We also only acquire companies who are already leading class in terms of patient care. The faith-based organization also provides home health, home care and telehealth services. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

In 2022 Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. Palliative care clinical education avenues have expanded in recent years, but providers say the well may not be filling up quickly enough to meet demand. Communication and peer support elements are among the key training elements for palliative workforce sustainability and growth.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

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. There are tricky elements related to issues of that intersection of best practices for symptom control.”

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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. A primary care-led, integrated palliative program scaled across multiple geographies, care sites, and payers demonstrated higher quality care while lowering total cost of care. Founded in 2016, agilon health, inc.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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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

JULY 31, 2024

In 2022, the state’s legislature earmarked $8.7 In 2022, the state’s legislature earmarked $8.7 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved its 2025 state budget that includes outlays to support palliative care services for children. The state’s budget included $14.7 million for maternal and child health, including $10.4

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The number of plans offering home-based palliative care will rise to 157 next year from 147 in 2022, according to an analysis by ATI Advisory. The number of plans offering home-based palliative care will rise to 157 next year from 147 in 2022, according to an analysis by ATI Advisory. This number grew to 115 in 2022.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

The company expanded into Texas in 2022, and earlier this year launched a new General Inpatient Care unit in the Houston region. Unity Hospice and Palliative Care has signed an agreement to become part of Illinois-based Northwestern Medicine’s Post-Acute Network (PAN). Since 2000, the Illinois senior population has grown to 2.8

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

WHPC Day’s 2022 theme, “Healing Hearts and Communities,” is partly aimed at addressing unprecedented toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emotional and mental wreckage left in its path. “The Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Oncology nurses at cancer centers across the country are developing ways to improve palliative care referrals for seriously ill patients and families who could benefit from these services. A common thread woven through these referral strategies is expanding palliative care awareness among clinicians across the continuum.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. That problem was mirrored in the environment outside of the program.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The company not only operates its own ACO, but has become a member of the managed services organization (MSO) Empassion Health, which launched in early 2022. Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) represent a growing opportunity for palliative care companies, and providers have a number of ways to get in on the ground floor.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Johnson previously served as president of the Trustbridge Hospice Foundation, since 2022. Guerisoli stepped into the CEO role in 2022 and has served on Pennants board since 2023. The news comes alongside the retirement of Kathy Rabon, president of the Suncoast Hospice Foundation. from 2008 to 2020. The hospice provider topped Inc.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

The research began in August 2022 with participation from NORC, the HAP Foundation and Arreola Research. 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. were Hispanic; 1.8%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Clinicians often lack exposure to palliative care during their medical training – an issue blocking growth of this workforce during a time of rising demand. One key to growing the supply of palliative care clinicians hinges on data that demonstrates how these services improve patient outcomes.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) is pushing forward on palliative care growth in 2024 through its innovation arm, Contessa. The company acquired Contessa in 2021 for $250 million. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Our team officially began towards the end of 2021 heading into 2022. HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. The nonprofit health system serves Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2025

The disease in 2022 was mentioned on more than 457,000 U.S. In 2022, 52,375 Medicare decedents with (unspecified) heart failure as a principal diagnosis elected hospice about 2.8% In 2022, 52,375 Medicare decedents with (unspecified) heart failure as a principal diagnosis elected hospice about 2.8% Close to 6.7

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MAY 24, 2023

About a dozen states across the nation incorporate adult or pediatric specialized palliative care service benefits into their Medicaid programs, according to a 2022 report from the Texas Health and Human Services Department. These are often offered as part of specialized managed care programs.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2023

In 2022, 147 plans offered home-based palliative care across 17 states, a 7% increase in the number of plans compared to the prior year. In 2022, the seven major Medicare Advantage health care insurers – UnitedHealthcare, CVS/Aetna, Cigna, Elevance Health, Humana, Centene and Molina – brought in revenues of $1.25

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The program began in October 2022 and has since highlighted a growing need to embed palliative skill-building across the health education continuum, particularly for those going into emergency settings that see complex seriously ill populations, according to McDonald. McDonald is a hospice and palliative care physician at HopeHealth.

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