Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to unpack the reasons behind those results and identify the obstacles that are getting in the way of a more effective approach. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Palliative care physicians at Providence St. Labor pressures have haunted hospice and palliative care providers nationwide for several years running, only to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vincent’s departments unionized in prior years, and now will be joined by the hospital’s palliative care team. Providence St.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Bailey Woodhams, business development manager for consulting firm Maxwell Healthcare Associates, 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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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The webinar took place in September 2022. 3 Keys to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Palliative Care. With the onset of widespread diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across all industries, palliative care is transforming health equity in today’s society. As the next major quality issue in the U.S.,

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Palliative care organizations that integrate employee feedback into their staff development policies have a fighting chance in battling ongoing burnout and turnover in the field. The palliative care workforce is facing a wide range of challenges that impact their ability to thrive in the field.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated.

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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. This all affects patient care, and the support to administrators, nurses and everyone that’s part of caring for patients. Future Leaders are individuals nominated by their peers.

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Palliverse

JULY 12, 2022

My colleague Kaye Basire wanted everyone to know about this event which will precede the Hospice New Zealand conference 2022. The draft agenda can be downloaded below: Aotearoa Palliative Care Research Day – Hybrid Event. We all recognise the importance of research in enhancing patient care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Hamad will be responsible for implementing new technologies at the hospice organization that create operational efficiencies, improve patient care delivery and support its strategic initiatives. Her leadership and knowledge will help ensure that AMOREM is providing the right care at the right time to our patients and their families.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. Tina Taylor: I’m Tina Taylor, vice president of palliative care at Compassus.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. We have Kirsten Engel, who is a n emergency medicine and palliative care doc at MGH. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or Welcome to GeriPal.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Scott Ginn held the role since November 2022 prior to Guidroz’s ascension. “In She replaces Cathy Swanson, who has led the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider since 2021 when it rebranded as AMOREM following the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Building on lessons learned from Hurricane Ian in 2022, Empath also established a mobile response unit — a vehicle designed to provide clinical, communications and logistical support during catastrophic events. The unit is modeled after similar vehicles used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

“Ultimately, the decision to disaffiliate from CHN was made with the prioritization of patient care,” YoloCares indicated in a statement. “We We see the advancement of care in California, one that prioritizes the social and emotional well-being of people with serious illness, and we are eager to be at the forefront.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Leading concerns in the industry include the bill’s suggested regulatory reforms to address program integrity in the hospice industry, along with potential changes to reimbursement, caregiver support and palliative care payment pathways. The legislation also addresses payment for high-acuity palliative services within the hospice benefit.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

Established in 1979, the nonprofit organization provides hospice and palliative care in three counties near the San Francisco area of northern California. Attorneys at the law firm Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP are representing the health care workers in the matter. reported an 83% employee retention rate in 2022.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Thyme Care is a value-based oncology provider with a team of nurses and care professionals that support patients and families navigating cancer and serious illness. Through payer agreements, the company embeds patient-centered care resources within oncology settings.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

CMS in 2022 began working the legislation’s provisions into its rulemaking. The agency isn’t imposing these penalties on hospices yet, according to Judi Lund Person, vice president of policy and compliance for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Nevertheless, the agency does have the authority to do so.

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High Peaks Hospice

MAY 6, 2022

I place calls to patients, families, providers, pharmacies, DeltaCare, DME, and Funeral Homes for many different reasons. I have to be kind, sensitive, patient, caring, empathetic, and show love to them regardless of how they are acting at the moment. . Happy Nurses Week 2022 and thank you again to ALL of our nursing staff!

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patients’ care needs, a major industry group said. The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) recently took the pulse of its provider members as it pertains to the proposed rule. this year. increase.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This can put a strain on employee’s home life, which can cause them to leave their jobs, Shelley Henry, president of The Amity Group said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2023

Kusserow led Amedisys between 2014 and the first quarter of 2022, when he retired as CEO but stayed on as chairman. I am passionate about patient care and giving Amedisys’ caregivers the tools and support needed to focus on what they do best,” Ashworth said in statement. “I

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

billion in 2022 and went on to make a bid to purchase Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) for $3.3 In total hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 billion for patients in their final year of life, the findings showed. Stillwater Hospice’s merger with Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) in March marked another significant move.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

31, 2022. “On The company has been aggressive on acquisitions for the past two years but paused in early 2022 to integrate its most recently acquired assets and accumulate capital. But executives indicated that they would be back on the hunt during the second half of 2022 and into 2023. The company in March received a $1.5

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

To date, much of this has centered around diversified programs like palliative care, PACE and other services. But starting in 2022, CMS began rolling it out nationwide. Dallas-based Frontpoint is an emerging provider of home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets. “I’m

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As those problems proliferate, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), LeadingAge and the National Partnership for Hospice and Healthcare Innovation (NPHI) have been speaking out not only individually, but collectively.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2022, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Of all Medicare decedents in CY 2022, 49.1% With 49.1%

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

In addition, the company’s innovation arm Contessa Health continues to make new inroads to expanding emerging high-acuity care models like hospital-at-home services, exploring new payer and provider partnerships and making big investments in palliative care. Before that, he was president of Walgreens Co.,

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Last year, Kaiser Permanente consolidated its home-based care services into a single division, branded as Care at Home, with Vargas at the helm. The division offers home health care, palliative care and hospice in addition to high-acuity services like hospital-at-home. “We billion.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Signify is a value-based care enablement company that concentrates on care in the home, including home health and palliative care. CVS indicated that the transaction will lay the foundation for further expansion in home-based health care. million individuals in their homes. Signify earned $246.2

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Enhabit in late 2022 began piloting this strategy in some of its markets and soon rehired some nurses who had left the company citing caseload issues. Guaranteed The California-based hospice startup Guaranteed found staffing to be a challenge as they launched in 2022.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly bidding to acquire value-based care platform Signify Health (NYSE: SGNY), which provides tech-enabled home health and complex care management services, among others. Signify partners with payers and health systems to offer home-based care. Signify earned $246.2

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Roughly 78% of hospice and palliative care providers around the globe indicated “less or much less” use of volunteers since the pandemic’s onset, according to a 2022 study in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. billion, a rate of 12%, Noridian indicated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2022

In part, the trend of more hospitals and health systems in hospice is a response to growing demand and strain on acute care services. More health systems are looking to expand into community-based hospice and palliative care to complement existing offerings while creating new care delivery channels.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Croix has also launched five de novos so far in 2022, in Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Kansas. “We This represents 46% growth in the senior population since 2015. Hospice utilization in Indiana reached 48.9%

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