Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The home health and hospice segment accounted for $135.7 increase over Q3 2023. The Pennant Group agreed to acquire Signature Healthcare at Home’s hospice and home health assets for a price tag of $80 million. “We The company’s consolidated revenue for the third quarter reached $180.7 million, up 28.9%

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

in 2022, the National Alliance for Care at Home reported. About 122 ACOs participated in the model during 2024, including more than 173,000 health care organizations serving an estimated 2.6 National hospice utilization rates reached 49.1% So, how do we reach more people and educate them about this tremendous benefit?

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Hospice utilization rates in the North Star state reached 56% in 2023, according to research from the National Alliance for Care at Home and KNG Health Consulting LLC.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“Our joint venture partnership model with leading health care systems and our relationships with health plan insurers facilitate our ability to take and manage additional risk for this patient population in value-based arrangements.” The UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary in June 2023 agreed to acquire Amedisys for $3.3

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

He previously served as president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) for 38 years prior to its affiliation with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in 2023 and was heavily involved in the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health and hospice giant Amedisys Inc. Nasdaq: AMED) has repeatedly voiced its enthusiasm for its palliative care business in early 2023. Generally, Amedisys’ palliative care services will benefit BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s members living with complex and serious conditions such as cancer or heart failure.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa has penned an agreement the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer a “full spectrum of home-based care.”. The JV will offer each of these services in the home setting. “We The JV’s patients will have access to Contessa’s Palliative Care at Home services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Choice’s leaders have reiterated a commitment to “targeted” geographical growth in its strategic plans to provide a more “comprehensive solution for post-acute care at home,” the company indicated. Hospice plays a crucial role in the company’s future growth, according to David Jackson, founder and CEO of Choice Health at Home.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge PACE emerged in 2023, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. that year, according to National Alliance for Care at Home. In both rural and urban communities, access to integrated services like PACE can make a profound difference in quality of life.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This proposed Transition Board is made up of experienced veterans of the care at home community, who possess the vision to understand both the opportunity and obligation to build an even stronger future for our sectors of the American health care delivery system,” Ken Albert, proposed chair of the Transition Board, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

This [Alliance] is a tremendous resource to our industry [as] we build a tent large enough for all stakeholders in the health care at home sector.” Last month NAHC and NHPCO inked a deal completing their affiliation after announcing in March 2023 that they were considering some type of collaboration.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Now over 10 months later, President Carter continues to enjoy care at home surrounded by friends and family made possible through his use of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. This year’s HAN award recipients are as follows: The Courageous Conversations Award, 2023 Honoree 39 th U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

More than half of hospices nationwide underwent multiple audits simultaneously during 2023, according to survey findings from LeadingAge, the National Alliance for Care at Home and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). We now use it for training, but it’s very challenging.”

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

Right at Home – Ann Arbor, MI 2. Right at Home – Knoxville, TN 4. BrightStar Care – FL – Bay County 38. Home Care Assistance – Oshkosh & Appleton 39. Life Home Health 40. Senior Care At Home 41. Right at Home – Glendale, AZ 44. Rent-A-Daughter 43.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

“Our joint venture partnership model with leading health care systems and our relationships with health plan insurers facilitate our ability to take and manage additional risk for this patient population in value-based arrangements.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We aim to make end-of-life care more accessible in our region, especially for those who have been unable to find placement in other care facilities.” million in 2023, a rise from $5.33 The organization provided hospice to 457 patients and served 121 palliative care patients last, according to its annual report.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your client experience surveys.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your caregiver experience surveys.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Finish this sentence: “The top strategy that hospice providers should employ in 2022 to best prepare for 2023 is…”? I think we’re seeing care models change. Austin: Continued monetization. I think monetization in ’22 will help us prepare for continued growth in ’23.

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

APRIL 27, 2023

Tune in on Saturday April 29, 2023, as WDRC talk show host will be interviewing Maggie Drag, the founder and owner of Euro American Connections and Homecare, about her unique approach to elderly care at home. Maggie Drag talks about her unique approach to elderly care at home in WDRC interview. The post Tune in!

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 Award Requirements Overall Satisfaction (OSAT) Score 8.9+ Augustine Concierge Care of Tampa Continuity Care Staffing Services Inc. This annual award is based on the results of your client and caregiver experience surveys.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%, according to a 2023 report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

The new care model offers an alternative to conventional inpatient hospitalization or skilled nursing care at home. Baylor Scott & White will begin rolling out the program to eligible patients beginning in 2023. It also gives patients, families and caregivers additional options for support.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Amy Rose, director of palliative products for Axxess, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) will deliver resources, education, and information to help members grow their organizations, and will serve as the united voice of the member community advocating for policies that advance the provision of high-quality care for patients and their families.

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The CDC reported the first pediatric death from influenza for the 2022-2023 season in its October 28 Weekly U.S. As with influenza, most children with COVID do well with symptomatic care at home and will not require hospital admission. Influenza Surveillance Report.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this week’s blog, the 5th and final of our CYP series, Gilda Davis @GildaMDavis, Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Worcester discusses challenges affecting children’s palliative care. 2021) What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like? Holdsworth, L.

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NHPCO

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Committee has been working, with the support of association consulting firm McKinley Advisors, since the March 8, 2023 joint announcement ( NAHC website , NHPCO website ) that NHPCO and NAHC would explore opportunities for deeper collaboration.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). These waivers included increased telehealth services. With 49.1%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is age-friendly care, and why is it important now? One of the significant innovations that I’m very happy to bring forward on behalf of CHAP is Age-Friendly Care at Home. Hartford Foundation for bringing age-friendly care and the 4Ms Framework into the home and community-based health care settings—especially hospice.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

For Immediate Release July 28, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Produces Better Outcomes, Lower Medicare Costs (Washington, D.C. With hospice, you can provide that care at home.” Key findings from the Value of Hospice study include the following: NORC estimates that Medicare spending for those who received hospice care was $3.5

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 18, 2024

Factors that affect hospital readmission More at risk for readmission when there are so many new considerations around their care at home, it’s important we rally around newly discharged patients to better prepare them—and to help them—in their first several weeks back at home.

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