Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The agreement is expected to close in early 2023. This marks the third affiliation that Chapters announced or completed during 2022, following Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care early in the year and Hope Healthcare just last week. “In

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JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2023, some new laws will impact those at the end of life or the people caring for, or grieving, them. The state will begin taking license applications in January of 2023 for manufacturers to apply after a two-year study. Learn more about other new laws for 2023 in California and Oregon and around the country.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. Geographically, the program will be available in 806 counties in 24 states in 2023, up from 461 this year. Hospice VBID enters its third year in 2023.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

The locally- and veteran-owned hospice provider saw its first patient in 2023, and has met the challenges of rural hospice care delivery with both resilience and adaptability, according to Michael Brown, co-founder of Headwaters.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

Rising demand for end-of-life care is pushing hospice growth opportunities to the forefront in value-based reimbursement. Swelling aging populations have fueled rising health care costs across the country, with payers and providers alike seeking ways to ensure affordable access and sustainable services.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

“We envision a large network of not-for-profit, community-based hospice providers working collaboratively to create standards for what a community should expect from an end-of-life care provider.” The Capital Caring affiliation extended the system’s footprint to Maryland and the Washington, D.C.,

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

LeadingAge recently penned a letter to Congress requested a two-year extension of the temporary hospice recertification rule, along with several other Medicare telehealth waivers including the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023 and the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024.

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2023

Generally, these buyers see a promising return on investment and sustainable business growth because of rising demand for end-of-life care in the United States. The post The Key Factors Shaping Hospice Multiples in 2023 appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

This article details recent key research findings on hospice care, including the effects of telehealth utilization among terminally ill pediatric patients, along with barriers to improved goal-concordant end-of-life care in Asia, Canada and Europe. This compared to a separate 2023 Canadian study that found 16.1%

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

In 2023, the focus for many is to not only expand their core business but to spread further into the care continuum. The below comments were taken from original interviews, conducted in person and via the phone, throughout early 2023. Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. This can include payment for long-term care or some services provided in assisted living facilities. “But Of those, about 3.8

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

We actually finished an acquisition at the end of 2023 of Easterseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain Inc. When we find the right combination of the right person to fit with Stillwater culture and who believes in end-of-life care, thats gold. No other hospice care provider is offering vehicles where we are.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

As the nations leading provider of end-of-life care, VITAS has had the privilege of serving Fort Worth for 37 years, Dengler said in a statement shared with Hospice News. Located in Owatonna, Minnesota, the Homestead Hospice House was built in 2005 and closed in 2023.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

A growing number of patients with various dementia-related conditions will need end-of-life care in coming years. About 1 in 9 seniors will have a dementia-related condition by 2050, representing roughly three-quarters (73%) of the nation’s overall aging population, according to a 2023 report from the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

“A rate freeze would interfere with the progress made through hospice wherein highly patient-centered care, controlled by the patient at the most important point of an individual’s life, offers Medicare with significant financial savings while providing incredible end-of-life care.” set in 2023.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

“The addition of HomeCare Hospice to our network will allow us to better serve our community and meet the growing needs of patients in need of compassionate end-of-life care.” By 2023, the bureau estimates that more than a quarter of the state’s residents will be older than 60, an increase of close to 40% since 2012.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

“For people who don’t have a caregiver in their home, we can put them in our facility and they can live there until their natural death, and they’ll have access to specially trained caregivers in end-of-life care,” Strzalka told local news. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Farrah Daly, owner and founder of Evenbeam Neuropalliative Care LLC, told Palliative Care News that the current demand for neuropalliative care is “just the tip of the iceberg.” “So So many people with neurologic illness become distanced from the health care system,” Daly said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recent studies spanning various countries have found that location matters for patients with cancer and opioid disorders when it comes to end-of-life care delivery, costs and outcomes. Settings examined included acute care hospitals, health care clinics, long-term care facilities and the home. “Our

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“Rural communities often encounter numerous obstacles in accessing high-quality end-of-life care as they struggle with scarce resources, geographical barriers and a shortage of experienced professionals,” Bartness said in a statement. The company has been on a growth trajectory in 2023. ” St.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

“With our relationships, our organization, our clinical model when it comes to the care delivery, we can grow organically and make that our focus.” Bristol in 2023 opened a double-digit number of new offices and has plans to do the same this year, Mauricio said. Mauricio took the helm at Bristol in February 2023.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, over $1.2 This week, the Congress member received an award from the end-of-life care advocacy group Compassion & Choices recognizing his work in the space during his 30-year tenure in hospice.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

A group of Wisconsin-based organizations, including hospices, are working to improve end-of-life care among homeless populations. Dubbed Solace Home, the four-bed residential facility opened today and will provide end-of-life housing and caregiving for terminally ill individuals living in unstable or insecure situations.

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Hospice News

JUNE 25, 2024

compared to $335 million in Q1 2023, but experienced a net loss of $46 million, up from a $22 million loss in the first quarter of 2023. “NPHI firmly believes that not-for-profit, community-based end-of-life care providers deliver the highest-quality care in the nation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

One such is the COVID-19 pandemic, declared a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and with the end of its emergency phase on 5 May 2023,” the study indicated. Studying the impact of the pandemic on place of death matters because it may signal critical disruptions in end of life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Some may be flying under hospices’ radar, she said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. Hospice News photo.) There are a lot of different levels of underserved.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But concerns have mounted around sustainable growth strategies that will keep pace with rising demand amid myriad challenges in end-of-life care delivery. Littlefield ascended to the role at the Virginia-based hospice and palliative care organization in October 2023.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“I think the movie just does a phenomenal job of just putting the audience and the viewers into those kinds of dynamics, to not try to explain hospice care and all what goes into hospice care, but to try to help people feel it,” Fleece told Hospice News. Families are not always in agreement with what’s the best plan of care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A mounting concern is that fraudsters stepping into the hospice industry have been implementing marketing and outreach practices that at times mirror strategies utilized by quality providers, according to Jeanne Chirico, president and CEO of the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS).

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

Although their paths varied, MCCM beneficiaries ultimately appeared to have received better-quality end-of-life care according to established quality measures, such as spending more days at home at the end of life.”. The agency plans to publish a final report in 2023.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 23, 2023

HCP WEBINAR SERIES Unity Through End-of-Life Care: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min By uniting the continuum of care, we have a stronger force to improve the (..)

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bipartisan legislation was introduced in December 2023 by Sens. The bill builds upon the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, designed to speed transitions to patient-centered, value-based care. There’s a lot of quality improvement in care that can be had from end-of-life care,” Pittman said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

11, 2023, but will likely be extended through at least April. Volunteers fill care delivery gaps, generate savings. This allows pre-med volunteers to become “well-versed in the value of hospice care,” and can inform their ability to educate their future patients about end-of-life care options, Ellis added.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Work on the campaign will begin after the law becomes effective in early 2023. At 30%, the Empire State ranked 50th in utilization among the states and the District of Columbia in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

billion in the same period in 2023. NPHI firmly believes that not-for-profit, community-based end-of-life care providers deliver the highest-quality care in the nation. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a $1 billion IPO. The company’s net revenue reached $2.7

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

“The personalized care provided by PACE could be the solution many older adults and their families are looking for. Hosparus Health in January 2023 applied for licensure , recently receiving a greenlight from the U.S. More than 30 interdisciplinary staff members provide care at the 5,600 square feet facility.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many medical and nonmedical issues can be exacerbated at the end of life among unhoused and homeless seniors compared to others, according to James Patrick Hall, executive director of Rocky Mountain Refuge. The Denver-based nonprofit organization offers shelter for people with end-of-life care needs.

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