Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Providers are seeking to better understand the scope of health care disparities to find where the greatest areas of needs exist among underserved populations. But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospice News photo.)

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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.” Branded at Ohio’s Hospice at United Church Homes, it provides care in more than three communities across the UCH footprint.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. This led to the development of the company’s Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program, which is housed within its palliative care arm Empatia.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A systematic overhaul of the nation’s health care education programs is needed to ensure that future clinicians are prepared to provide palliative and hospice care amid rising demand, according to Dr. Leah McDonald of HopeHealth. McDonald is a hospice and palliative care physician at HopeHealth. Photo courtesy of HopeHealth.

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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. As such, the services that are currently available are going to find themselves under further increasing pressure.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! Bicultural and bilingual palliative patient navigator interventions may be a key to improving access to goal concordant care among Hispanic populations with serious illness, according to recent research.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

“We can provide better care to patients with advanced and serious illness, and it’s encouraging to see research show what changes could come in hospice.” Hospice is associated with lower Medicare end-of-life expenditures when hospice lengths of stay are longer than 10 days,” an NHPCO representative told Hospice News in an email. “In

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition to its new Western locations, the nonprofit Chapters Health System provides hospice, palliative and home health care, as well as durable medical equipment and pharmacy services, across Florida, Georgia, New York and New Jersey. Some also have value-based payer contracts and partnerships with hospitals and health systems.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

(NYSE: HCA) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently added a new graduate fellowship in hospice and palliative care medicine to their existing repertoire of training programs. The fellowship will launch in July 2023 at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, the Orlando VA Medical Center and Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Increasingly, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have found real value in offering community-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit. This flexibility has allowed insurance companies to offer assistance beyond what is available within traditional Medicare, including palliative care for members, delivered right to the home.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

A huge need exists for neuropalliative care, Dr. Claire J. Creutzfeldt at the Harborview Medical Center’s Department of Neurology told Palliative Care News. Palliative care offers support for a variety of symptoms through interdisciplinary care. But, in addition, stroke leaves people with huge changes in identity.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Kathy Hochul has signed a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice, and palliative care. The new law requires the New York State Department of Health to develop a public awareness campaign to promote advance care planning. Work on the campaign will begin after the law becomes effective in early 2023.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rising demand and demographic tailwinds are propelling rapid growth in both the hospice and palliative care markets. A large concern is whether there will be enough hospice and palliative care providers to keep pace with demand, according to Brian Tanquilut, equity analyst in health care services at investment banking company Jeffries LLC.

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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. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The HAN Angel Awards were created to recognize select members of Congress on both sides of the aisle for their ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of patients, families, providers, and those advocating for the vital mission of hospice and palliative care in supporting patients and their families facing serious or life-limiting illness.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. However, this year started to see the return to pre COVID-19 levels in some areas.

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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

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. There’s tremendous opportunity in this corner of health care to do some really phenomenal things,” Asselta told Hospice News. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unity Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Houston has unveiled a five-year general inpatient (GIP) service agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health. The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals. Unity Hospice and Palliative Care serves 13 counties in Texas.

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NHPCO

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NHPCO recognizes individuals who have earned the 2023 Health Equity Certificate: Stefanie Hansberry, Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc. ET from March 7 through April 18 and is open to NHPCO members and the greater hospice and palliative care community. Register for the miniseries.

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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

JUNE 14, 2023

A growing number of patients with various dementia-related conditions will need end-of-life care in coming years. Many of these patients could benefit from receiving hospice care sooner and longer, but regulatory requirements can make that a challenging feat for providers, she said. A projected 12.7

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC. So, these U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 25, 2024

It is extremely difficult to enter the Florida hospice market, and with this recent expansion of services, we can now provide high-quality care to more patients and their families during the most difficult time in their lives.” During the first quarter of the year, BrightSpring saw net revenue rise 27% year-over-year to $2.5

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

Recognition of palliative care’s value has been steadily gaining among stakeholders in the form of improved patient outcomes and cost savings through reduced hospitalizations. Traditional Medicare only covers physician consults and doesn’t support the full range of interdisciplinary care.

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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

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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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. Blumenauer announced the bill in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

A group of hospice providers and data scientists at the New Jersey-based health system have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology aimed at helping its clinical teams to better identify when a patient is nearing the end of life or could benefit from serious illness care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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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. It may be where you end your career.”

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NHPCO

JUNE 28, 2023

For Immediate Release June 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released the 2023 edition of the Pediatric Facts and Figures Report. Pediatric palliative and hospice care in the United States started in the mid to late 1990s.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

YoloCares provides hospice, palliative and supportive care in five counties across northern California, recently adding a sixth county to its service region. YoloCares has an adult day program and offers caregiver and advance care planning services, along with grief support. Its palliative care program launched in 2016.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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