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 15, 2022

The return of sequestration is adding to the financial storms brewing in hospice, as providers contend with rising costs of delivering patient care, inflation and lackluster reimbursement. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in April released the 2023 proposed payment rule for hospice. It included a 2.7%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Concern is mounting around whether current health equity initiatives will be a flash in the pan or yield long term improvement on reducing disparities in hospice care among communities of color. Many people who could benefit from hospice are not getting the care they deserve,” Deese told Hospice News in an email. “We Effective Jan.

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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. Volunteers help to fill gaps in patient support. In 2021, around 200 of the organization’s volunteers provided 1,448 visiting hours that supported patients, caregivers and family members, they reported.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

It’s about sharing why hospice holds personal significance and why serious illness and end-of-life care policy should resonate with our lawmakers,” said Logan Hoover, NHPCO’s VP of Policy & Government Relations. “The cornerstone of effective advocacy is storytelling.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The thing to watch for particularly in the hospice realm is oversight on claims, quality and performance — even to the point of dealing with fraud and abuse in the hospice benefit,” said NAHC President Bill Dombi during its recent 2023 Industry Outlook webinar. “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Widespread reports of fraud and abuse in hospice have led to intensified regulatory oversight during 2023. One potential benefit of this scrutiny is patients’ ability to move from an unethical provider to an agency that provides quality care, according to Guaranteed CEO Jessica McGlory. Hospice News photo.)

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled in July 2023. Hospices have increasingly recognized a growing need to ramp up support aimed at improving access to services such as respite care. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component. Caregiver issues really run the gambit.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Trogdon recently shared her thoughts with Hospice News about her career in hospice and palliative care, and the biggest forces of change at play in serious illness and end-of-life care. My role was more than just teaching clinicians how to document patient visits. Those feelings can easily bleed into patient care.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

On the other hand, NHPCO is disappointed by MedPAC’s recommendation to Congress that hospice reimbursement rates for patient care should not be updated in 2025, although by law hospice payment rates are pegged to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inpatient hospital market basket rate.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

In this Voices article, Josie Aquino, Director, Product Management, VNS Health talks about how VNS Health is using data and analytics to improve end-of-life care. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 20, 2024

AAHPM conducted interviews with our inaugural group of Next Generation Scholars, who joined the program in August 2023. To address this gap, AAHPM has developed this program to introduce and promote hospice and palliative medicine to a wider range of resident physicians. What drew you to this opportunity?

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Burke-Sinclair recently shared her thoughts with Hospice News about her career in hospice and palliative care, and the biggest forces of change at play in serious illness and end-of-life care. What drew you to hospice and palliative care? Palliative care is trending. It gets kind of convoluted.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

CMS also temporarily waived the requirement for volunteers to provide a minimum of 5% of hospice patient care hours. Hospices often rely on volunteer support to organize educational programs, aid in fundraising efforts, perform back office work and help patients stave off loneliness and social isolation.

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NHPCO

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Red flags should include concerns such as: co-location of multiple hospices at single address, a single hospice administrator overseeing multiple hospices, and a patient care manager or other hospice leadership staff serving multiple hospices.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 19, 2023

Providers who manipulate the Medicare benefit solely to profit at the expense of their patients have no place in the hospice program,” said NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas.

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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. These waivers included increased telehealth services. With 49.1%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Hospice News: I wanted to start by asking where the greatest opportunities for clinical innovation is in hospice care? Dr. Faith Protsman: I think telehealth has really revolutionized the way we provide patient care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But executives indicated that they would be back on the hunt during the second half of 2022 and into 2023. The second quarter of this year brought the company’s purchase of California-based Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care in the San Diego area for an undisclosed amount. “As The company in March received a $1.5

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

The company operates 180 hospitals and roughly 2,300 sites of care and earned close to $16 billion in the first quarter of 2023. The company’s Performance Excellence Program (PEP) rewards executives based on three categories — performance on health care-associated infections, morbidity and mortality, and patient care experience.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Understanding and aligning the care of each older adult’s health outcomes with their preferences is what Matters. The opportunity presented by the aging of the Baby Boomer generation should be fully realized and embraced as there is much parallel work and effort of care provided in hospice and the 4Ms.

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