Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

In negotiations with Medicare Advantage plans, for instance, hospice and palliative care providers will need to demonstrate their performance in terms of star ratings, other quality metrics and reduced hospitalizations. This includes performance on quality measures required by the U.S.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Physician offices were identified among the most significant referral growth opportunities in 2024 by about 6% of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase. million seniors experienced Alzheimer’s or dementia-related diseases in 2023, a number projected to triple by 2060, reported the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2024

Based on 2023 earnings trends, The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) and Addus HomeCare Cop. The Pennant Group acquired five Medicare hospice provider numbers during the past six months, which accelerated growth for its home-based care segment. Pennant on the hunt For Pennant, 2024 will likely see a continuation of recent activity.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Mertz Photography Mertz Photography Atonia Garret at the 2023 Palliative Care Conference. About 9% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that they planned to launch pediatric end-of-life care services for the first time this year during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Both Medicare and managed care don’t reimburse appropriately to cover the cost of salaries and education in palliative care,” McInnes said. Roughly 16% of 143 provider respondents signaled their intention to start palliative care programs this year in the Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

The nation’s publicly traded hospice companies are primed for more acquisitions after a 2023 slump, fueled by census and growth. Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years. raise compared to Q1 in 2023. VITAS is not alone. for an undisclosed amount.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

More than half (56%) of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. As of November 2023, NHPCO has 1,073 organizational members which represent 4,395 locations and 68,303 individuals. Of those, 922 of those members are providers, an NHPCO spokesperson told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corp. Allison attributed the decline primarily to the return of Medicare sequestration. During the second quarter of 2023, we continue to see strong cash flow from operations as our states and other payers have continued to pay in a timely manner,” Allison said.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a 2.7% pay increase for hospice care for Fiscal Year 2023. Beyond the rising costs, Medicare is phasing in the return of payment sequestration, which was temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., The company’s acquisition focus for this year and into 2023 rests on targets primarily in the personal care and home health space, Allison indicated in a Q2 earnings call. for an undisclosed sum. Company-wide revenues reached $236.9

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

NASDAQ: AMED), and Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS) indicated that they would prioritize home health deals this year. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in June released its proposed home health reimbursement rule for 2023, which included a 7.69% reduction in the base payment rate.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. NASDAQ: AMED) has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry looking ahead to 2023? To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) hospice segment is seeing slow but steady improvement as pandemic headwinds ease. The close of last year had Addus facing “a little bit of bumpiness” in its hospice segment, which company leadership anticipated to trickle over into the first half of 2023. million in revenue, a 2.6%

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

As Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) sinks teeth into acquisitions, the company will be taking smaller bites when it comes to hospice deals. In M&A, I think there’s opportunities to continue to be acquisitive,” Poff said at the Bank of America (BofA) Securities 2023 Healthcare Conference in Las Vegas. “So

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Ethan McChesney, policy director, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. A big thing I would change is the core structure of the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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MARCH 7, 2023

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Scott Beard, Chief Strategy Officer at Maxwell Healthcare Associates, to learn about the most pressing technology trends and products providers should be watching in 2023. What kinds of technology or products should agencies invest in for 2023?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. The transaction, now expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, also marked one of the most unexpected and expensive deals to take place in the hospice sector. Optum to pick up LHC Group.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Anthony Spano, director of client development for Netsmart, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. We’ll continue to see Medicare Advantage penetration. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fewer than half of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase, reported that their hospice organizations would pursue new care types this year. About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. Addus anticipates positive staffing trends to continue in 2023, partly fed by the company’s recruitment efforts, Addus CEO Dirk Allison said in an earnings call. in October for $85 million.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The note showed that the high rate of inflation is driving higher than average payment rate increases with insurance plans in their 2023 contracts. C-suite leaders from the home health and hospice provider Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) remarked that the company will soon lengthen its reach within Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Brittany Chambers, Director, Health Equity and Special Initiatives, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. What are the actual strategies?

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 11, 2022

3: How to Prepare Your Staff For OASIS-E Upgrades Wendie Colvin, Senior Clinical Content Writer at HCP, answers all your questions about OASIS-E, and shares how agencies can prepare their staff for these new regulatory updates in 2023. Don’t panic at Medicare. It’s the improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But I always feel like hospice has been the caboose on the Medicare train. You can just go to homecare pulse.com/podcast while you’re there. So it’s gonna be challenging, and I’m sure it’s challenging to sort of put your arms around this kind of payment system for other providers as well.

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