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Hospices Expect Forward Momentum on Labor in 2023

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Though staffing remains the greatest challenge in 2023, conditions are improving, reported more than half (54%) of hospice and palliative care professionals in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase.

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Palliative Care Momentum Growing Among Hospice Providers

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More than half (56%) of hospice care professionals indicated that they planned to launch palliative care programs during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. 2023 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report. We know that palliative care is a growing field.

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The Most Significant Hospice Deals So Far in 2023

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Thus far in 2023, hospice merger and acquisition activity has deviated from prior years. But in 2023, private equity activity slowed from its formerly frenzied pace. The majority of the 13 publicly announced hospice and home health deals in 2023 have involved “bolt-ons,” or smaller entities, Kulik stated.

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The Question of Palliative Care Sustainability

Hospice News

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. This is down from 56% of respondents in 2023. Reimbursement and staffing challenges are the most significant factors. It’s really the funding.

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Hospice, Palliative Providers Strategize to Reach Underserved Communities

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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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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

Hospice News

Strains on reimbursement, referrals and staffing represent the biggest obstacles to palliative care providers’ viability and growth. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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Lightways Triples the Size of Pediatric Palliative Care Program

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Lightways is taking on the former pediatric patients of JourneyCare Hospice, which was acquired by Addus HomeCare Corp (NASDAQ: ADUS) in January in an $85 million deal. My plan is that if if I can get the philanthropic support to cover 2022 and part of the first quarter of 2023,” Sheehan said. “I’m