Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Haven holds hospice certificates of need (CON) for hospice care in 18 Florida counties. “We We are excited to welcome Haven Hospice into BrightSpring, expanding our existing hospice services into the CON state of Florida,” said Rousseau in a statement. billion in the same period in 2023.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

We started to make the connection between the California moratorium on hospice business licenses and the influx of programs coming to Nevada, Arizona and Texas,” Karen Rubel, president and CEO of Nevada-based Nathan Adelson Hospice, told Hospice News. And they continue to pop up in the four affected states.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 19, 2023

These recommendations are the culmination of a year-long effort by each of these organizations to assess various options for improving program integrity in hospice care. Dombi. “Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

In this Voices Interview, Hospice News sits down with Rebecca Christensen, Director of Clinical Services at BetterRX, to talk about the keys to achieving the most efficient patient care. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? Why are you passionate about hospice?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

“It’s a gentle nudge to help us take the best care of our patients.” The predictive analytics tool calculates the likelihood that a patient will die within six months and become eligible to receive hospice care. The nonprofit health system employs more than 35,000 team members, including roughly 7,000 physicians.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 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. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. NASDAQ: AMED) has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

The nitty gritty details of data management matter when it comes to ensuring both a healthy bottom line and quality patient care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospice Care Index (HCI), the Hospice Item Set, and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

On the research end of things, the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) was founded in 2020 to help address these challenges and to bring attention to the specialty. The organization recently concluded their third annual conference in September 2023 and an inaugural neuropalliative care research symposium in April. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Some homeless individuals approaching the end of life may be decades younger than the average hospice patient. Care delivery should account for their potentially vastly different physical abilities and goals-of-care compared to seniors. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). of sheltered individuals and 26.2%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Worries about their pets can contribute to great stress and anxiety for dying patients, impacting quality of life, according to Tania Crawford, volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Redmond. The organization also deploys volunteers to help families care for animals in the home. “In

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Croix Hospice and Medalogix found that such technology has generated improvements on the metric and contributed to smoother care transitions.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

(NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We Overall, Aveanna reported Q2 2023 revenue of $471.9

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

NYSE: CHEM), recently launched a targeted hiring and retention wellness initiative designed to ease workforce strains and increase capacity for patient care, paving the way for sustainable long-term growth. million in CARES Act dollars the company has recieved, according to David Williams, executive vice president and CFO at Chemed.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

– July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? – What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? Article Contents: July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? Questions abounded.

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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.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health recently announced plans to acquire Washington state-based Community Home Health & Hospice’s (CHHH) inpatient programs. Eden Health will take over Community’s inpatient services effective May 1, 2023. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual.

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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 22, 2023

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. In some instances, multiple hospices have been operating out of the same address without a corresponding increase in the population of eligible patients.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice 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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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.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

In addition to advocate meetings with congressional offices on Wednesday, Hospice Action Week also featured various other meetings of hospice and palliative care leaders from across the country. 1330 “Gerald’s Law Act;” a bill which was advocated for during Hospice Action Week.

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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. Diverse representation in staff translates to more inclusive patient care, she added. Effective Jan.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Alexandria, VA) Congress has released the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, an omnibus funding package that will fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023. As NHPCO advised its members in a Member Alert this morning, the legislation contains measures that will affect hospices positively and negatively.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2023

“They had taken the multi-disciplinary approach to care and brought that all under one roof to address what it is to be human in the dying process. That’s what really drew me into hospice care.” Mayo recently made Becker Healthcare’s list of Top 110 CMOs to Know , the only hospice executive to be included this year.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

“MedPAC’s shift away from its previous recommendations to cut the aggregate payment cap is a win for hospices, patients, and families,” said NHPCO Interim CEO, Ben Marcantonio. In order to serve the American public, Congress should ensure hospice providers are reimbursed to provide the end-of-life care people want and deserve.

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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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raised hospice per diems by 3.8% for Fiscal Year 2023, but some industry leaders have said that this falls short of what providers’ need to maintain capacity and complete for jobseekers. Some in the space have voiced concern that reimbursement has not kept pace with the headwinds.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023. Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 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. Melissa Heiss, vice president of hospice, Jet Health, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. We’ve had to adjust to employees working from home and what that meant for hospice. These have really increased due to the constant change in the hospice market.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Facts and Figures – the leading resource for hospice providers and others interested in understanding the work of the community – has been published annually for over two decades by NHPCO. This year COVID-19 continued to impact patient care as COVID-19 waivers were still in place through May 2023. With 49.1%

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

On a personal note, I’ve witnessed my own family members—parents, grandparents, and in-laws—navigate home health care, manage chronic illnesses and eventually transition through hospice care. How can hospice providers better prepare to navigate labor shortages in 2024 and beyond?

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NHPCO

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The discussion also suggested that additional oversight is needed to address hospice program integrity concerns and to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries receive quality hospice care when it is needed at the end of life. Based on the discussion, it is clear that CMS is deeply engaged on this issue and committed to taking action.

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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. It’s propaganda filled with misleading and absurd accusations that are not supported by facts,” an HCA spokesperson told Hospice News in an email. This is not a serious report.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 6, 2022

DUBLIN, CA – The 2022 Hike for Hope on May 14 at Del Valle Regional Park broke both attendance and fundraising records with more than 1,300 registrants and over $180,000 in support raised for Hope Hospice’s patient care and community programs. The 2023 event is tentatively planned for May 6. ABOUT HOPE HOSPICE.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

. — Nick Westfall, CEO, VITAS Healthcare Earlier access and longer hospice stays can reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%, a recent joint report found from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. I think if you prioritize patient care, everything else kind of falls into place. Palliative care is trending. It gets kind of convoluted.

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