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Publicly Traded Hospice Companies Poised for Deals

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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. million and $54.6

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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

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For now, expanding its “bread and butter” home health and hospice business takes priority, according to Anthony, but VitalCaring will likely consider additional service lines as the years progress — including palliative care. Physician-based services that complement what we do in home health and hospice is an area for future opportunity.

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

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Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Government oversight of hospice providers will tighten during 2023. These concerns will be a hot topic in the new year, but other regulatory actions are also underway for 2023.

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Customizing Hospice, Palliative Care Payment Contracts in ACO REACH

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Hospices and Accountable Care Organizations have the ability to customize payment contracts within the Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. 1, 2023, the U.S. So hospice was a place where we wanted to look at partnership.”. Effective Jan.

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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The prior three years have laid the groundwork for change, particularly in the regulatory space as well as gradual migration towards value-based reimbursement and in tandem, the proliferation of business lines beyond hospice. With these factors in mind, below are four key trends hospices should watch this year.

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Hospice Leaders: Culture the Key to Sustaining the Workforce

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YoloCares provides hospice, palliative and supportive care in six counties across northern California. In March, the hospice provider was approved by its state government to expand to 10 counties to meet rising demand. VITAS is the largest hospice company in the nation by market share, according to 2022 data from LexisNexis.

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UnitedHealth Group Set for Further Acquisitions

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During the past two years, the insurance giant has completed a slew of acquisitions spanning much of the health care continuum — including hospice, palliative care and home health — as well as health care technology, largely through its subsidiary Optum. This reflects patient census growth of about 900,000 people during 2023.

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