Hospice News

JANUARY 15, 2025

An estimated six hospice deals took place in Q3 of last year, with six home health and 11 home care also completed, Mertz Taggart reported. A total of 30 hospice transactions were completed in 2023, compared to 19 deals as of the end of 2024s third quarter, the report found. Driving the evolution are two factors, Frydman said.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Hospice of the Chesapeake has unfurled a new dementia care program aimed at providing improved emotional, educational and practical support for patients and their caregivers as their conditions progress. The new program provides patients and their caregivers with direct support from Hospice of the Chesapeake’s interdisciplinary care team.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Hospices have grown increasingly frustrated by fraudulent operators in the space and how their activities affect legitimate operators’ financial health. This is the second of a two-part Hospice News series that explores how fraud, waste and abuse in the hospice space could create headwinds for the industry at large.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Hospice leaders have lost sleep over workforce pressures plaguing the industry for several years running, a trend that is not anticipated to abate anytime soon. Staffing challenges were cited as the leading concern among 35% of 112 hospice professionals who participated in this years Outlook Survey by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The consensus paper, published in Nursing Outlook , underscores research from 2023 reports by Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the Congressional Research Service, that found adults with MCC are the largest, fastest growing U.S. patient population. According to Bruera and Kuebler, an integrated palliative care model requires collaboration.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Georgia-based Hospice Savannah Inc. Launched in 2023, the CAPABLE program aims to improve seniors ability to safely age in place. Relatively few CAPABLE programs exist in the Southeast, according to Kathleen Benton, president and CEO of Hospice Savannah. In order to expand our workforce, we also have to expand our network.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

return on investment by embedding palliative care clinicians in the ED, a 2023 study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine found. return on investment by embedding palliative care clinicians in the ED, a 2023 study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine found. The results were published in JAMA.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2025

The seed for Texas-based Pallicare was planted at a chance meeting at a 2021 conference between Jonathan Fluhart, a management professional with a background in aerospace, technology, and hospice industries, and nurse practitioner Tiffany Hughes. Palliative care is often seen as a loss leader, but Fluhart and Hughes saw it as an opportunity.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

s (Nasdaq: AMED) hospice segment has seen headwinds impact admissions growth as the company awaits its pending acquisition by the UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary Optum. The company’s hospice segment revenue reached $207.9 Gross margin for the hospice segment fell slightly to 42.9% Amedisys Inc.’s year-over-year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The JAMA study examined outcomes of 1,250 adults with advanced lung cancer receiving palliative care across 22 health care organizations in the United States from June 14, 2018 to May 4, 2023. Researchers have increasingly dug into the quality impacts of virtual palliative care delivery and how telehealth outcomes compare to in-person care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

The hospice industry is undergoing a transformative period of rising demand and regulatory changes. Levy recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss the array of regulatory and legislative evolutions on the horizon in hospice care delivery. I was promoted chief government affairs officer in 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These evolving regulations have hospices concerned that a lack of virtual access to their services could have significant impacts on quality and health disparities. Weve inherited a kind of accelerated movement toward a new normal during the pandemic, Fratkin told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Four nonprofit hospices have affiliated with Chapters Health System, expanding the Florida-based hospice and senior services provider to three new states. The agreement includes Hospice of East Bay and Hospice of Santa Cruz County in California, as well as Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas and Willamette Vital Health in Oregon.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

New executives have stepped into c-suite and other roles at some of the nations largest hospice organizations as 2025 kicks off. Johnson will oversee the work of Empaths several foundations Suncoast Hospice Foundation, Tidewell Foundation, Hospice of Marion County Foundation and Trustbridge Hospice Foundation.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Net loss was $118 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a net loss of $31 million in the third quarter 2023. Medical margin showed a $58 million loss in Q3, compared to a positive $111 million in the third quarter of 2023. Earlier this year, the company voiced plans to double the size of its palliative care program.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Fleece was among several post-acute care leaders who appeared at the hearing, representing home health, hospice, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation hospitals and other stakeholders. Empath now serves 1 in 5 hospice patients in its home state, the company reported. House of Representatives Ways & Means Health Subcommittee.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Chapters is one of the largest nonprofit hospice providers in the United States. In October of last year, four nonprofit hospices in the western United States affiliated with Chapters, expanding the Florida-based hospice and senior services provider to three new states California, Nevada and Oregon. for CNAs.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. There is scrutiny on hospice care [that’s] setting the stage for the next phase of what hospice oversight looks like.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Only 10 new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will offer home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit for 2023, but payers may be offering those services through other programs. Among Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, in-home support services and caregiver support saw the most year-over-year growth for 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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. Hospices have faced ever-intensifying scrutiny from regulators in recent years. Be ready for regulation.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Thus far in 2023, hospice merger and acquisition activity has deviated from prior years. The last five years saw record-breaking multiples in the hospice space and private equity-backed platform deals were among the most common types of transactions. But in 2023, private equity activity slowed from its formerly frenzied pace.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care. And so it could be genomics, certainly, that’s very personal, McCleod told Hospice News. While genetic information can be useful in hospice and palliative care, patients rarely have that data. Another factor is timely admission to hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Though nonprofit hospices now represent a smaller slice of the industry than in years past, they continue to care for more than half of patients in the United States who elect the benefit. The number of hospices operating nationwide rose to 5,3,58 in 2021, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

Margin pressures from the proposed cuts to Medicare home health rates could impact palliative care and hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in June released its proposed home health reimbursement rule for 2023, which included a 4.2% pay hike for hospice care in 2023. CMS proposed a 2.7%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Seeds of optimism are taking root among hospice providers that industry-wide labor pressures may improve this year. Survey respondents included nearly 330 hospice and palliative care industry professionals, including owners, executive leaders and managers, among others. I’m probably more excited about it than I’ve been in a few years.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As the need for palliation grows, outcomes and experiences vastly vary – with payment often at the crux of inconsistencies in quality and care delivery approaches. The topics range from unmet staff and patient needs, financial and operational headwinds and research fueling innovative care delivery approaches.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rising demand and demographic tailwinds are propelling rapid growth in both the hospice and palliative care markets. A large concern is whether there will be enough hospice and palliative care providers to keep pace with demand, according to Brian Tanquilut, equity analyst in health care services at investment banking company Jeffries LLC.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. Survey respondents included nearly 330 hospice and palliative care industry professionals, including owners, executive leaders and managers, among others. It’s evolving.”

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

Introduced in July 2023 , the appropriation included $12.5 Introduced in July 2023 , the appropriation included $12.5 Federal lawmakers recently allocated millions of dollars to fuel palliative care research efforts. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Though the needle is moving, it lags behind the pace needed to keep up with demand, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, hospice and palliative care physician and medical director at Georgia-based Longleaf Hospice. Luke’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine’s program. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

The hospice space — and the health care system at large — is in a state of flux, driven by value-based reimbursement models, an expanding home-based care continuum and industry-changing transactions. ’s (NASDAQ: AMED) trajectory in 2023 is a tale of three companies, and they should be watched for three reasons.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Tuesday Health CEO Jim Wieland told Hospice News. The startup Tuesday Health launched in 2023, emerging from a partnership between Valtruis and Mass General Brigham Ventures. In April 2023, CareSource established a similar relationship with Pure Healthcare.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

As dementia-related illnesses continue to rise among hospice patients, caregivers and providers alike are working judiciously to best find ways to support patients and their families in navigating these new diagnoses. In July 2023, the U.S. As of 2023, according to the CMS website, dementia affects more than 6.7

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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. At the time, those relationships were oriented around home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities, Osborne told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. “Our 31, 2023, Contessa was a stakeholder in at least 10 joint ventures that were actively admitting patients, according to the SEC filing.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

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