Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Errors or other inconsistencies with the payment cap can have significant consequences for providers, and sales and marketing staff can help hospices achieve a healthy balance. The cap is designed to prevent overuse of hospice, put controls on Medicare spending and foster greater access to care among patients.

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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. of all Medicare decedents in 2022 choosing hospice care, utilization of hospice increased in 2022 for the first time since 2019.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) on Thursday announced a new name for their recently combined organization. Providers delivering care in patients’ homes will work through the Alliance to learn, connect and grow.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Without family caregivers, many patients would not be able to receive hospice, palliative or other forms of home-based care. For this reason, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) has developed a guide for those patients and families, in partnership with the American Cancer Society.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

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. Traci Saput, senior manager of hospice operations for Kaiser Permanente, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

As a long-standing champion of hospice care, Rep. Blumenauer has consistently demonstrated a commitment to ensuring that hospice services remain accessible, compassionate, and of the highest quality for patients and their families.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Calls are growing louder for Congress to build stronger reimbursement and workforce incentives aimed at improving the availability and sustainability of rural-based end-of-life care. Rural-based hospice providers face a range of challenges to improve access among their underserved patient populations. said during the hearing.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care. 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. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year.

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For Immediate Release November 06, 2024 (Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) – The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) has endorsed H.R. 10097, the Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act , introduced in the House of Representatives.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This new organization will expand on the visions of NAHC and NHPCO to support the full spectrum of providers that offer care in the multitude of settings Americans call home, and the communities in which they live. The National Alliance for Care at Home logo is both an homage to the past, and a symbol of the future.

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NHPCO

AUGUST 26, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2024 (Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) — Steven Landers, MD, MPH , has been named the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly merged NAHC-NHPCO Alliance (The Alliance). Dr. Landers has dedicated his career to seeking home- and community-based health care solutions for people of all ages.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

These flexibilities, which are set to expire at the end of 2024, have allowed providers to conduct face-to-face (F2F) recertification visits remotely, reducing administrative burdens and improving patient access to essential care services.

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NHPCO

JULY 12, 2024

The Hospice CARE Act focuses on hospice payment reform and program integrity. The Hospice CARE Act focuses on hospice payment reform and program integrity. The integration process underway is expected to continue through the beginning of 2025. Find the latest on the NAHC and NHPCO websites.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 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. Amy Rose, director of palliative products for Axxess, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

JUNE 18, 2024

For Immediate Release PHOTO LINK June 18, 2024 Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, VA – On June 10, the Board Chairs and chief executive officers of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) met in Washington, D.C.

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Hospice of the North Coast

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As February 18, 2024, marks one year since former President Jimmy Carter began receiving hospice care at home, it’s a poignant moment to reflect on the profound impact of this decision.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Whilst advances in medicine and technology have seen children who would previously have died in childhood, transitioning into adulthood, the unpredictable nature of LLCs and LTCs, means that support for their health care needs is required throughout their childhood, a “thread that runs through children’s lives” (Delamere et al 2024 p.2).

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. It’s modeled off the Karnofsky performance scale, but it was adapted for palliative care populations, and it was developed in canadian palliative care units in the 1990s, about 30 years ago. It’s pretty easy to use by clinicians in the course of care.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. Would you accept?”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent operators in the hospice space have misspent millions of Medicare dollars in recent years. This is the first of a two-part Hospice News series that examines the financial and operational pressures weighing on the minds of hospice providers amid instances of fraud, waste and abuse occurring in the industry.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Hospices are facing a sea of uncertainties in the wake of Wednesday’s presidential election results. Top issues to address Hospice and home health providers are traversing through many uncertainties as the impacts of the election results unfold, said Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of the senior care advocacy group LeadingAge.

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