Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents 52.23% in Texas in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. We found the best partner for Christian Senior Care Services to work with moving forward, said Quintin Faison, founder of Christian Senior Care Services, in a statement. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) is pushing forward on palliative care growth in 2024 through its innovation arm, Contessa. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care. million beneficiaries.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Today, they proposed a transitional board who will consider ratifying the organizations’ combination plan in early 2024. The post NAHC, NHPCO Name Transition Board to Guide 2024 Merger appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Fraud and program integrity concerns dominated the news in 2024, along with large acquisitions, payment rules and regulatory changes. There were just some of the themes percolating among the most-read Hospice News coverage of 2024. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2024. #1:

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

hospice industry as a whole is projected to bring in roughly $34 billion in revenue during 2024, Jackson indicated. This is a rise from Medicare hospice expenditures that reached $23.7 billion in 2022, Medicare (MedPAC) reported. in 2022, the National Alliance for Care at Home reported.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Finalized in the 2024 home health payment rule, the program is designed to identify poor performing hospices, mandate quality improvement and in some cases impose additional penalties. This includes ensuring that the hospice SFP measures focus solely on compliance with the Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Finalized in the 2024 home health payment rule, the program is designed to identify poor performing hospices, mandate quality improvement and in some cases impose additional penalties. Enforcement actions could include expulsion from the Medicare program, as well as other penalties.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In June 2024, Bristol Hospice acquired Mississippi-based Mid-Delta Hospice, a move that marked its entry into that state. More than 16,000 people elected the hospice benefit in 2022, about 46% of the states Medicare decedents that year, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. About 17.4% of Nevadas 3.1

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The cap is designed to prevent overuse of hospice, put controls on Medicare spending and foster greater access to care among patients. For Fiscal Year 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set the cap at $33,394. If a hospice has a cap liability, they will have to repay that amount to Medicare.

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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. The SFP was created under the HOSPICE Act which established additional tools for CMS to oversee the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The subsidiary’s specialty is high-acuity care in the home, including hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility-at-home programs, but in recent years it has also leaned hard into growing its palliative care business. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “We House of Representatives’ Ways and MeansCommittee. said during the hearing.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Of all Medicare decedents in CY 2022, 49.1% With 49.1%

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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 26, 2024

Blumenauer’s desire to update the Medicare hospice benefit to address the evolving needs of our country’s aging population while ensuring the sustainability and integrity of the hospice program. As a long-standing champion of hospice care, Rep. The Alliance shares Rep.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

among Medicare decedents in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Rural-based caregivers have increasingly faced tremendous burdens as a result of hospices sustainability challenges, according to Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). Ensuring access to high-quality hospice and home care in rural communities is critical, Landers said in a statement.

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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. The outlook for hospice providers will become increasingly challenging if the unscrupulous billing activity continues, with negative impacts for a swelling aging population with end-of-life care needs, Harrison stated.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Among the crucial issues that the incoming administration will likely need to address are the program integrity concerns that have been heating up , according to Dr. Steve Landers, CEO at the National Alliance for Care at Home. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented through its 2024 home health rule.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Though uncertainties abound when it comes to the Trump administrations approach to health care, many notable policies have been implemented during Republican administrations. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the Obama administration. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 NYSE: CHE).

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