Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1% That’s helping hospice gain esteem as we come into an election year in 2024.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Formerly Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, VIA Health Partners currently serves 32 counties in North and South Carolina. VIA offers community-based serious illness and end-of-life care, and also operates five inpatient hospice facilities in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2025

With a robust and growing membership and an engaged board, the Academy is strongly positioned to be a leading voice for hospice and palliative care physicians and professionals. He was also a member of the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Standing Committee at the National Quality Forum. Annes Nursing Center.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Already, 2024 has brought a growing body of research in palliative care covering more ground on challenges linked to utilization and access, health disparities, lagging clinical awareness, and other aspects impacting quality and care delivery. Hospice significantly reduced end-of-life HU.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

State of hospice workforce Though hospices are seeing an improved workforce outlook in 2024 compared to previous years, staffing pressures remain a top concern for many organizations. Staffing was identified as a main 2024 pain point by 36% of 143 respondents to the Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lawmakers recently introduced the Value in Health Care Act, which, if enacted, could create inroads toward improved palliative care reimbursement. These changes are designed to increase participation in value-based payment programs designed to improve quality outcomes and lower costs of care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. This led to the development of the company’s Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program, which is housed within its palliative care arm Empatia.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

End-of-life doulas support patients and their families in a number of broad and diverse ways, according to Erin Collins, program director of The Peaceful Presence Project. Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2024

Blumenauer announced the bill, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, on Thursday at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. In the current draft of the legislation, this would include dialysis, chemotherapy, radiation and blood transfusions.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

In addition, the legislation would require staff from Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) who perform medical review of hospice care to receive specialized training in the philosophy that underlies those services, as well as education about determining prognosis, beginning in 2027. 1, 2019 and Dec.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

“A rate freeze would interfere with the progress made through hospice wherein highly patient-centered care, controlled by the patient at the most important point of an individual’s life, offers Medicare with significant financial savings while providing incredible end-of-life care.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

As end-of-life care received a spotlight during a global pandemic, the historical viewpoints around hospice care delivery have been undergoing a “fundamental shift,” Dresang said. This is really an exciting time for our industry,” Dresang said during the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Webinar.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. So, for access to rural care, we’re going to have to depend on smaller rural programs.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

The organization — which serves roughly 300 patients daily across a 2,200-square-mile region that includes urban, suburban, and rural communities — has made inroads into the palliative care and PACE arenas, with no plans of slowing down. “We It launched its palliative care program in 2022 and is in the process of securing a PACE license.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Jeri Vaughan, Director of Product Management at KanTime, to explore the diversification of hospice and palliative care services. What are the benefits of expanding hospice services to include palliative care and other specialized programs? This article is sponsored by KanTime.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

CMS included a series of requests for information (RFIs) in its proposed 2024 hospice payment rule. Among them were questions about patients’ utilization of complex care services including blood transfusions, chemotherapy, radiation or dialysis. I think this is a start of that conversation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

A group of hospice providers and data scientists at the New Jersey-based health system have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology aimed at helping its clinical teams to better identify when a patient is nearing the end of life or could benefit from serious illness care. A larger pilot phase is in the works for 2024.

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2024

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation have been in communication with lawmakers in hopes of keeping the funds within the hospice program. “We for next year.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

Established in 1975, Alive Hospice provides end-of-life and palliative care across central Tennessee. Angela’s Hospice provides end-of-life care to adult and pediatric patient populations. LaLonde aided in the hospice’s design of its palliative care program structure, leading its daily operations.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2024

The current state of hospice regulations has providers walking compliance tightropes, according to Patrick Harrison, senior director of regulatory and compliance at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Fraud, waste and abuse exist in several different industries and health care is no exception.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The commission projected an aggregate 2024 margin of 9%. In comments on the proposed 2024 hospice payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that operators would need a 6.5% The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

YoloCares provides hospice, palliative and supportive care in five counties across northern California, recently adding a sixth county to its service region. YoloCares has an adult day program and offers caregiver and advance care planning services, along with grief support. Its palliative care program launched in 2016.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

A main issue is that many students do not receive adequate exposure to hospice and palliative care during their medical education, including training in the full scope of these interdisciplinary services. Introducing end-of-life care sooner in their education could “make a dent” busting this myth, Dias stated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

Set to open by 2024, Heather’s House will expand hospice care options for both adult and pediatric patients. . Through the 18-bed facility, the hospice will provide patients inpatient end-of-life care when their symptoms can no longer be managed in the home. Development of the hospice house has been a long journey.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The hospice and palliative care provider last November launched its military program Challenge Coin, which provides individualized recognition of veterans’ accomplishments and accolades. The program has provided services to more than 200 veterans thus far in 2024 and is led by chaplains from various U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We identified numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse by hospice agencies, which typically offer palliative end-of-life care to individuals with medical diagnoses of fewer than six months to live.”. The agency has a deadline of Jan. The halt on licensing took effect Jan.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Hospice providers need to evolve with their changing patient populations and the larger health care system, according to Greg Hagfors, CEO of Partners In Care. Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Through the new location, Aveanna provides advanced palliative care and hospice to community-based patients. The expansion is aimed at increasing access to end-of-life care and supportive service to patients and families in northern Michigan, according to Tom Kaster, Aspirus Health’s interim vice president of post-acute care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

While consolidation slowed in 2023, many industry observers expect a rebound in 2024, though perhaps not to the record-breaking levels seen in 2021. Prior to his role at Transcend, he was senior vice president of marketing and communications for AccentCare, which merged with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2021.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earlier in the year, Yonah Klein was appointed director of strategy at Unity Hospice and Palliative Care. Technology a key to growing home-based hospice care, workforce The future of end-of-life care is heading further into the home, according to Klein. Skelly Wingard, became CEO of By the Bay Health in June.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Joining forces will also allow the two Pennsylvania-based nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers to realize cost-savings potential when it comes to purchasing durable medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies. Each hospice has provided care in their respective communities for roughly 40 years.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Chapters provides hospice, palliative care and a range of other services throughout Florida. It has expanded with a number of affiliations during the past three years, including those with Capital Caring Health, Cornerstone Hospice and Hope Healthcare. We have palliative care programs. What are your big priorities?

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