Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Palliative care’s continued expansion Palliative care leaders expect continued growth in 2024, driven by the proliferation of value-based payment models, greater recognition of these services’ quality improvement and cost savings potential. In addition to the expansion of existing programs, more are cropping up.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath in 2024 completed an affiliation process with Trustbridge, which offers palliative care, hospice care, support services and more. magazines 2024 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Roughly 6% of hospice providers cited plans to diversify their services to include end-of-life doulas this year, according to the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Survey. Curd is also a licensed clinical social worker, and serves as a therapist at Red Wheelbarrow Counseling LLC and BetterHelp.

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Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2023

What’s happening in these states has caused mounting concern around access to quality hospice care for LGBTQ+ individuals, according to Kimberly Acquaviva, social worker and professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing. Out of these states, 10 have already enacted such laws.

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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. Patients enrolled in the program also receive services from nurses, case managers and social workers. NYSE:) acquired the company in 2021.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 28, 2025

Established in 1988, AAHPM is a professional organization for hospice and palliative care clinicians, social workers and other health and spiritual care providers in the space. magazines 2024 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States. He also served as an advisor at Acclivity Health Solutions Inc.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Gentiva in 2024 and 2025 is laser-focused on staff retention and building out its palliative care platform Empatia. Patients enrolled in the program also receive services from nurses, case managers and social workers. Workforce shortages have plagued the hospice community for years, along with the health care sector at large.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

The program, which includes one-time retention bonuses, is focused on building up the company’s supply of licensed nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers, Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara reported in an earnings call.

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Hospice News

APRIL 27, 2023

“I’ll stick my neck out a little bit and just say that if the current rate of capacity expansion continues, and running more like 50 to 75 increase in licensed health care workers per month, in 2024 we’ll return to our pre-pandemic census,” CFO and Executive Vice President David Williams said in a Q1 earnings call.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

In addition to being named a 2024 Top Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care by AAHPM, Buckholz is co-director of the Sanford Compassionate Communication Fellowship at the UC San Diego. She also underscored workforce shortages.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

The company expects to begin operating in Las Vegas, Nevada and Arizona next year and in Wisconsin in 2024. The company also employs social workers to assist patients with psychosocial needs and offers services to address social determinants of health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 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. That team includes nurse practitioners, social workers, nurses and community health workers, Baumgardner indicated.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to nurses, the retention program also aimed to recruit admission nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. rate increase for 2024 “significantly lags [the] reality” of rising care delivery costs, according to Westfall. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2.8%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The legislation would require health care facility employers with 10,000 full-time workers or more to pay a minimum wage of $23 per hour starting in June 2024, with year-over-year increases until reaching the $25 per hour mark in 2026. After that, the minimum wage would be indexed around inflation or 3.5%.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The program has provided services to more than 200 veterans thus far in 2024 and is led by chaplains from various U.S. So if they see a social worker coming in, they may not be receptive. military branches including the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy and Space Force.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

MAY 6, 2024

Rabia Atayee, PharmD BCPS FAAHPM University of California San Diego AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Things that are unique for rural and frontier providers are trying to find qualified staff, registered nurses, physicians, social workers or spiritual care providers,” Wood said. Some telehealth flexibilities that were temporarily implemented during the PHE) are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2024.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2024

13 among America’s health care and social service companies in Forbes America’s Best Employers for New Graduates list in 2024. Our franchise partners are also partnering with universities and trade schools locally to help develop the emerging workforce. We were just ranked No.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We can make money with palliative care, and so we hope to achieve that by the beginning of the first half of 2024. What would you say are the biggest opportunities that you see for 2024? And then we’ll reach profitability, which is key. So we have positive unit economics of what we do. |We Are you looking at de novos?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Chippewa County Health Department to Shutter Hospice Services Michigan-based Chippewa County Health Department recently announced that it will be sunsetting its home health and hospice services at the end of 2024. The county hospice agency cited rising staffing costs and reimbursement pressures as leading reasons.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

I look forward to working with Jeff and the entire leadership team at Aveanna in executing our 2024 strategic plans and positioning Aveanna as a leader in value-based care in the home.” VNAHSR employs more than 250 certified home health aides, rehabilitation therapists, social workers and visiting nurses.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A bonus program implemented last year has accelerated hiring, which in turn has relieved some of the capacity constraints that have been a stumbling block for several quarters running.The initiative included a one-time retention payment that ranges from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2024

The company is gearing up for increased acquisition activity as the year unfolds, Westfall indicated in today’s Q1 2024 earnings call. “We We] feel very encouraged about the outlook for those markets and the acquisition of being immediately accretive, and what it will mean for the remainder of 2024 and into 2025 and beyond.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Sachin Kale, MD MBOE FAAHPM The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

The letter included a push to pass the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), which if passed would provide incentives to expand training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

To break down those walls, social workers at Pallitus have focused on assisting patients and their families before they even make it into the building. This is reimbursement each month for all the work done by providers, physicians, nurse practitioners, RNs and social workers that’s typically non-billable time,” Dillon said. “It’s

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Telehealth extension: The legislation extends hospice telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2024, which were initially enacted as part of the CARES Act in 2020. There is no requirement for hospices to use MFTs or MHCs and a social worker is still required if needed under a patient’s plan of care.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

MAY 13, 2024

Kara Bischoff, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 18, 2024

Benjamin, Thompson, MD Prisma Health/University of South Carolina AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. I would wager that most of us, a lot of the time, feel like we’re shouting into the void.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 10, 2024

Daniel Shalev, MD Weill Cornell Medicine AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Most notably, I am constantly awed by the transformative leadership of palliative care social workers.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

APRIL 29, 2024

On April 17, 2024, AAHPM, in partnership with Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) participated in a Lobby Day in support of the Palliative Care and Hospice and Training Act (PCHETA).

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

These congressional advocacy actions came a week after NHPCO filed detailed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Quality Reporting Proposed Rule, demonstrating the importance of both legislative and regulatory advocacy for protecting and improving hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

The discussion took place on February 29, 2024 during PCN Conference in Tampa. It doesn’t just focus on the physical, it also focuses on the emotional and the spiritual with the use of social workers and spiritual counselors. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate. To have a social worker who’s dedicated in many places. Alex 02:53 That’s great.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Social workers have an increasingly important role to play in breaking down barriers among underserved populations, including misconceptions about hospice that can deter or dampen utilization. Social workers are advocates for patient-centered care,” Bleiberg told Hospice News. There were 143 respondents in total.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2025

has been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. Hospice care offers a multidisciplinary team approach, including doctors, nurses, aides, spiritual advisors, and social workers, all working collaboratively to provide patient-centered care. To view the entire Frontline Honors Class of 2024, visit [link].

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