Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our expansion is a means of ensuring that Agrace meets the growing demand for patient-centered end-of-life care to underserved communities and residents throughout Wisconsin, Kirkland told Hospice News in an email. The Wauwatosa office is home base for our interdisciplinary care team.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

The nations health care system is ripe for change when it comes to improved hospice utilization that could help curb expenditures and improve outcomes, Jackson said during Hospice News 2025 Industry Outlook webinar. As far as tailwinds for the industry specific to hospice, [its] predictions for demographic growth, Jackson said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. For VBID’s purposes, this is generally transitional services for patients who need comfort care but are not yet ready or eligible for hospice.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new avenue of funding for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with implications for palliative care providers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Source: CMS Through the model, participating ACOs will receive a one-time advanced shared savings payment of $250,000, as well as a monthly Prospective Primary Care Payments (PPCPs), designed to provide flexibility to coordinate primary care delivery and enhance coordination with specialists, the spokesperson said.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

“There’s lots of opportunities here in terms of bringing palliative care and hospice care more front and center and more top of mind, frankly, to those on the care team to present that to their patients,” Behan said. 1, 2025, with the application period starting May 20 and ending June 17.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

Another key aspect is care coordination and collaboration. Whether it’s clarifying steps, asking questions or sending updates, the ability to communicate across the care team is a fundamental feature of the solutions we’re committed to providing. Editor’s note: This article has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week. Barring some extreme event like a global pandemic, for example a decline in utilization is unlikely in 2025 and beyond. But in 2025, the pendulum could start swinging in the other direction.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Telehealth services were also tied to reduced caregiver burden and greater care coordination for remote, rural and underserved communities, the research found. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

The analysis included a two-phase systematic review of multiple studies from across the globe published in various medical databases between 2000 and 2025. Demand for greater care coordination is growing on global and national levels. This according to recent research published in the medical journal Cureus.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

Services available at Masons Light House will include care coordination and family navigation, pain and symptom management, respite and physical or occupational therapies. The center will also provide family-centered care such as spiritual, psychosocial and emotional support, assistance with advance care planning and bereavement care.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

The GUIDE Model can provide patients with the services they need, including psychosocial support, spiritual support, extensive care management, and care coordination,” Snider said. And it comes with payment to allow organizations like ours to continue to expand our dementia care programs.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

The health system anticipates the location to remain closed until the end of 2025. Delaware Hospice Expands with New Location Delaware Hospice recently opened a new office location in southern Pennsylvania to improve care coordination. An estimated 50 patients will be impacted by the temporary closure.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve care coordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated. If enacted, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would — as of 2025 — extend the flexibilities by two years.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Raianne Melton: I just have to tell you, I have like two pages of stuff because there’s so much opportunity, and when we look at staffing in particular, in 2025, the majority, 75% of our employees are going to be millennials. What they care about is professional development.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. And they can start July of 2025. They have one year to set it up. Purely architected.

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