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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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

APRIL 23, 2025

We are pleased to welcome Dr Joanna Davies from Kings College London as she discusses inequality, poverty, and palliative and end-of-life care. Register now: [link] The post Webinar: inequality, poverty, and palliative and end-of-life care. appeared first on EAPC.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has voted to recommend a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In order to serve the American public, Congress should ensure hospice providers are reimbursed to provide the end-of-life care people want and deserve.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2025

Looking ahead, 2025 will bring further transformation through market consolidation, regulatory shifts and demographic changes. Whether through acquisitions, organic growth or strategic partnerships, the providers on this list will continue shaping end-of-life care. Click here to download the report.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

by 2025, up from 13.5% “Rural communities often encounter numerous obstacles in accessing high-quality end-of-life care as they struggle with scarce resources, geographical barriers and a shortage of experienced professionals,” Bartness said in a statement. in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Recent research has found that receiving high-acuity services alongside supportive care can help ease pain. The findings come as regulators navigate the future outlook of these services in end-of-life care delivery.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Hospice budgeting practices hinge on several factors, according to Matt Chadwick, CFO of Well Care Health. Hospices strive to have sufficient staffing levels that meet rising end-of-life care demand, but finding a sustainable path involves careful balance sheet planning alongside operational awareness, he stated.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

increase in hospice per diems that CMS included in its 2025 proposed rule , Dombi said. The drafted Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act from U.S. Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) could be a beacon of change that aims to address the program integrity and payment issues in end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

31, these flexibilities allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually and conduct face-to-face recertification visits. The National Alliance for Care at Home spearheaded the effort. Introduced in May, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The case illustrates the scale of activity occurring among fraudulent actors seeking a profit while providing poor or negligent care and exploiting the vulnerability of specific patient populations. #3: The first gauged the hospice communitys reaction to CMS final payment rule for 2025, including a 2.9% 9: [ UPDATED] Rep.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

1, 2025, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center will begin implementing a payment model for primary care known as the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Primary Care Flex Model under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). This fits nicely into palliative care.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 24, 2025

Martha, a native of Hudson Falls, joined our team in March of 2025 as our new Volunteer Manager after a distinguished career as an educator. Her passion for helping others and her dedication to community service make her a perfect fit for our mission of providing compassionate end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2025

It is based on a discussion with Cara McCarty Abbott, Founder and CEO at Betterleave; Sara Nigro, Director of Partnerships at BetterRX; and Lloyd Wilson, CEO at Sonder Hospice & Palliative Care. This discussion took place on April 10, 2025, at the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Thanks to each of you for being here.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. Chartis projects that MA will account for 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries by 2025. This reflects a total enrollment increase of 9% over 2021.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Attempting to measure and report on the quality of our care and service with our current systems is not giving us valuable or useful information — and that is what we are publicly showing our consumers! What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry looking ahead to 2025? Time to adjust the sails!

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Among Addus biggest deals was its $350 million purchase of Gentivas personal care business line in December 2024. The Gentiva acquisition significantly expanded not only Addus geographic footprint in Texas, but also its potential for other growth opportunities in 2025, Brian Poff, executive vice president and CFO, previously stated.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

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 state’s weak controls have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse,” CDOJ indicated in its report. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

extension of MACRA’s advanced APM incentive in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which expired at the end of last year. There’s a lot of quality improvement in care that can be had from end-of-life care,” Pittman said. That opens the door to great potential for palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As much as $265 billion in health care dollars could shift from facilities to the home setting by 2025, according to a McKinsey & Company survey. Respondents were physicians who care predominantly for Medicare fee-for-service or Medicare Advantage patients.

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NHPCO

MARCH 28, 2024

proposed rate increase for hospices is not enough to support the continued delivery of hospice care amidst rising cost pressures and ongoing workforce constraints affecting hospices nationwide,” said NHPCO COO and Interim CEO, Ben Marcantonio. We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5

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HPNA podcast

MAY 1, 2025

Whether you're a hospice nurse, a health care professional, or a family member navigating end-of-life care, this episode will speak to the heart of what it means to accompany someone at lifes end with compassion, courage, and creativity. She is honored to be the HPNA 2025 podcast host.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

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. A 35-year health care veteran, Hagfors has led Partners In Care for more than two years. How do you tackle that problem?

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Changing Lives Podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Free Practical Caregiving Education at Hospice Quinte Five in-person sessions to equip caregivers with the tools they need to provide safe care for someone living with them at home. Hospice Quinte will be offering this program starting April 7, 2025.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

DECEMBER 17, 2024

million Horizon Europe-funded project combines psychotherapy and psilocybin treatment to address critical gaps in end-of-life care. This milestone marks a significant step forward for the first fully EU-funded study of psilocybin therapy in palliative care, set to begin recruiting patients in 2025. in funding.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Closing date for applications is 5pm CET on 19 January 2025 About the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is a leading nonprofit organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of palliative care across Europe.

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NHPCO

MARCH 5, 2024

CMS will no longer be accepting applications for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Request for Applications. This means hospice will no longer be a part of the VBID model beginning January 1, 2025. Hospice providers currently contracted with MAOs will continue with their contracts for CY 2024.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

It became clear to me that there was a profound need for a more compassionate, patient-centered approach to end-of-life care after putting my grandmother on hospice. She received inconsistent, impersonal and fragmented care, often leaving my family confused and fearful. What drew you to the hospice industry?

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JUNE 20, 2024

I imagine that as I continue in my second year of the program that these connections will continue to strengthen, and that my attendance at AAHPM 2025 will present an opportunity to learn and network in person. Next, I’m interested in determining how I’d like to practice palliative care after fellowship.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

On the other hand, NHPCO is disappointed by MedPAC’s recommendation to Congress that hospice reimbursement rates for patient care should not be updated in 2025, although by law hospice payment rates are pegged to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inpatient hospital market basket rate.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Alliance is encouraging hospice, palliative care, home care, home health, Medicaid HCBS, and pediatric care providers to save the dates for conferences to be held July 27-29, 2024, in Chicago, and November 2-4, 2025, in New Orleans. NHPCO provides education and resources to support that mission.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The first piece of this three-part Hospice News series will explore one the top issues facing hospices in 2025 starting with the struggle for clinical capacity amid rising demand. Photo by Hospice News Photo by Hospice News 2025 Outlook Survey Results by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase. NYSE: EHAB).

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NHPCO

JULY 18, 2024

This acknowledgment underscores the importance of our collective mission to enhance quality and accessibility to serious illness and end-of-life care,” said Hoover. “I The integration process underway is expected to continue through the beginning of 2025. . “It is an honor to be recognized amongst my peers.

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Changing Lives Podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Free Practical Caregiving Education at Hospice Quinte Five in-person sessions to equip caregivers with the tools they need to provide safe care for someone living with them at home. Hospice Quinte will be offering this program starting April 7, 2025.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The second piece of this three-part Hospice News series will explore the leading issues in hospice marketing and community outreach in 2025. Photo by Hospice News Photo by Hospice News 2025 Outlook Survey Results by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase. NYSE: EHAB).

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APRIL 9, 2025

Marcum is also the founder of Sarah House, a pediatric respite and end-of-life care center. Once open, it will be the states first respite and hospice facility for children facing life-limiting conditions. Our hope was for 2025, but that was before the pandemic hit.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

World Health Organization (2021) Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2021-2025. 2017) Estimating the global need for palliative care for children: A cross-sectional analysis. World Health Organization. 2020) State of the world’s nursing 2020: Investing in education, jobs and leadership. 53(2):171-177.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2025

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Tiffany Richter, Medical Officer at Agape Care Group, Stephen Phenneger, President and Chief Financial Officer at St. This discussion took place on April 10th, 2025 during the Hospice ELEVATE Conference.

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