Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has voted to recommend a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. This recommendation is offered at a time when hospice care costs have risen faster than any inflation update provided by CMS,” Dombi told Hospice News in an email. “A

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Favorable demographics are among the factors that make Missouri an attractive market for hospices. by 2025, up from 13.5% Croix Hospice often looks for markets in which hospice utilization is comparatively low, including historically underserved rural communities, St. Croix Hospice. in 2000, according to the U.S.

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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

JULY 23, 2024

Hospice care delivery costs have been on the rise as more seniors with terminal illnesses reach the end of life. Hospice claims represent roughly $24 billion in Medicare spending, according to Dombi. increase in hospice per diems that CMS included in its 2025 proposed rule , Dombi said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Meanwhile, lawmakers unveiled a bill with some of the most significant reforms proposed to date for hospice payment and oversight. Dubbed as the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, the bill has ignited conversations across the industry about future sustainability, growth and program integrity.

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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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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Lindsay Nixon, administrator at Arbor Hospice, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News. 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

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. also said that she would like to know why a higher proportion of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries disenrolled during the last year of life.

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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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HPNA podcast

MAY 1, 2025

In this deeply personal and resonant episode, longtime hospice nurse and podcast host of The Heart of Hospice , Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN, shares an intimate look at the soul of hospice nursing the part thats rarely documented but always deeply felt. She is honored to be the HPNA 2025 podcast host.

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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. “To We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

A group of volunteers had brought the hospice concept from the United Kingdom to Oregon, according to Hagfors. 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. How do you tackle that problem?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Steven Alessandro, CEO of Interim HealthCare franchises, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

“MedPAC’s shift away from its previous recommendations to cut the aggregate payment cap is a win for hospices, patients, and families,” said NHPCO Interim CEO, Ben Marcantonio. 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

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.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This challenge superseded consolidation trends in the hospice market and changing payment dynamics. The second piece of this three-part Hospice News series will explore the leading issues in hospice marketing and community outreach in 2025. Regardless of length of stay, hospice saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The comfort care home that were going to bring to Oswego County is critically important because we dont have a facility where people nearing the end of life can stay and have 24-hour care provided for them, Spinella told local news. The program is designed to improve access and quality to end-of-life care.

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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. Croix Hospice, Tom Maxwell, Chairman at Maxwell Healthcare Associates and Jason Yu, CEO at Levo. has developed a unique approach.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

“For people who don’t have a caregiver in their home, we can put them in our facility and they can live there until their natural death, and they’ll have access to specially trained caregivers in end-of-life care,” Strzalka told local news. The health system anticipates the location to remain closed until the end of 2025.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Research trends can help hospice providers improve their understanding around the impacts of their services and where quality gaps may exist. Research on global and national levels can play an important role in the ability to understand issues around hospice utilization and disparities.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

The legislation comes at a time of critical need for supportive services, according to Kerry Moss, palliative care division head at Connecticut Children’s. The pediatric provider launched its palliative care services roughly a decade ago, Moss said. The plan would have to be completed by Jan.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2024

Investors of all types have increasingly recognized the value proposition of hospice to improve quality and reduce costs at the end of life – a trend not anticipated to abate anytime soon. Staffing pressures are also a major contributing factor to the hospice investor outlook.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2025

Hospice News: Share a bit about your background and the path that led you to your current role. Erin Harris: My journey in this field began with retail pharmacy, but my passion for hospice care led me to Enclara Pharmacia.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Hospice News: I wanted to start by asking where the greatest opportunities for clinical innovation is in hospice care? What they care about is professional development. What’s creating the need for change?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. Cachet Colvard, head of strategic partnerships at Guaranteed Health, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

JULY 11, 2024

Bernice Catherine Harper, MSW, MScPH, LLD, and celebrate her remarkable life of leadership and service to our professional community and the world. Dr. Harper’s lifelong leadership had profound and lasting positives impact across social work; hospice care; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2025

This is the third piece of this three-part Hospice News series that explores the significant regulatory challenges facing hospice providers in 2025. The industry is riddled with inferior and profit-motivated hospice owners, and its very disturbing. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Additionally, by holding hospices accountable for demonstrating quality through these measures, overall standards should improve. While the added administrative burden is unavoidable, this shift ultimately represents a step forwardone that strengthens hospice care for everyone involved.

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