Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Alliance hinted that it was inching closer to a leadership decision earlier this month after completing an affiliation in June between the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. The drafted Hospice CARE Act included potential avenues to improve payment for high-acuity palliative treatments.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) inquiries into high-acuity palliative care, but expressed concern over reimbursement and staffing issues. The agency’s 2025 proposed hospice rule featured a series of requests for information (RFI) on issues like health equity, social determinants of health and future quality measures.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) are moving forward on the integration of their combined new organization. The alliance is anticipated to take shape under a new name by January 2025, he indicated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025. If finalized as written, the changes would take effect in January 2025. Performance on these surveys is crucial as more payers and consumers use public quality data to choose a hospice. 1, 2026 at the earliest.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

This is according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Hospices will need a sharp compliance focus with ongoing internal assessments around their admission processes and care delivery approaches to navigate forthcoming changes, according to Dombi.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

The recruitment initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) and the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire (the Alliance). There has been less of that in the home health, hospice and palliative care spaces.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A coalition of hospice, home health and palliative care organizations has called on Congress to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities implemented during the pandemic. Doing so would help ensure continued access to quality care among vulnerable patient populations, according to the organizations. Currently set to expire Dec.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Launched in 2021, the carve-in was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, as well as coverage of palliative and transitional care. a hospice and home care consulting company. You need to be at the table with Medicare Advantage plan negotiations and make yourself known. “You

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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 comments on the proposed 2024 hospice payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that operators would need a 6.5% increase to keep pace with inflation. “At

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Provisions of the agreement include the following, according to ONA: Policies to ensure that nurses who are exposed to communicable diseases can isolate themselves to avoid compromising vulnerable, home-bound populations. A one-time bonus for nurses still with PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services in Jan.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. If enacted, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years. It also includes some exceptions.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Logan Hoover, vice president of policy and government relations for the National Alliance for Care at Home, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News. So that’s where I really started to learn the policies of hospice and palliative care through his work in that space, and his interest in that space.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

National Alliance for Care at Home Announces New COO National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) recently announced Sherl Brand as its new COO, who will ascend into the role in January. She was also on the board of directors at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Building a sustainable financial structure for end-of-life care delivery can be a challenging feat when navigating the impacts of patient care and staffing needs, referral streams, operational expenses, billing claim cycles and compliance factors, Chadwick said. You are going to see more regulations,” Doak said at the conference.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

.” – Jason Wallace, partner in health care, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Some stakeholders have urged CMS to reconsider its methodology of flagging hospices for the SFP program, citing flaws in the current algorithm. The audit is among a host of others in the health care space that the agency rolled out this month in its Work Plan initiatives.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

We also only acquire companies who are already leading class in terms of patient care. Good Samaritan Societys hospice program includes pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual care, palliative care and other home-based services. Our pipeline for future deals is robust, and we are excited heading into 2025.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2024

The Nashville-based hospice, home health and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm TowerBrook and the nonprofit health system Ascension Health. From 2025 to 2055 and the next 20–30 years after that is going to be the ‘golden decades’ of hospice utilization.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%, according to a 2023 report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), and NORC at the University of Chicago. 9: [ UPDATED] Rep.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Temporary telehealth flexibilities granted during the pandemic have opened up discussions around the future of technology in health care delivery, said Dr. Michael Fratkin, board president at the Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care. Fratkin is also a palliative care specialist at Humboldt Center for New Growth.

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NHPCO

AUGUST 26, 2024

Landers has dedicated his career to seeking home- and community-based health care solutions for people of all ages. He was the director of home care at the Cleveland Clinic, and for more than 11 years was the president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Inc. —

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2024 Photo Link (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) hosted its annual leadership conference (ALC2024) in Denver, Colorado September 14–18, 2024.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The new site offers an updated Find a Provider tool to help consumers find providers of home care, home health, hospice, and palliative care. This resource pulls together NAHC’s Agency Locator and NHPCO’s Find a Care Provider. Details will be shared with members each step of the way.

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NHPCO

JULY 11, 2024

Her contributions continue to shape the landscape of hospice and palliative care today. The organization, which was a program of NHPCO from 2004 to 2017, is now known as Global Partners in Care. To date, the Medicare Hospice Benefit has made dignified end-of-life care accessible to nearly 30 million Americans, and counting.

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NHPCO

JULY 12, 2024

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice ( NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) have joined together under the “NAHC-NHPCO Alliance.” The integration process underway is expected to continue through the beginning of 2025. Find the latest on the NAHC and NHPCO websites.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Doing home care? ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) celebrates it’s 25th anniversary in 2025. As I argue on the podcast, ELNEC has likely done more to lift the primary palliative care skills of clinicians than any other initiative. It’s got to be in every palliative care fellowship curriculum.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Health care professionals surveyed included hospice nurses and administrators, as well as oncology and palliative care clinicians. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually, as well as face-to-face recertification visits.

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NHPCO

JULY 18, 2024

A Future Leader is a high-performing individual, age 40 or younger, who is shaping the next decade of care delivery. Hoover has shown exceptional leadership and dedication in hospice and palliative care. “His vision for the continuum of healthcare highlights his dedication to our members and the patients and families they serve.”

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