Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2025

However, careful implementation is necessary to effectively use these systems. For a number of years now, providers have leveraged AI to predict when a patient may become eligible for hospice or to determine the best time to begin palliative care. One of hospices key goals with AI is to increase efficiency.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In its annual report to Congress, MedPAC urged policymakers to eliminate hospice base-rate increases for 2025. Close to 5,900 hospices operated in the United States during 2002.

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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

APRIL 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule contains clarifications on which physicians may certify patients for hospice enrollment. Yet another set of rules require that the hospice medical director consider certain information in reaching a decision to certify a patient’s terminal illness.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

New executives have stepped into c-suite and other roles at some of the nations largest hospice organizations as 2025 kicks off. Johnson will oversee the work of Empaths several foundations Suncoast Hospice Foundation, Tidewell Foundation, Hospice of Marion County Foundation and Trustbridge Hospice Foundation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

3 emerging technologies Predictive analytics, remote patient monitoring and virtual reality therapies are three emerging technologies that are becoming increasingly prevalent among hospices, according to an Axxess report shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

More than two-thirds (67%) of liver cancer patients receiving radiotherapy concurrently with supportive/palliative care reported reduced pain intensity levels after one month of treatment in a study published in The Lancet Oncology, a Science Direct journal. This compared to 22% of patients who received supportive care without radiation.

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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. Meanwhile, the model’s monthly capitated payments support ongoing operations with a steady income stream,” Basevich told Palliative Care News in an email. “In

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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

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lawmakers recently introduced the Value in Health Care Act, which, if enacted, could create inroads toward improved palliative care reimbursement. These changes are designed to increase participation in value-based payment programs designed to improve quality outcomes and lower costs of care.

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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. The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. Hospice of the Ozarks also has a veterans program and offers pet therapy services.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

More than half (52.9%) of hospice providers reported undergoing more than one audit simultaneously within a six month period in a survey from LeadingAge, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), NAHC and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may not have accounted for the financial and administrative burdens associated with its implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) Tool. The tool is slated for an October 2025 implementation, according to the proposed rule.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

clinical power means mastering timely initiation of care. 30% of home health patients dont get initiated into care for seven days as an industry, we have to look at those numbers and decide, as leaders, its unacceptable, Compassus CEO Mike Asselta said last month during a panel discussion at the Home Care 100 conference.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Hospice industry organizations have voiced support for proposed updates to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys, but raised questions on the implementation timeline. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025.

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2024

Federal regulators should increase scrutiny of private equity activity in the hospice space, according to the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). We wish to emphasize that it is not NPHI’s position to oppose all PE associated activity in the hospice market,” the organization indicated in its comments.

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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. 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

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. 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.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This Hospice News Elevate Conference Survey aims to uncover key insights about the trends, challenges and innovative strategies shaping the delivery of hospice care in 2025. This offer only applies to individuals currently working for hospice provider companies.

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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

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

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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

The forthcoming end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstrative takes effect Dec. 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.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 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. He had a very personal connection to hospice. Since you started working in hospice, what’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The cap is designed to prevent overuse of hospice, put controls on Medicare spending and foster greater access to care among patients. In 2025, this will rise to $34,465. This allows for greater flexibility in providing care to those in need.” This corresponds with quality of care considerations.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Clinicians have also used virtual visits to assess medication or care plans in real time. Rapid deployment of telemedicine during the PHE also has created “a new pathway” for bringing palliative and hospice care specialists to rural areas, according to authors of a recent report published in the JAMA Health Forum.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2022

Building career paths for hospice clinicians. Clinical workforce shortages in hospice and palliative care are among the biggest threats to patient access, say some providers. Samaritan in 2013 launched its first hospice and palliative care fellowship program in concert with the Rowan University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Though the model is focused on primary care, it could help more patients receive hospice and palliative care when appropriate, according to CMS. ACOs will then distribute payment to the participating primary care providers in their networks. 1, 2025, with the application period starting May 20 and ending June 17.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

. “With the addition of Comfort Hospice of St. Louis Missouri and Grace Hospice of Maumee Ohio, we are poised for expansion throughout the Midwest as we continue our mission of making hospice care more accessible to our communities,” Justin DeWitte, CEO of Residential Hospice, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hospice News sat down with providers, advocacy groups, legal experts and other stakeholders to uncover the most significant hospice regulatory trends from this year and their anticipated impacts heading into 2024 and beyond. OIG anticipates the audit’s results to roll out in the fiscal year 2025.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Hospice providers need to evolve with their changing patient populations and the larger health care system, according to Greg Hagfors, CEO of Partners In Care. A group of volunteers had brought the hospice concept from the United Kingdom to Oregon, according to Hagfors. W hat’s next for your palliative care program?

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

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Hospice Red River Valley

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Tracee Capron, Executive Director of Hospice of the Red River Valley and House Calls, has dedicated her life to ensuring that individuals with serious illnesses can live their best lives every day. Fargo, ND 58104.

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Hospice News

JULY 7, 2022

Croix Hospice is answering the growing hospice care needs of central Missouri by locating additional staff to serve communities from our new Jefferson City location,” said CEO Heath Bartness in a press release. based Lexington Hospice Care. by 2025, up from 13.5% . “St. in 2000 and 13.6%

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