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. But things that we didn’t understand were palliative actually are services many hospices are providing to communities.

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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. 31, these flexibilities allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually and conduct face-to-face recertification visits. Currently set to expire Dec.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Croix Hospice recently acquired Hospice of Siouxland in Iowa and some of Mayo Clinic Health Systems hospice assets in its home state, two moves that stretched its widening footprint across the Midwest. Croix Hospice. The hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Croix Hospice team.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hospice transactions are facing a new world of challenges during a time when M&A activity is projected to ramp up after recent lulls. More founders who began their organizations when the Medicare Hospice Benefit was established in the 1980s are reaching retirement. Who’s going to receive the proceeds?

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

These efforts come at a time when telehealth utilization is making waves in hospice staff and patient engagement, as well as operational efficiency and care coordination. Hospices will need to be nimble as the future of telehealth unfolds in health care, he said. But if telehealth was suddenly ‘shut off,’ that would be detrimental.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, if enacted, would make changes to the ways hospices provide respite care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3

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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. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? Now I would say that PACE is more where hospice was in the 90s. Can you elaborate on that?

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2024

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS health care providers’ ability to deliver care via telehealth, including hospices and palliative care providers. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to markup a new bill that would extend those flexibilities through the end of 2026. This week, the U.S.

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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 a hospice is undergoing a period of enhanced oversight by the U.S. “We A range of stakeholders in the hospice space have voiced support for the legislation.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. So many industry consolidators paused all but the most strategic deals and pivoted to hospice. “. A few factors come into play here.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

The future outlook of hospice compliance is a mixed bag of uncertainty as program integrity oversight heats up alongside evolutions in telehealth regulation. Hospices today are facing one of the most challenging regulatory environments that the industry has seen, according to Pamela Duncan Owens, chief compliance officer of Agape Care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Our bold strategy focuses on regions where there are significant gaps in care for underserved adults,” Williams told Hospice News. New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge PACE emerged in 2023, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. The PACE and hospice relationship is important. Census Bureau reported.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2022

Autumn Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Shaw told Hospice News that his own personal losses inspired him to build the company. “My billion industry by 2026. The post Tech Startup Autumn Launches Death Care Digital Marketplace appeared first on Hospice News.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The post A Decade of Palliative Telehealth Utilization Shows Quality Improvement appeared first on Hospice News. The bill’s introduction follows legislation floated last year that proposed to expand Medicare coverage of telehealth and make permanent some of the flexibilities implemented during the pandemic.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

State of telepalliative regulations Congress currently is weighing a bill, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act , that proposes to extend the expiration of regulatory flexibilities tied to telehealth through 2026. 31, these waivers included the ability for hospices to recertify patients via telehealth services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The hospice and palliative care field is among those in critical need to shore up its supply of registered and licensed vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants and home health aide, he said. The post Proposed California Bill Aims For $25 Health Care Worker Minimum Wage appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge emerged last year, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. That empathy is already in every pace employee that I’ve met in all of our centers so far, just like in hospice. So we are palliative care, and palliative care is not just the next step before hospice.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Congress is currently mulling legislation that could extend current telehealth regulations through 2026. The post Research Finds Quality Benefits of Early Telepalliative Access Among Lung Cancer Patients appeared first on Hospice News. Currently set to expire Dec. The bill has since stalled on the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Among the recent CMMI demonstrations with palliative payment potential is the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model, which began January 1, 2022 and is set to sunset December 31, 2026. The post 2024s Palliative Care Payment Trends Provide Plethora of Data for Future Policymaking appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth, to talk abou t the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care, and how Citus is helping providers to address them. Hospice News: What are the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care?

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

AlayaCare is proud to support National Home Care and Hospice Month to recognize the thousands of care workers who give so much of their time and energy to make a real difference in the lives of patients. The post Giving thanks this National Home Care and Hospice Month appeared first on AlayaCare.

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NHPCO

APRIL 28, 2023

For Immediate Release April 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published details on the extension of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model that may have significant implications for hospice care going forward.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

8: What Providers Need to Know About the Hospice Quality Reporting Program Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, Vice President of Quality & Standards at CHAP, discusses what CMS's Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) means for the care continuum as a whole, and the most important things for providers to be aware of.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care will be taking place February 9-12, 2022. Outstanding research for State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care research symposium has been selected for inclusion in the program. View the research sessions and schedule. Access this informational webinar recording.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The nations hospice utilization rate among Medicare decedents has once again surpassed 50%, for the first time since the pandemic. Hospice utilization reached 51.7% Other indicators also suggest that the nations terminally ill patients have good access to hospice care, MedPAC indicated.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Women, for example, oftentimes have different kinds of health care experiences than men, and we’re trying to acknowledge those things,” Jain told Hospice News. “A The move preempts new policies by the Biden Administration that do not take effect until 2026. Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Group, the health plan’s parent company.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hospices have taken their first steps towards value-based reimbursement during the past two years, but signs point to a long journey ahead. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is currently testing coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage through the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) program.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

in 2026, but implementation will depend on what happens with the new presidential administration. Though Medicare Advantage does not cover hospice care, many providers depend on MA payments for other programs like palliative care, among others. Pay Hike for Medicare Advantage Plans appeared first on Hospice News.

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