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Care Synergy Forms DME Joint Venture with RCC Medical Equipment

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Care Synergy emerged in 2021 as a regional collaborative of hospice companies. Its affiliates include the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), The Denver Hospice, Pathways, Colorado PACE and Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Former Hospice Leaders Building National PACE Platform BoldAge

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Hospice News spoke with Hilliard about BoldAge’s PACE model, its plans for growth and how its executives’ experience in hospice, home health and palliative care will inform the company’s development. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? By the end of 2026, we will add two more.

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Hospice Utilization Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels, but Fraud Casts a Shadow

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The positive utilization trends, suggesting that patients have ample access to hospice care in most markets, spurred MedPAC to reiterate its prior recommendation that Congress and CMS eliminate the base payment rate increase for 2026. On average, hospices had a marginal profit of more than 14% last year.

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