Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Interest has mounted in the palliative care arena, but building and sustaining these services requires stronger reimbursement and workforce resources. But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If No investor goes into buying something hoping that it stays flat.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

CMS indicated plans to strengthen the shared savings program as part of its larger goal to ensure 100% Medicare beneficiary enrollment in an accountable care relationship by 2030. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) yielded more than $2.1

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AUGUST 2, 2024

CMS has announced plans to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries become aligned with an accountable care entity by 2030. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new avenue of funding for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with implications for palliative care providers.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

And by 2030, associated costs are expected to reach $1.8 Multidisciplinary palliative care offers clear benefits to patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly when it comes to medication management and goals-of-care conversations. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Palliative care is an evolving field. Though long-established as a medical specialty, these health care services have yet to reach their full potential due to reimbursement pressures, poor awareness and staffing headwinds. Rising demand In 2024, demand will continue to rise, driven by a number of factors.

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APRIL 2, 2024

million by 2030, up from 641,860 in 2000, according to 2013 research from the University of New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine. “I ” More than 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability. Almost 40% of people 65 and older had at least one disability from 2008 to 2012, according to a 2014 U.S.

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MAY 1, 2024

CMMI extended the program through 2030, but recently announced that the hospice portion will end on December 31, 2024. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Springfield, Massachusetts-based Mercy Medical Center is about to unveil a new dedicated palliative care unit. Dubbed the Andy Yee Memorial Palliative Care Unit, it will serve approximately 300 patients annually. The final stage of renovating the space will include the remodeling of eight patient rooms.

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MAY 8, 2024

Census Bureau estimates that by 2030 roughly 25% of the country’s population will be older than 65, and the Administration for Community Living projects that two-thirds of US adults will need daily assistance from a caregiver. In the United States, more than 40 million adults provide palliative care for family members.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

Current projections are that the industry could nearly double in market value size by 2030 and reach value amounts that tip into the billions. Evolving demographic and economic forces have placed palliative care among the nation’s fastest growing health care sectors. Palliative care as a discipline is still evolving.”

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AUGUST 19, 2022

of the state’s overall population by 2030, a rise from 19% currently, according to the U.S. Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care. Seniors are projected to make up 27.5% Census Bureau.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has signaled its intention to align every Medicare beneficiary with a value-based payment system by 2030. To keep pace, hospice providers must start preparing now, according to Phil Ward, president and CEO of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Seniors are expected to comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% Illinois-headquartered Unity Hospice & Palliative Care has expanded to Houston, Texas, following its acquisition of an existing license in that market. This transaction marks the company’s first entry into Texas. Census Bureau indicate. “As

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is considering a broad spectrum of payment models that could integrate palliative care. This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others. “In But again, I don’t think of that as an either-or,” Lukens said.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

This age group is projected to make up more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, a rise from 12.9% Texas Palliative Care and CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health recently formed a partnership to expand access to serious illness care for patients and families in growing need. Palliative care eases symptoms and side effects.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

CMS has announced plans to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries become aligned with an accountable care entity by 2030, a goal that could expand reimbursement potential for palliative care providers. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could potentially increase their number.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Nearly one-third of the nation’s prison population will be 55 and older by 2030, according to research from the Prison Fellowship. Nearly one-third of the nation’s prison population will be 55 and older by 2030, according to research from the Prison Fellowship. And that is just unconscionable, but it’s where we are at right now.

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JULY 5, 2022

By 2030, seniors are projected to make up more than a quarter or 26.9% Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. Executives have high hopes that the new location will not only improve patient access, but also staffing efficiencies.

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JULY 17, 2024

Part of the agency’s refreshed strategic goals is to have all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries in an accountable care relationship by 2030. This is part of our thinking to be prepared for 2030 when CMS wants every patient under Medicare to be in some sort of accountable care relationship,” Ponder-Stansel told Hospice News.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

More than 20% of the population in Texas will be 65 and older by 2030, a rise from 13.4% Unity Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Houston has unveiled a five-year general inpatient (GIP) service agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health. The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Partners In Care has formed a strategic partnership with the primary and urgent care provider Summit Health aimed at increasing access to palliative care in Central Oregon. Beginning this July, Summit Health patients will have access to palliative care consultations and expanded services through the partnership. .

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Adults 50 and older represent nearly half (48%) of homeless populations statewide, a number projected to triple by 2030, according to recent research from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). That program is designed to address social determinants of health and other related patient needs.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

A look back at Palliative Care News’ five most-read stories this year paints a picture of trends shaping the serious illness care space. Securing reimbursement — and the promise of value-based contracts — continues to be top of mind for many palliative care providers as they look ahead to 2024.

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MARCH 4, 2024

The hospice component, which launched in 2021, is part of the larger VBID demonstration, which covers a wider breadth of the health care continuum and is slated to continue until 2030. One contributing factor was that eligibility requirements can differ from plan to plan. NHPCO voiced concerns about the program as recently as last month.

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This will only expand, particularly because CMS has set a goal of ensuring that every Medicare beneficiary is covered through a value-based relationship by 2030. Value-based care, incentivizes use of palliative care, incentivizes use of hospice.” As of 2022, more than 500 of these organizations were in operation.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Seniors 65 and older are projected to represent more than a quarter (25.3%) of the Magnolia State’s overall population by 2030, a rise from 17.5% “This team will change the way hospice is done in Mississippi forever.” The Mid-Delta acquisition expands Utah-headquartered Bristol Hospice’s geographic presence across 18 states. Census Bureau.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

The larger VBID demonstration continues until 2030 and covers services across the care continuum. The forthcoming end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstrative takes effect Dec. a hospice and home care consulting company. “The

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of New Jersey’s population will be 60 and older by the year 2030, an increase of 30% from 2012. The companies indicated in a statement that the merger will enhance access in-home medical care and improve patient outcomes. In addition to home-based primary care, Enoble providers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

By 2030, the department projects that seniors will represent 25% of the Illinois population, about 3.6 Meanwhile, Unity Hospice has also moved into two additional counties in the Land of Lincoln, effective Sept. The organization now services a total of 14 counties in its home state. Since 2000, the state senior population has grown to 2.8

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nearly one-third of the nation’s prison population will be 55 and older by 2030, according to research from the Prison Fellowship. The hospice program serves as both a transformative experience for the volunteers and a vital service for terminally ill patients.” Seriously ill seniors are driving demand for hospice in prison settings.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

million individuals will enter this age group by 2030, according to a report from the Elder Options of Texas. Acadian Health recently expanded in Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas, regions with senior populations that are diverse and growing. and Asian Americans 5.7%. An estimated 5.2

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Maryland’s population of individuals 60 and older is projected to outpace other age groups by 2030. “Since the acquisition of each affiliate, residents of Charles and Calvert counties have benefitted along the entire care continuum that includes supportive, hospice and grief care,” Chesapeake indicated in a press release.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Census Bureau estimate that seniors will comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Texas reached 52.1% in 2018, rising above the national average of 50.3% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

” By 2030, seniors are projected to make up nearly a quarter (22.3%) of the overall Illinois population, up from 16.6% . “We share a commitment of putting patients and families first by providing exceptional care focused on optimizing the quality of life, comfort and dignity of our patients.” currently, according to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Originally slated to end in 2024, CMMI has extended the program through 2030. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched the hospice component in 2021, representing the most significant step to date in moving hospice towards value-based payment models.

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MARCH 29, 2024

As the larger VBID demonstration continues its course through 2030, upstream providers will continue honing their focus on hospices that can help manage populations with a wide variation of serious illnesses, including those that fall into the highest risk in terms of payer costs tied to mortality, she added.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

There’s a real focus on measurement of quality, care model quality, that ultimately then translates down the line to value, which is where everyone has to be by 2030 — in an accountable relationship. Cameron Muir has committed to help guide operators towards a value-based future. Number one is quality, always.

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