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Mission Health Services Acquires Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice

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The long term care company Mission Health Services has acquired Utah-based Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice. Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. The deal marks Mission’s first foray into the hospice space. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Organic Growth Top of Mind for Hospice Providers in 2025

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Hospices in 2025 are laser-focused on organic growth rather than other tactics like acquisitions. Among 112 hospice professionals who responded to the 2024 Outlook Survey by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase, 60% said that expanding current locations would be the growth tactic they plan to use the most during 2025.

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VITAS’ ‘Powerhouse’ Growth in Hospice Hitting ‘All-Time Highs’

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Florida-based VITAS Healthcare is anticipating fruitful hospice growth on its horizon. The hospices average daily census volume reached 22,179 patients in Q4, a 14.6% The hospice provider is poised for expansion across the Sunshine State, recently receiving a certificate of need (CON) approval to enter Marion County, Florida.

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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

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Grief support service lines can be an important pathway for hospices to reach communities outside of their patient populations. Ensuring that hospices bereavement programs are equipped to support grieving families of all walks takes thoughtful consideration and a two-pronged strategic approach, she stated.

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The ‘Paradigm Shift’ of Hospice Service Diversification

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Some hospices have delved deeper into service diversification to improve timely access and expand their patient reach, while others remain focused on end-of-life care delivery. The San Antonio, Texas-headquartered company provides hospice, home health, veterans services, assisted living and skilled nursing services.

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Hospice of the Valley: Redefining the End-of-Life Care Delivery Outlook

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Rising competition in the hospice space has fueled pivotal changes in end-of-life care delivery both for better and for worse, according to Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley Executive Director Debbie Shumway. We began in 1977 as a nonprofit hospice, and we are still a nonprofit today.

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

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Offering hospice can be a gamechanger for skilled nursing and assisted living operators looking to stand out from competitors and improve patient reach. Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Among the 1.6