Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to extend the value-based insurance design (VBID) model through 2030: patients’ social needs, health equity and improved care coordination. This includes the hospice benefit component, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, CMS confirmed.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Hospice and palliative care provider VIA Health has long invested in disease-specific programs. The certification process takes into account six domains: program management, personnel education, patient and caregiver education, care coordination, clinical management and performance improvement. Close to 6.7

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Connecticut Hospice Inc. Dubbed as Magnolia Care, the decision to launch these new services was in part driven by rising demand as more seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reach life’s final stages, according to the hospice provider. Growing demand is among the factors driving hospices’ investment.

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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. It makes sense.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Finding the right balance of support and career development for bereavement care professionals is key to recruitment and retention as hospices combat labor strains. Grief care specialists take on challenging roles as they help families navigate the financial and emotional aspects of a loved one’s loss.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Greater transparency in staff evaluation processes and increased education will be keys to navigating a range of hospice compliance challenges in a post-pandemic landscape. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined the range of services that will be available to patients aligned with the agency’s Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model. Also participating in the model are primary care operators that also offer palliative care. million people.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

A new primary care-focused payment model demonstration could create new partnership opportunities for hospice and palliative care providers. The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some federal legislators are working to address workforce issues in the hospice space, as well as bolstering support for family caregivers. In a fractious political environment, hospice and palliative care policy is one area in which members of both parties find common ground. Earl Blumenhauer (D-Ore.)

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) payment model will launch on Jan. 1, 2023, and hospices that collaborate with participating ACOs could realize some unique benefits. If effectively structured, these arrangements can bring hospices a number of advantages. Though the U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Compassus on Wednesday completed its partnership with the health system OhioHealth, a move aimed at improving care coordination and access. Through the deal, Compassus acquired ownership interest in three of OhioHealth’s hospice locations and four of its home health locations. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has unveiled a new primary care-oriented Accountable Care Organization (ACO) payment model that holds opportunities for hospices. If they are not already participating, organizations will also have to apply to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

As health care stakeholders work to improve care coordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Being that full-service solution requires the incorporation of a lot of different kinds of care along the continuum, including longitudinal home-based primary care. About 12% of the 2.1

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The 2024 final hospice payment rule included a modest payment increase for general inpatient care (GIP) at a time when regulators are zeroing in on increased utilization and longer stays. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included in the rule a 1.031% increase to hospice GIP services.

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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. This proposed policy dovetails with the Advance Investment Payment (AIP) component of CMS’ ACO Primary Care FLEX payment model demonstration. “In

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Croix Hospice recently unveiled data showing how the company leveraged predictive analytics technology to improve quality outcomes. In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Croix Hospice. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new guidelines intended to better support state-based pediatric reimbursement systems and help improve equitable health access among youth populations. We’ll keep working until every child can get the care they need, when they need it.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2024 updates to the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) model: care coordination, managing health equity-related risks and social determinants of health. Three principles are guiding the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, other reimbursement models are emerging that in time could transform the ways providers do business, collaborate with their partners and deliver care. NYSE: CHEM). Perhaps most prominently, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Featuring these three service areas was key in designing a care model aimed at meeting patients’ individualized needs, according to Susan Ponder-Stansel, Alivia Care’s president and CEO. Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

These services have also been associated with reduced caregiver burden and better care coordination, particularly for patients in rural, remote and underserved communities, according to the research. Much of the permanent Medicare changes to telehealth regulations are tied to behavioral and mental health services.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. Hospice VBID enters its third year in 2023.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most impactful forces that will shape the space in the coming year. CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Government oversight of hospice providers will tighten during 2023. Hospices have faced ever-intensifying scrutiny from regulators in recent years. Be ready for regulation.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care company CareConnectMD is building a network of hospice providers following a $25 million investment round last month. A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in will be carved back out by the end of this year. Citing “operational challenges,” the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

As dementia-related illnesses continue to rise among hospice patients, caregivers and providers alike are working judiciously to best find ways to support patients and their families in navigating these new diagnoses. And it comes with payment to allow organizations like ours to continue to expand our dementia care programs.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Obstacles in palliative care’s path More physicians offices, primary care providers, hospitals, oncology centers and other facility-based health care providers are stepping into the community-based palliative care space. The diversity and wide breadth of services can be beneficial to patient-centered care, she said.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Medicare Advantage organizations SCAN Group and CareOregon will not complete their plans to merge amid questions from state regulatory agencies. The post SCAN Group, CareOregon Put the Brakes on Planned Merger appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Utah-based Canyon Home Health & Hospice recently acquired Uintah Home Health and Hospice for an undisclosed amount, growing its footprint in the Beehive State state. Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. Its hospice utilization rate reached 60.5%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

The incidence of end-stage heart failure is expected to rise throughout the next decade, and hospices are preparing to serve those patients when they become eligible. However, hospice utilization remains relatively low for those patients. However, hospice utilization remains relatively low for those patients.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Bristol Hospice has been a prolific buyer in the hospice M&A market, but the company is now leaning heavily into its de novo strategy. The Salt Lake City-based hospice provider opened double-digit numbers of de novos last year with expectations of doing the same in 2024. The senior living market is a market that needs care.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a second cohort for its Enhancing Oncology Model payment demonstration, as well as some updates to the program. The goals of the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), which went live on July 1, are to improve quality and reduce the cost of cancer care with augmented care coordination.

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