Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

“Some hospices are feeling this perceived threat of competition from health systems,” Massey told Hospice News. But it’s looking for ways to partner with them and provide true quality end-of-life care. Some hospices have been successful in being a partner in research, education and filling gaps in care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The main opportunity is to ensure continuity of care for our members from primary care to end-of-life care. The VBID hospice carve-in allows SCAN to develop the capabilities to oversee end-of-life care in a meaningful way for our members,” Parvinchiha and Kappel said.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2025

I’m pleased to introduce Cara McCartyCara McCarty Abbott, Founder and CEO of Betterleave; Lloyd Wilson, CEO of Sonder Hospice & Palliative Care; and Sara Nigro, Vice President of Partnerships at BetterRX. When we talk about end-of-life care, the focus is usually on the patient, as it should be.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses. Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

New hospice locations have opened up across the country amid program closures. VITAS Widens Footprint in Texas Florida-based VITAS Healthcare is opening two new administrative offices in central Texas in response to rising demand for hospice care. The hospice provider now has six locations in the state.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Witnessing the success of that oncology collaboration led physicians in other Summit departments to recognize the benefits of offering palliative care, according to Partners In Care CEO Greg Hagfors. ” Partners In Care offers palliative, home health and community- and facility-based hospice care, among other services. “The

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Impacts from the the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration have also come under hospices’ radar. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would bring to a close the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, effective Dec. The right call “I applaud the decision to suspend the hospice component of VBID. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

In this Voices article, Josie Aquino, Director, Product Management, VNS Health talks about how VNS Health is using data and analytics to improve end-of-life care. She explains why VNS is bullish toward concerns about a hospice carve-in, and she also shares an outlook on the VBID demonstration’s extension through 2030.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2025

Working with legislators to change state licensure was central to Crescent Coves existence, the organization told Hospice News in an email. Its founders collaborated with state legislators to establish laws that defined pediatric hospice care eligibility requirements, quality standards and reimbursement structures for providers.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Prolific health disparities have driven hospices to implement various strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion among underserved patient populations. Lower health literacy levels can prevent individuals from understanding their options for end-of-life care and the resources available to them, she stated.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

“For people who don’t have a caregiver in their home, we can put them in our facility and they can live there until their natural death, and they’ll have access to specially trained caregivers in end-of-life care,” Strzalka told local news. The hospice facility is projected to reopen in the fall.

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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.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Driving these trends forward is growing recognition around the leading barriers to equitable care, said Altonia Garrett, COO of Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice. Garrett is also executive director Blue Ridge Care’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee. ““In

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. CHPC provides end-of-life services to homebound and facility-based patients.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Hospice News: I wanted to start by asking where the greatest opportunities for clinical innovation is in hospice care? Fried: I come from a 30-year background in hospice care in the nation, primarily in Florida.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

That means more than half of Americans receive less than three weeks of hospice care. Why do most people receive less time in hospice than recommended? First, let’s consider the importance of a quality length of stay in hospice. Hospice is unique among healthcare benefits. Support Care Cancer. 2015 Oct 8.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Now we can talk later on about the different models of paying for care coordination. We did not want them to already have seen home palliative care. Eric 20:26 And that includes home hospice care. And then we also didn’t give them access to palliative care social work on the stepdarmouse.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Different health systems often fail to serve these families because they don’t have the right resources or because it’s very difficult to manage care.”. To Accelerate Hospice Growth, It’s Time to Embrace ‘The Social Determinants of Death’. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.

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