Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Hospice providers have leveraged data in various ways to both identify and address the biggest barriers to access and unmet needs among underserved terminally ill patient populations. Chuang is also a researcher who focuses on community-based end-of-life care and equity topics.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These evolving regulations have hospices concerned that a lack of virtual access to their services could have significant impacts on quality and health disparities. Weve inherited a kind of accelerated movement toward a new normal during the pandemic, Fratkin told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer. “It

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Hospice nurse, death doula and educator Suzanne OBrien seeks to change the conversation about death and end-of-life care, both nationally and among individual families. OBrien is the founder of the Doulagivers Institute, which provides education to families facing the end of life and trains professional death doulas.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

Many come striving for change after witnessing loved ones receive poor end-of-life care or enduring bereavement without support. A death doula is a non-medical provider trained to care for a terminally ill person and their family physically, emotionally and spiritually during the process of death.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2024

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are less likely to receive intensive treatments or burdensome transfers during the last six months of life compared to those in traditional Medicare, a new study has found. MA enrollment also correlated to a small degree with higher rates of hospice utilization.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The California-based hospice provider YoloCares has recently received nearly $1.14 million in funding to launch a new residential hospice shelter for homeless populations. The site is really going to operate more as a shelter,” he told Hospice News. Theoretically, any hospice provider could refer a patient there.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Researchers recently found that “trigger systems” signaling when a patient may need palliative care can boost utilization of those services, as well as advance care planning and hospice admissions. The post New Studies Guide Timing of End-of-Life Care Conversations appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Hospices have opened doors to some of the most innovative opportunities around community and public education to help dispel barriers to greater awareness of their services. This challenge superseded consolidation trends in the hospice market and changing payment dynamics. James Earl Carter Jr. His administration launched the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hospice providers across the country have recently launched new inpatient facilities as 2025 unfolds. The new year may also bring closures of certain hospice programs. VITAS Opens 2 New Locations VITAS Healthcare on Wednesday announced the opening of its new inpatient hospice unit in Fort Worth, Texas. NYSE: CHE) subsidiary.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Forging stronger interdisciplinary relationships with behavioral health experts could help hospice providers ease caregiver burdens that can impact quality of end-of-life care. A growing aging population is putting pressure on today’s family caregivers with competing priorities. Photo by Merz Photography.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 28, 2025

A range of new hospice executives have been recently tapped to lead organizations nationwide. AAHPM Announces New President-Elect Dr. Arif Kamal recently became the new president-elect of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). The hospice provider has inpatient care centers at Holy Cross Hospital, St.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Support for family caregivers of seriously ill patients is both limited and fragmented, but changing the conversation about the end of life could fill some of the gaps. Not only are they not enough, what is there is fragmented,” Marcantonio told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Hospices and other health care providers are increasingly recognizing the value proposition of end-of-life doulas. End-of-life doulas support patients and their families in a number of broad and diverse ways, according to Erin Collins, program director of The Peaceful Presence Project.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Julia Hospice & Palliative Refuels De Novo Plans Pennsylvania-based Julia Hospice & Palliative (JHPC) has reignited plans to launch a de novo after experiencing pandemic-related setbacks. Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Without family caregivers, most hospice and palliative care patients would be unable to receive care in the home. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component. The model comes at a time when dementia-related illnesses are on the rise among hospice patients.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Unmet caregiver needs are a top issue to address in developing end-of-life care models encircling the Medicare landscape. Addressing unpaid caregiver needs [and] respite services, these are two very significant innovations that we’re testing. {It’s Caregiving also comes with an emotional and physical cost.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Aging, incarcerated populations often have poor end-of-life care experiences, with a lack of trained hospice workers at the crux of the issue. It’s terrible how many men and women are experiencing their last days or hours of life in prison,” Garlock told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

VNS Health has developed community education programs to boost awareness and hospice utilization among Chinese populations in New York City. It’s important that you have staff who speak their own language and dialects, because even just in the Chinese language there are so many different dialects,” Lin told Hospice News. “We

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

A group of Wisconsin-based organizations, including hospices, are working to improve end-of-life care among homeless populations. Dubbed Solace Home, the four-bed residential facility opened today and will provide end-of-life housing and caregiving for terminally ill individuals living in unstable or insecure situations.

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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

APRIL 11, 2024

Black Americans are frequently denied access to hospice and palliative care due to structural racism, and many of those communities lack sufficient information to make end-of-life care decisions, new research has found. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Hospices are increasingly collaborating with community organizations to better address the end-of-life needs of the homeless population. The Denver-based nonprofit organization offers shelter for people with end-of-life care needs. Projected to swell during the next decade, this age cohort made up 31.7%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Their services reduced the hospice’s costs by an average of 6%, a rise from 5.5%

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Although you may have heard of hospice care , you may not know how its actually arranged. Because hospice is for terminally ill patients, it can be difficult to talk about for yourself or your loved one. Traditions Health understands how stressful it can be to opt for end-of-life care. Why hospice care?

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

Hospices combat both operational and financial challenges as they seek to grow and evolve their veteran programs around the diverse and complex needs of patients and their families. I think that’s a challenge that a lot of hospices run into.” Graveran is also a veteran.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The most recent iteration of Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, currently in a discussion draft phase, could have some unintended consequences in the future of end-of-life care delivery. Developed by U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice will soon add a third location to its geographic footprint in Oklahoma. The de novo will open this fall, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and serve hospice patients and their families across 11 surrounding counties. Demographics are driving demand for hospice in Oklahoma. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The film is based on director Laura Chinn’s personal experience as her brother Max received inpatient care at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center, an actual facility operated by the Florida-based nonprofit Empath Health. The Terry Schaivo story is not ours to tell, but many of those components affect end-of-life care every day.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Hospice of the Western Reserve has completed its affiliation with Hospice of North Central Ohio (HNCO), expanding its geographic presence in the Buckeye state. The two hospice providers in February announced the affiliation after signing a letter of intent to enter a Management Services Agreement.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Today’s hospice executives are entering the field with change in mind for improved quality. But concerns have mounted around sustainable growth strategies that will keep pace with rising demand amid myriad challenges in end-of-life care delivery. Regulatory challenges are among hospice leaders’ most significant concerns.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

The Ohio-based health system Adena Health has unveiled a hospice and home health joint venture with Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN). The JV, branded as Adena Home Health and Hospice, will launch next month, providing care to seriously and terminally ill patients in south central and southern Ohio. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Caregivers can be a key to reducing hospice revocations and the associated emergency department costs, according to Benjamin Swig, director of Acadian Health. He is also director of health care innovation and strategy at Acadian Companies, parent organization of Acadian Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Medicare Advantage organization SCAN Group has invested an undisclosed dollar amount in tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed. SCAN Group, parent company of SCAN Health Plan, is the latest investor in the hospice company. The platform also connects patients to in-person end-of-life care services.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

VITAS Launches New Florida Location VITAS Healthcare has opened a new location in Florida, expanding the hospice provider’s footprint in its home state. The location will serve as a hub for staff providing hospice services across Pasco County, where seniors 65 and older represent 21.8% Dozier Hospice House.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Documentation errors and a fragmented health system pose the greatest risks for adverse drug events among hospices. McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). They also need to know which side effects are more concerning and should prompt a call to the hospice.”

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