Hospice News

JANUARY 15, 2025

An estimated six hospice deals took place in Q3 of last year, with six home health and 11 home care also completed, Mertz Taggart reported. A total of 30 hospice transactions were completed in 2023, compared to 19 deals as of the end of 2024s third quarter, the report found. Private equity transactions represented half of these deals.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Hospices nationwide have been diversifying their services to include palliative care, PACE, home-based primary care and a host of other business lines. However, some organizations have found success with disease-specific programs reimbursed through the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Also in 2024, The Connecticut Hospice Inc.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Pennant is the holding company for a group of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states. The company currently holds 115 hospice and home health agencies and 54 senior living providers as independent subsidiaries. This approach helps reduce fragmented care for seniors, Walker indicated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Data has become a crucial component of understanding both unmet patient needs and where to fuel resources that address them, Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece said during the Hospice News Palliative Care Executive webinar. The power of data [along] with the power of a patient-provider experience thats a game changer.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Topping the list of trends to watch in the last year was rising demand among swelling aging populations with chronic conditions, many of which lack the caregiving and family support to manage their symptoms in the home. The following are the most-read Palliative Care News articles of 2024.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

CMS is doing a demonstration project where they’re doing something that they’re calling the GUIDE model that incorporates many of these kinds of services, not just for patients, but also for caregivers to try and provide support for both of them in the home, Sachs told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This includes practitioners in a variety of settings, including physician offices, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, skilled nursing facilities and other post-acute care settings, hospices, outpatient dialysis facilities, clinical laboratories and beneficiaries’ homes. ” The post CMS Finalizes 2.9%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Weve got to support these caregivers, the patients and their families more effectively, but then theres a cost curve. Palliative care providers are taking varied routes to address the most disruptive forces they are encountering this year, rising to challenges that have been persistent across the sector.

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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. Some avenues may be more fruitful than others. One health care organization used patient data to adjust its clinical workflow process.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Chicago-based Elea Institute is seeking to improve public awareness of hospice and palliative care as well as convene discussions about ways to rethink the Medicare benefit. One is access to hospice and palliative care and serious illness care, then education and awareness. We boiled it down to three major areas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Mahogany Home Health and Hospice recently launched services in southwestern Ohio. The new hospice startup is the first Black-owned hospice and home health organization statewide with a drive to improve utilization among underserved populations. Couzens has also held hospice chaplain roles at St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care is fueling the launch of a new pediatric center in northern Florida that will support serious and terminally ill youths and their families. The building is going to offer a sense of community for our kids care families, Tuttle told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Hospices see improved quality and operational efficiency as their biggest return on technology investments in three key areas. Keeping pace with the evolving technology landscape can be pivotal for hospices sustainability as rising demand pressurizes workforces, Pathek indicated. Croix Hospice.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Georgia-based Hospice Savannah Inc. Relatively few CAPABLE programs exist in the Southeast, according to Kathleen Benton, president and CEO of Hospice Savannah. Hospice Savannahs CAPABLE program is designed to help improve general safety, reduce falls and increase accessibility and improve functional abilities in the home.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Among the significant pieces to the sustainability equation is offering a range of person-centered pediatric care services, according to Dr. Bradd Hemker, pediatric hospice and palliative care physician at Corewell Health. Corewell Health Childrens also has a fellowship program that trains hospice and palliative pediatric clinicians.

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2024

Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. Caregiver burnout carries high risk for emotional, social and financial consequences for caregivers. There’s a very high number of U.S.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2025

This involves more goals-of-care discussions that place patients in decision-making roles as they reach adulthood while also balancing the integration of support from their parents, guardians or caregivers, he stated. Daniel Karlin, associate clinical professor University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2025

Underserved patient populations are facing a growing deficit when it comes to accessing quality, inclusive hospice care at the end of life. When we look specifically at hospice, we still have a lot of gaps to close [and] we continue to see two significant disparities, Bloom said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Florida.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

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 News

APRIL 18, 2025

The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. Hospice of the Ozarks also has a veterans program and offers pet therapy services. DBA Hope HealthCare Services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2025

Heart to Heart Hospices return on investment in its community-based palliative care service line has come in the form of improved quality and financial outcomes. The Texas-based hospices InHome Connect Palliative Care brand has led to significant declines in capitated per member per month (PMPM) costs and positive trends in timely access.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

The Washington-based provider offers adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care, grief support and senior living services. Potential is mounting for deeper integration of palliative care delivery across the continuum, with some health care settings better poised than others for evolving opportunities.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Huse and Saint Martin cite interest in a multidisciplinary approach, including physicians, nurses, community health workers, chaplains, and social workers, as well as family caregivers. Recent studies have established a dire need for palliative care in rural areas, and the state of Michigan is no stranger to this situation.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

The hospice industry is undergoing a transformative period of rising demand and regulatory changes. Levy recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss the array of regulatory and legislative evolutions on the horizon in hospice care delivery. What is key for hospices to navigate these challenges?

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Hospice News

MARCH 17, 2025

While Congress has avoided another telehealth cliff and we are grateful for the six-month extension provided, access to care for millions of Medicare patients, including six million seniors that rely on telehealth services, remains at-risk, Mirich said in a statement shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

The nation’s health care system is lacking in support for caregivers of the terminally ill, who are often left with a heavy financial and logistical burden. Without assistance or relief, these difficulties can impede access to hospice. The California-based company provides palliative care and offers caregiver support group series.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Several executives are stepping into new roles at hospice organizations across the country as the new year draws near. Brand was previously senior vice president of hospice and palliative care at New York-based VNS Health, holding a similar role at CareCentrix prior to that. Nasdaq: PNTG). million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2025

Hospices are taking myriad pathways toward greater service diversification. Service diversification is more than a growing trend in the hospice space, according to Kirva Hospice CEO Cheryl Hamilton Fried. In addition to hospice, Kirva is in the process of stepping into the palliative care space, according to Hamilton Fried.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2023

North Carolina-based Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County (HPCIC) has partnered with a local technical school to develop educational videos for family caregivers. Inpatient care is provided through two locations: the Gordon Hospice House and the S. Mitchell Mack Hospice House.

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2025

Behavioral health providers can often conflate palliative care with hospice, Westermair said during a recent American Psychiatric Association podcast. Severe and persistent mental health conditions can lead to debilitating circumstances for some patients, particularly those who lack sufficient caregiver and family support.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has revamped its respiratory care program for patients with lung disease after a temporary pause during the pandemic. Home-based hospice patients with primary pulmonary diagnoses are eligible to receive services through CHCs BreatheEazy program.

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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.

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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

APRIL 3, 2024

Palliative care delivered via telehealth is effective at improving access to caregiver support. For the study, caregivers of hospitalized patients who dwell in rural areas participated in a randomized, 8-week intervention consisting of video visits conducted by a palliative care-certified registered nurse.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

Social determinants are non-medical needs that can have a significant impact on the trajectory of patients’ health, such as nutrition, transportation, social or caregiver support, and housing, among others. Social and economic factors like these drive 40% of health outcomes, according to the Better Medicare Alliance. Case in point, the U.S.

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