Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

.” “We realized that we were sort of hiring all these folks whose narrow definition of palliative care was either from their hospice lens or from their inpatient palliative care lens, where you’re only asked to come and work with really challenging symptom management,” Smith said at the conference. “So

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s definitely not defined as ‘cultural competence,’ because as soon as we think we know everything, then we’re toast. Cultivating understanding of patients’ life experiences and developing effective communication skills can be a life-long learning process, rather than a status one achieves by taking a class or seminar.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

PACE programs are definitely open to capitated arrangements — per-participant, per-month. These are palliative care contracts where they really don’t want them to be on hospice, because they have to foot the bill.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

A dedicated community-based palliative care benefit that is properly reimbursed would definitely catalyze growth and sustainability of these programs,” Baird told Hospice News in an email. To date, lagging reimbursement has been a barrier to home-based serious illness care, he said. “A

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

Yes, there was definitely a degree of culture shock. There’s a lack of knowledge among health care workers, and definitely lack of knowledge among people who don’t work in health care, which is not their fault. What was the transition like when you went from the ICU to hospice care? Was there a degree of culture shock?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We definitely need to invest more research dollars into understanding what the impacts are of different financial players and how that affects outcomes,” Hunt told Hospice News. There’s a significant amount of success stories in hospice and private equity, as opposed to any kind of failures or bankruptcies.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

The biggest barrier to achieving more widespread palliative care integration is the lack of a clear definition of that term, a lagging reimbursement system and fragmentation in the health care system, according to Tiffany Hughes, COO of Texas-headquartered palliative care provider PalliCare Inc.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

Because there’s definitely an increasing need every day for the hospice services; we don’t want to limit the growth of good actors, but you definitely don’t want to give more money to the bad. Whether or not that needs to be clarified, it’s definitely something that our office can review and look further into.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

“We seek to strengthen the notion that in order to provide the highest level of care for hospice beneficiaries, we must provide ongoing focus to those services that enforce CMS’ definitions of hospice and palliative care and eliminate any barriers to accessing hospice care.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gentiva’s personal care business for about $350 million. Gentiva’s personal care segment brings in annual revenues of close to $280.0

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2024

A lack of consistent definitions for palliative surgical procedures may impact patient outcomes and symptoms, a recent clinical study has found. Physicians from Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently examined trends in palliative surgical procedures aimed at alleviating symptoms in patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2024

Buyers and sellers] are definitely coming closer. While many buyers were willing to pay that premium, some stepped out of the market due to the high valuations. But deal volume has largely declined in late 2023 and early 2024, and valuations are starting to come down.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2024

“The lack of both consumer and health care professional understanding of what palliative care can do alongside curative treatments for the seriously ill, coupled with the fact that we don’t yet have a standard definition of palliative care, are the main obstacles,” he told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2022

In my local community, I have definitely had more requests for information about our services since I started sharing Yoda videos on social media,” said Mize. “I Some patients who were at first adverse to learning about and receiving this care became more receptive after hearing about Yoda’s impact, Mize told Hospice News. “In

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

It was definitely a big, big priority for [UnitedHealth Group] to have better solutions to help their members, and so they made a decision,” Smith told Hospice News. Kristopher Smith, chief clinical officer for both Prospero Health and Landmark Health.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

I would definitely recommend that you look at your live discharge rates and [have] strategies around some of those key areas, such as educating on eligibility. Data around live discharge and revocation rates, for example, plays a large role in signaling potential risk of malfeasance, according to Huff.

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Hospice News

JUNE 25, 2024

BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ: BTSG) has penned a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Haven Hospice in a $60 million deal. The transaction includes the purchase of two brands, North Central Florida Hospice, Inc. and Haven Medical Group, LLC.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks. However, researchers should pay more attention to potential risks in ongoing research, according to Ladybird Morgan, a registered nurse and social worker for the palliative care company Mettle Health and co-founder of The Humane Prison Hospice Project. “I

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MARCH 10, 2023

It’s definitely different than selling oranges or cars. There are definitely differentiators among hospices. The hospice landscape has definitely changed. It’s not definitely not something that you can do in a vacuum; everything’s fluid. How do you cultivate that sense of belief?

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2024

CMS in February released a proposed rule that would introduce a number of provisions aimed at avoiding conflicts of interest and establishing more consistent standards, processes and definitions among accreditation entities, particularly those with deeming authority.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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MARCH 26, 2024

But there’s definitely more of a tilt in the home health space.” In the hospice and home health arena, what we are seeing is that there’s a little bit of a tilt to home health now over hospice, but you still have the private equity firms that have a very hospice heavy thesis, and they’re in their thought process.

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Hospice News

JULY 16, 2024

So they definitely understood the concern and agree that payment reform is probably needed. Our members feel like they do a lot under their per diem, but they certainly see others in their community who do a lot less. But as to whether per- visit is the right answer, the jury is still out.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The diverse social, emotional and physical support services involved in community-based palliative care have made it an increasingly appealing area for MA plans when it comes to supporting a growing seriously ill aging population, according to Marian Grant, senior regulatory advisor at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC).

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

But while the flexible definition of those services can give providers room to innovate, positive change has been slow going, Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer for Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). “Palliative care” is becoming a buzz word in health care, even if many people don’t understand the loosely defined term.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Currently in a discussion draft phase, the bill includes ways for hospice providers to have clearer definitions and improved payment for more intensive forms of palliation, such as radiation therapy, blood transfusions or dialysis, among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

That definition of who you’re going to serve, and in what capacity you are going to design your palliative care program is a very, very important question.” Croix Hospice, said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. Rory Farrand, vice president of palliative and advanced care, NHPCO, and Dr.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The organization is urging CMS to expand both the definition of a “caregiver” and consider additional payment avenues that would support their training. The agency’s current definition includes more than family members, friends or neighbors, but some of the terms can be restrictive, according to C-TAC.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. I think there is definitely a place, especially physical. What is the nature of suffering?

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2023

I have definitely seen firsthand the increased interest in palliative care for these large physician groups that are based in primary care,” Hughes told Hospice News in an email. “On Forming collaborations can be an avenue to supporting the full scope of interdisciplinary services involved, Hughes stated. “I

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

This is evidenced by its definitive agreement to acquire Haven Hospice for $60 million, inked in June. The company remains on the hunt for strategic acquisitions. Going forward, BrightSpring has an “overflowing” pipeline of transaction opportunities, according to Rousseau. and Haven Medical Group LLC.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The board and officers will be ratified when the definitive agreements are signed in early 2024, the organizations’ indicated. The transition board includes equal representation from NAHC and NHPCO, including directors who hail from the home health, hospice, palliative care, personal care services, home care, and private duty realms.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The law stipulates that the Georgia Department of Community Health website include a definition of palliative care and patient eligibility information, including pediatric services. Additionally, the regulation requires the health department to include continuing education opportunities for health care providers in these services.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Unfortunately, the lack of definition for the palliative care component led to a consistency issue across the demonstration, according to Mollie Gurian, vice president of Home-Based and HCBS Policy at LeadingAge.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2022

We definitely, in Medicare, are looking to increase our footprint in value-based care,” Dr. Meena Seshamani, director of the Center for Medicare within CMS, said at the Home Health Care News Capital+Strategy conference in Washington, D.C.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I think there is definitely a growing interest among rehab professionals to learn more about palliative care and how to bring that to the therapies they’re doing and conversations they’re having with families and patients,” Flint said.

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