Hospice News

JULY 2, 2024

Carole Fisher, president, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) The post ‘Normalizing’ Trauma-Informed Hospice Care Delivery appeared first on Hospice News. The resource is intended to help providers prepare to support a swelling aging population with diverse needs, he said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Strong performance on the Hospice Care Index is becoming increasingly essential to securing payer and referral contracts and will be a key consideration in the federal government’s forthcoming Special Focus Program (SFP). The Hospice Care Index can be a referral driver. You definitely do not want to be at that bottom 10%.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

As Jimmy Carter marks his sixth month in hospice care, the provider community is raising awareness by saluting the former president. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed the Hospice Care Index (HCI) to paint a picture of care processes that occur between a patient’s admission and discharge, but as currently designed it may not be an effective measure of quality. The post Quality Measures: Will the CMS Hospice Care Index Actually Work?

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. You know, I think the key thing is that, yes, things are definitely changing back then. People who.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A revolution is needed in hospice care, complete with a new mindset, updated care models and redesigned payment systems, Dr Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice, told Hospice News. Hospice News spoke with Pujari about her vision for hospice care and what it would take to make it a reality.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

He had received home-based hospice care until his symptoms needed greater support, eventually receiving a referral for facility-based care at Crescent Cove in Minnesota. Itll provide a structure for family-centered facility care so that companies cant come in and take advantage.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

After about eight years in the ICU, she “took the leap” into hospice nursing and hasn’t looked back. More recently, McFadden has begun to take her passion for hospice care beyond the bedside. 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

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. The nonprofit holds hospice certificates of need (CON) for hospice care in 18 Florida counties. “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Legislators have also increasingly recognized a need to open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative care services as demand and costs swell.

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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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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 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. Hayley Powell, Clinical Operations Manager at PalliCare, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Seriously ill children represent some of the most underserved populations nationwide in terms of quality and access to supportive health care, according to Katie Leonard, director of pediatrics at California-based Anchor Health. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home. Each year an estimated 2.5

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Photo courtesy of Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care Photo courtesy of Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care’s inpatient facility, House of Goshen Can you elaborate on the challenges in hospice care delivery, and how your organization has navigated them?

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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 transaction includes the purchase of two brands, North Central Florida Hospice Inc. The nonprofit holds hospice certificates of need (CON) for hospice care in 18 Florida counties.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2022

Hospice organizations often find themselves “playing catch up” in offering this kind of training, he stated. Even the phrase “cultural competence” itself may be an oversimplification, according to Joseph Bleiberg, lead licensed social worker with the hospice care team at VNS Health. It’s not a one-time thing.”.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

The SFP methodology also incorporates data from the Hospice Care Index (HCI) data, with CMS targeting hospices who fall within the lowest 10% of performers on a range of quality metrics and survey data. CMS is also asking a lot of questions about those different levels of care [and] any increased frequencies of death.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Post-transaction, the combined organization cares for more than 1,800 hospice patients across 60 Michigan counties and nearly 900 palliative care patients, making it one of the largest nonprofit operators in the United States, according to the organization.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

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 There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

In addition, the Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, currently in a testing phase, is anticipated to replace the Hospice Item Set (HIS). CMS currently uses claims data gathered from a set of HIS measures that represent different aspects of hospice care processes between patient admission and discharge.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

My role is kind of a mix of a chief cheerleader to the other side of that — being the expert in hospice care for my VPs and administrators and even local leaders, to be a culture champion. Everywhere I have been, I’ve been able to grow the organization, and so that’s definitely a priority.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Among the significant changes coming this year is the end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model, as of Dec. Commonly known as the “carve-in,” the program was designed to test hospice care coverage through Medicare Advantage, as well as some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Proposed federal legislation could advance the development of an evidence-based definition of “high-quality” bereavement care. However, from a statutory standpoint bereavement care is the least clearly defined aspect of hospice care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

base rate increase for next year, which some in the hospice community have called inadequate. Issues in complex end-of-life care treatments The limited use of these treatments for end-of-life hospice care is also tied to length of stay issues, the NHPCO indicated in its letter to CMS.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Palliative care lacks a standardized definition within current value-based reimbursement systems, making it difficult to determine the full scope of services for seriously ill patients. Palliative care services are intended to address physical, psychosocial, social and spiritual needs of seriously ill individuals.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

We share the Administration’s goal of ensuring quality hospice care. Among their concerns is the focus on general inpatient care and longer lengths of stay from CMS and its contractors. Education and training must be bolstered so that contractors are equipped to undertake meaningful audits.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

“When the [hopital] patient is discharged, thosewho have instructions to seek hospice are making up a greater percentage of that pool,” Bakkun told Hospice News. And that means that the the knowledge and awareness of hospice care is growing.”. But this is definitely still not the norm.”.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

NYSE: HUM) has signed a definitive agreement to sell a 60% stake in Kindred at Home’s (KAH) hospice and personal care business to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) for $2.8 They’re definitely well networked and connected with larger players in the country. appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Trinity Health has completed its acquisition of MercyOne Health, expanding its hospice footprint in Iowa. Trinity Health in April signed a definitive agreement with CommonSpirit Health to acquire MercyOne. Earlier this year Trinity Health acquired Iowa-based Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice for an undisclosed sum.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Caris Healthcare provides adult and pediatric hospice care to more than 40,000 patients and families across 28 locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2022

Creating new revenue opportunities to sustain palliative care at a state level could open doors to crafting an established national benefit. 3819), which amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, expands access to pediatric palliative and hospice care for patients and provides a reimbursement path for providers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

Baptist Senior Family launches inpatient hospice Pennsylvania-based Baptist Senior Family has opened a new hospice facility at Providence Point, a large continuing care retirement community that initially opened in 2009. Trinity Health signed a definitive agreement with CommonSpirit Health to acquire MercyOne.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

“The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” Palliative and hospice care are value-based care that reduces cost burden throughout the health care system.”.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s no secret that staffing shortages are among the most pervasive challenges impacting hospice care delivery. Clinical workforce shortages have caused some hospices to shutter or temporarily halt their programs, while others have turned away referrals because they lacked the staff to meet demand.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The needle is slowly moving closer to improvement around pediatric palliative payment incentives that could make this care more affordable and accessible. Some states have begun instilling regulations in place requiring private insurance companies to cover palliative and hospice care for eligible children.

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