Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

I want to say back when we acquired the home health and hospice company, I think there were only about 20 locations, and we now have 100 locations. We have been growing the hospice service line. It’s certainly to make sure that things don’t become even more burdensome from a documentation standpoint.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The agency will be contacting individual hospices to request information on Medicare claims and associated documentation. Hospices may benefit from practices like internal audits to ensure their documents are consistent with their degree of compliance. Hopefully, they will have started this already.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Hospices nationwide are taking varied approaches around how they fuel staffing investments with sustainable growth in mind. Some have leveraged technology to streamline their operations and reduce documentation burdens, while others have poured resources into sculpting their organizational culture and developing training and career pathways.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2023

Current and former employees of California-based Community Hospice, Inc. The hospice company is accused of violating the California Labor Code that stipulates employers must provide sick leave to workers. Community Hospice, Inc. did not respond to Hospice News’ request for comment.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

billion acquisition of the home health and hospice company LHC Group. Internal HCA hospital documents and texts between hospital staffers provided to NBC News support these health care professionals’ views.” Large payers have also jumped into the home-based care bandwagon. Optum subsequently made a bid on Amedisys Inc.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Several hospice executives said that the modest reimbursement increase was insufficient to keep up with inflation, wage hikes and ongoing pandemic-related expenses, coupled with drops in patient length of stay and clinical capacity. #9 9 The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies (Oct.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CMS has now said that they’re seeing very similar inappropriate behavior in the hospice program, and so they’re going to apply that same rule to hospice now, though they have some pretty good exceptions. I actually had a client not too long ago who had set up a new hospice company and did it properly.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

From a business perspective, this means hospice companies will have to rise to meet burgeoning demand and staff shortages and financial headwinds, including reimbursement that hasnt kept pace with inflation rates. The prior two years also saw some earnings stabilization among publicly traded companies.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2022

With these factors in mind, a rising number of patients are being cared for by PE-owned hospices. An estimated 16% of Medicare hospice enrollees received care from either a private equity-owned or a publicly traded hospice company in 2019, up from 11% in 2012, a recent study reported. Congress also asking questions.

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