Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Nearly half (40%) of transplant centers either lack procedures, or are unaware of documentation processes for assessing caregiver needs. Family caregiver support is lacking across organ transplant centers nationwide. The trend represents significant unmet needs that some say palliative care providers are well-positioned to fill.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Researchers also suggested that monitoring is necessary to evaluate the integrated care plan’s effectiveness and safety, including regular follow-ups with the palliative care team and consistent documentation. Alternative medicine includes any of a range of medical therapies that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

A majority of people in the United States know the types of end-of-life care they wish to receive, but only 22% have documented their wishes. About 25% of those who have documented their wishes are white. The post Only 22% of Americans Have Documented End-of-Life Wishes appeared first on Hospice News. NYSE: CHE).

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

AccentCare is primed for further hospice growth, with both health system joint ventures and de novo activity as twin cornerstones of its strategy. Dallas-headquartered AccentCare provides hospice, home health, personal and palliative care across 32 states and in the District of Columbia.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

As the hospice landscape shifts and hospice care is delivered more widely, another care type has made entry into the conversation: palliative care. Based upon the request of a hospice customer, Axxess began to develop a palliative care-specific technology platform in 2021. But it’s proving outcomes and it’s making waves.”

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

Greater training and awareness around gender inclusivity is needed among palliative care providers to improve their understanding how to care for underserved transgender populations, Fried said during the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Virtual Interdisciplinary Conference. Furthermore, 85.3% Furthermore, 85.3%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. Though Gentiva did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, Bloomberg reported that ProMedica’s Heartland Hospice is valued at $710 million.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In addition, the agency has integrated palliative care components into the Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID), often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in. She is also co-founder of the company’s hospice and home health service segment. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A coalition of hospice and palliative care industry groups has urged lawmakers to make billing codes for telehealth available on Medicare hospice claim forms. Hospice providers need the opportunity to reflect the full scope of care provided to patients experiencing serious illness.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2024

Hospice providers are navigating a minefield in today’s regulatory environment to avoid getting caught up in the mix of fraudulent activity in the space. Program integrity continues to be tragically a problem with hospice,” Harrison told Hospice News. “It’s It’s a concern that continues to tarnish hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

Todays hospice landscape is reaching a pivotal point of evolutionary growth that has come with increased oversight as regulators seek to curb fraudulent activity in the space, according to Bill Dombi, senior counsel for the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory (AGG). What are the leading legal concerns facing hospice providers right now?

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

Supporting a medically fragile loved one involves a significant amount of health care decision making, documentation and medical and nonmedical management, said Matt Cauli, a family caregiver featured in the film. The post Film Caregiving Aims to Amplify Awareness, Ignite Systemic Change appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

When hospice providers are being investigated not just by CMS but the FBI, the stakes for compliance are higher than ever. In May of 2024, the federal law enforcement agency placed its spotlight on the rising number of complaints about hospice fraud, in which hospices participate in signing up seniors for care without the seniors’ knowledge.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice, KanTime, to talk about the potential impact of the Value-based Insurance Design (VBID) model on today’s hospice landscape. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from, in your role today?

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled its final 2025 hospice rule, which includes a 2.9% The increase represents an estimated $790 million rise in total hospice payments compared to Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The finalized hospice cap amount for FY 2025 is $34,465.34, up from $33,494.01 this year. “The

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. For some rural areas, they’re not seen as financially feasible or sustainable to larger programs,” Kuhlman told Hospice News. “So,

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

With burnout as a major cause of turnover, hospices are applying technology to take some of the pressure off of staff in hopes of boosting retention. A frequent goal is reducing the amount of time spent on documentation. Among the dissatisfiers is the encroachment of documentation into clinicians personal lives.

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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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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Kathy Hochul (D) has vetoed legislation that would have effectively banned new, for-profit hospices in the state. It would have prohibited the establishment of for-profit hospices in New York state and forbid current for-profit operators from increasing capacity. . Utah had the highest rate at 60.7%.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Quality, compliance and technology investments are becoming increasingly crucial when it comes to hospices’ recruitment and retention strategies as they seek to gain an advantage in the health care labor market. The Dallas, Texas-based health system provides palliative, home health and hospice, among other services. Croix Hospice.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These patients were also more likely to complete advance directive documentation, with about 50% of the telehealth palliative participants doing so compared to 19% of others. The post Telehealth Improves Palliative Care Access for Parkinson Patients appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule contains clarifications on which physicians may certify patients for hospice enrollment. Clarification from CMS in these areas will be helpful to hospices, physicians and those reviewing hospice records for compliance.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

California-based Hospice of the Foothills unveiled a rebranding strategy aimed at better communicating its expanded suite of services. Rebranded as Foothills Compassionate Care, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, caregiver and grief support services as well as community education and resources.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Home-based care provider AccentCare has been busy since its merger with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, exploring new technologies and care delivery strategies, as well as expanding business lines. More recently, we’ve started using Muse to really help us to understand patient acuity within hospice.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Technology and service diversification are two levers driving innovation in an evolving hospice landscape. Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. We have to service the individuals in between,” Hamilton Fried said. “We

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As audits proliferate in the hospice space, providers can benefit from understanding the appeals process. Hospices are increasingly wading through an alphabet soup of auditing activity in the industry. Strong clinical documentation is a hospices’ greatest weapon in an auditing appeals process, Pekarske indicated.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Hospice News spoke with Karla Weng, senior program manager for Stratis Health, about how health care providers and other stakeholders serving rural communities can come together to better serve their patients and clients. Hospice is often not available. There’s a variety.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Greater transparency in staff evaluation processes and increased education will be keys to navigating a range of hospice compliance challenges in a post-pandemic landscape. Transparency around hospice staffing and ownership is a large focus of program integrity efforts among regulators, Piland stated. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Hospices need a three-pronged approach to prepare for, respond to and appeal audits as more providers come under a wider regulatory microscope. A wide swath of auditing activity has ramped up in the hospice space as regulators seek to improve program integrity and quality oversight. You want to be ready all the time.”

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Richardson Community Hospice entered into a partnership with the tech company WellSky, using a predictive analytics platform to identify patients in need of palliative care or hospice earlier. Richardson Community Hospice, pointed to the changing reimbursement environment as an impetus for pursuing the partnership.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2023

While documents on the model do not specifically mention palliative care, several elements of the model align with that care model, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Palliative care is also integrated into the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demo, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Hospices are seeking greater clarity on updated Medicare rules that allow hospices to document a broader range of chaplain services on claims. While the revisions do not impact reimbursement, they allow hospice providers to track and report the duration, frequency and extent of the spiritual care patients receive.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Nearly half, or 44.2%, of patients receiving the interventions were referred to hospice when eligible, compared to 21.2% More than half (59.6%) of seriously ill Hispanic patients in the intervention group completed some form of advanced directive documentation, compared to 26.9% Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

Hospices have mounting concerns around the potential regulatory impacts that could come with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. This is the first of a three-part series by Hospice News that will examine what hospices need to know about the changing regulatory conditions.

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Hospice News

APRIL 6, 2023

Two hospice fraud cases are moving forward in California and Arizona, states that some stakeholders consider to be potential hotbeds of malfeasance in the space. False Claims Act violations in California San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care submitted roughly $3.67 Karen Sarkisyan, a.k.a.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Students are also trained on understanding how AI technology can reduce time spent on patient documentation and help catch errors. As the need for palliation grows, outcomes and experiences vastly vary – with payment often at the crux of inconsistencies in quality and care delivery approaches.

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