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MARCH 25, 2025

A Vital, Yet Often Overlooked Component of Hospice Care Hospice care is built upon a foundation of compassion, dignity, and support – not only for the patient but also for their family and loved ones.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2023

Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) has merged with Stillwater Hospice amid mounting financial pressures. The two Indiana-based nonprofit hospices joined forces to ensure continued access to end-of-life care in the Kosciusko County area. That has been slow taking off for us.

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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

MARCH 22, 2023

Despite years of scrutiny over the duration of hospice care, new data show that longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is drafting a landmark bill that, if enacted, would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight. Blumenauer announced the bill, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, on Thursday at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

The Medicare Hospice Benefit is ripe for change nearly four decades after its establishment, but moving the needle will include a heavy lift around evolving regulations. This is according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Providers will need far more than the 2.6%

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Although you may have heard of hospice care , you may not know how its actually arranged. Because hospice is for terminally ill patients, it can be difficult to talk about for yourself or your loved one. Traditions Health understands how stressful it can be to opt for end-of-life care. Why hospice care?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 28, 2025

He was also a member of the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Standing Committee at the National Quality Forum. Catholic Hospice Taps New Executive Director Florida-based Catholic Hospice has appointed Diana Smith-Lopez as its new executive director. He also served as an advisor at Acclivity Health Solutions Inc.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Combined, the network’s member hospices serve more than 2,200 patients and families each year across 11 counties with a workforce of nearly 300 employees. One of the founding members, Elizabeth Hospice, left the network due to divergent activities and timelines that complicated their participation.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers. The hospice provider’s strategic growth plans include a geographic stretch into Pennsylvania. The funding follows a $6.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care (IAHHC) has unveiled a new employee support program designed to help with retention of much needed workforce resources in end-of-life care. The association’s staff also help manage the Kentucky Home Care Association (KHCA).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The prospect of stagnated per diems would be woeful news for hospice providers that are facing widespread wage increases along with inflation and other costs, according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Health and Hospice (NAHC). For this year, CMS increased the hospice base rate by 3.1%.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, other hospices diversify and expand their inpatient service capabilities. Shifting care preferences are another driving force behind the closure, according to MercyOne.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Data has played a large role in the ability to gauge the impact of end-of life care. Hospice providers have needed a window into access and utilization, as well as how lawmakers are shaping policies around health care. Data on CON laws has taken on new significance as regulators zero in on the hospice space.

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JUNE 7, 2023

These organizations included the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) and LeadingAge.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

However, stakeholders in the hospice space contend that the increase is insufficient in light of continued inflation, interest rates, staffing shortages and wage hikes. To continue providing the high level of care our patients and their families deserve, hospices require a payment rate that accurately reflects the current economic challenges.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Staffing issues have increasingly been at the root of leading causes behind shuttered hospice programs nationwide. Demographics are pushing up demand for end-of-life care amid long-standing staffing shortages in hospice. pay increase for hospice care for Fiscal Year 2023.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

This is the first of a two-part service that will detail key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence they ways hospices communicate and operate. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The California-based hospice provider is among those that have seen health system and hospital M&A activity rise. Last year Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian formed a home care and hospice venture in the California — rebranded as Hoag at Home. Home-based hospice care is a different ballgame,” said Massey.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Of those, 14 states have CON laws that include hospices. The formulation of these rules has a significant influence on how patients receive end-of-life care, according to Tim Rogers, president and CEO of the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina and the South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The nonprofit health system provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Recent strategic growth decisions have included the health system’s expanded pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines. These daily check-ins are critical.”

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AT Home Care & Hospice

JANUARY 30, 2023

Understanding Palliative Care Compared to Hospice Care Some older adults and people with serious illnesses, unfortunately, experience the end of life in certain healthcare settings that do not align with their desired wishes.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

The final rule includes considerations around health equity measures, hospice ownership and spending patterns around unrelated end-of-life care services, CMS stated. Jennifer Sheets, the former president and CEO of Caring Brands International and Interim HealthCare Inc., Sheets is a NAHC board member.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2024

But the majority of hospices are striving to provide quality end-of-life experiences to terminally ill patients and their families, Harrison said at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Program integrity continues to be tragically a problem with hospice,” Harrison told Hospice News. “It’s

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

Program integrity and an onslaught of audits are top of mind for many hospice providers in 2024. We look forward to continuing our work with CMS and Congress to ensure an equitable and effective enforcement system that preserves access to nonprofit, mission driven hospice care.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

VMG is one of three entities that comprise Valley Health System, which provides care in southern New York and northern New Jersey communities. The Valley Hospital and Valley Home Care are also part of the health system. ALC Hospice Care Names COO. I took on the challenge.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Before Help at Home, Mastrapa led the home infusion provider Option Care Health (NYSE: OPCH). Canada and Australia.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Understanding the Unique Needs of HIV/AIDS Patients in End-of-Life Care As a hospice care provider, we recognize the complex challenges faced by patients living with HIV/AIDS, particularly as they approach the end of life.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The inpatient center will allow for smoother transitions to hospice care among eligible hospitalized and emergency patients, as well as home- and community-based referrals, according to Gayle Mattson, president and CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati/HOC Navigators. These include Residential Healthcare Group, among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC). Despite rebasing payment rates for the higher levels of care, there still remains a high percentage of hospices that provide little to no CHC, IRC, or GIP.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“Frank and Chris have done everything to ensure that the Calvary family is at the side of anyone who needs end-of-life care,” Decina said in a statement. ” Calvary Hospital’s scope of acute-care services focuses almost exclusively on hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Above & Beyond has provided home health and hospice care across eastern Iowa since 2004. Its home care services include nursing, and physical occupational and speech therapies, among others. Hospice utilization runs high in Iowa compared to other states. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Taking hospice out of its current silo could be a path towards improved quality outcomes, as well as more sustainable payment avenues for providers, she said. It’s not enough that we’re trying to educate about hospice care and about the value in need of that,” Hamilton Fried said. “I The solution really is to redefine it. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

State medical facilities plans (SMFPs) are programs built into CON processes that focus on expanding health care services among populations with specific unmet needs. It’s not overcrowding a market; it’s bringing in a new era of representation to hospice care. You need data on the population to prove that.”

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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. Baptist Senior Family offers hospice, home care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and personal care services.

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