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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Hospices coast-to-coast have undergone leadership transitions, including changes in legal executives and a slew of newly appointed CEOs, among other roles in the industry. Texas-based New Day provides home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services across 31 locations in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and in its home state.

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The Rise of Hospice Nurses as Authors, Social Media Influencers

Hospice News

Several hospice nurses have emerged as social media influencers and authors who aim to demystify death and dying for the general public. A number have also written books about their experiences as hospice nurses and the lessons theyve learned about the end-of-life experience for many families. Today, she has more than 4.2

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End-of-Life Care Delivery ‘Ripe for Reform’ in Rep. Blumenhauer’s Hospice CARE Act

Hospice News

Development of the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act has signaled that a wave of change may be on the horizon in end-of-life care delivery – including how patients are certified to receive these services. The area of end-of-life care was ripe for a pilot project.

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Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

Hospice News

Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) have introduced a bill that would reform aspects of the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). If enacted, the Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act also would increase the penalty for hospices that do not report quality measure data to 10% by 2027, up from 4% currently.

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The Hospice CARE Act’s Potential to ‘Dramatically Reshape’ End-of-Life Care Delivery

Hospice News

Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer. “It

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Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Less Likely to Receive Aggressive End-of-Life Care

Hospice News

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are less likely to receive intensive treatments or burdensome transfers during the last six months of life compared to those in traditional Medicare, a new study has found. However, they identified gaps in which patients don’t always receive sufficient post-acute care. “We MA enrollees were also 5.2%

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‘Detrimental, Unnecessary Chaos’ Looms as Hospice Telehealth Waivers Expire

Hospice News

These evolving regulations have hospices concerned that a lack of virtual access to their services could have significant impacts on quality and health disparities. Weve inherited a kind of accelerated movement toward a new normal during the pandemic, Fratkin told Hospice News.

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