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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

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We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Valeo Home Health Named Best of Salt Lake City 2021

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For the third year in a row, Valeo is recognized as the top home health and hospice company in the greater Salt Lake area. Valeo Home Health and Hospice, LLC, was named Best of SLC Home Health and Hospice companies in the third annual Best of SLC awards.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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Hospice News spoke with three hospice leaders about the disruption they expect to see in the industry as payers expand their roles as providers, including the CEO of a California nonprofit, the top executive from the largest U.S. hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Call on CMS, Congress to Strengthen Program Integrity Oversight

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Hospice News published an editorial response to the piece that detailed some of the nuances of eligibility, payment and regulation around end-of-life care. The agencies’ recommendations included adding educational and professional qualifications to the hospice CoPs for leaders and patient care managers.

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5 Numbers that Shaped Hospice in 2022

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Hospices simply did not have enough staff to meet demand, which drove some of them out of business. Executives from almost every publicly traded hospice company raised this issue in earnings calls and presentations throughout the year. Hospices reported drops in their average length of stay during 2022. Length of stay.

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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Large payers have also jumped into the home-based care bandwagon. billion acquisition of the home health and hospice company LHC Group. All said their HCA hospitals pushed palliative and end-of-life care in pursuit of better performance metrics,” NBC News reported. This followed Humana Inc.’s