Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This year saw regulatory evolutions spurred by program integrity concerns, as well as the introduction of landmark legislation, shifts in reimbursement trends and a change in presidential administration with unknown impacts across the care continuum. Defendants were charged with wire fraud, health care fraud and money laundering.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which requires providers to acquire a building and design a center to house a PACE program. The nonprofit hospice provider’s subsidiary — Care Guide Partners – provides services at the center. More than 30 interdisciplinary staff members provide care at the 5,600 square feet facility.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Calls are growing louder for Congress to build stronger reimbursement and workforce incentives aimed at improving the availability and sustainability of rural-based end-of-life care. Rural-based hospice providers face a range of challenges to improve access among their underserved patient populations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

Because most of the individuals accessing PACE are going to be Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. What drew you to hospice and palliative care? Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] but commercial plans. It gets kind of convoluted.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Location of Care Palliative Care can be provided in hospitals, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, or even at home. Hospice Care is most commonly provided in the home, but can also be accessed in dedicated hospice facilities or nursing homes.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. How high is too high?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ACHC initially focused on accrediting home health agencies, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to include other health care sectors such as hospice, hospital, pharmacy, DME, home care and renal dialysis. What is your outlook on the future of hospice accreditation, and how does ACHC fit into that vision?

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Given this remarkable shift, it's clear that end-of-life care is growing in demand and with it, a need for residential hospice agencies. Hospice agencies offer a peaceful environment for people nearing the end of their lives. Some hospice agencies may also offer extra services like memory care at a premium.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Early on I knew I wanted to work in health care and needed a career in which I could find meaning and purpose. What drew you to this industry?

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Seasons Hospice

MAY 21, 2024

Here are some common obstacles seniors face in accessing dental care: Financial Barriers One of the most significant challenges seniors encounter is the cost of dental care. Increasing funding for Medicaid dental benefits and reducing eligibility requirements can also help low-income seniors access affordable dental care.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In general, hospice care is available when patients are expected to live six months or less if their disease progresses at its typical rate. The majority of hospice care in the US is covered by Medicare, the federal health insurance program. Medicare will cover: Medical and nursing services.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals. All care is tailored toward the patient’s exact needs to help them to feel comfortable and pain-free. Physician services : Physicians help oversee the care of hospice patients. . Healthcare services.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declines precipitously for nursing home residents who initiate dialysis. So, for example, you know, we see somebody coming in from the nursing. A nursing home. Let it be (hint hint).

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2025

Calvary Hospitals newly appointed president Michael Fosina is embarking on a deeper journey to improve quality and access to hospice care amid rising demand. Research and workforce growth will play large roles in the future of palliative and end-of-life care delivery, according to Fosina. Some people struggle with that.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2025

Quality inequities among special needs, dually-eligible beneficiaries Dually-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries may have a lower likelihood of receiving care from high-quality hospice providers, according to a recent analysis. Consumers need better information on hospice quality.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Nationwide, about half of all hospice agencies are freestanding, while the remaining half are owned by other types of providers mainly home health agencies, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Among the 1.6 Among the 1.6 Anthony’s Hospice.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

These include the home, skilled home care and institutional care. The study spanned data among 199,828 Medicare decedents 50 and older who died in 2018. More than half (59%) spent the last three years of life in the home.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Private equity is probably one of the top things that I’m worried about with the future of our field in Palliative care and that because private equity is buying up… And Geriatrics, buying up assisted livings, nursing homes, hospices at an extraordinary rate. ” And, he said, “End of life care.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Winegarner came into the field in 1976, making her one of the longest serving hospice nurses in the country. Her work in end-of-life care began seven years before the Medicare Hospice Benefit was established at the organization that eventually became By the Bay Health, which at the time was licensed as a home health agency.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences. Eric: Yeah. So this is a very common occurrence. Joel may know. Joel: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? And the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

And people are getting life sentences. They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care. Alex: … in other words, than you might be in a Medicare-regulated hospice facility?

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Start of End Of Life Care in the Tri-Lakes Area and Expanding Throughout the Adirondacks. That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. Families were struggling to manage the death of their loved ones unsupported at home.

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Americare Hospice

AUGUST 24, 2021

Hospice care in the United States is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. Hospice care was introduced to the United States in the 1970s in response to the work of Cicely Saunders in the United Kingdom.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure.

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Kindful Hospice

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

To provide for the greatest care for the patient, hospice care is typically offered in the home or administered in a hospital or a nursing home. Teams of people participate in hospice care. Hospice care can be covered by Medicare. What are the Benefits of Hospice Care?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. My entire career has been taken care of in primary hospitalists and palliative underserved populations, either dual-eligible, Medicaid, and Medicare or community health centers, so I’ve always worked in that environment.

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings, including the patient’s home, a hospice center, or a nursing home. Most hospice care programs provide services such as nursing care, social work services, chaplain services, and bereavement counseling. Who Is Eligible for Hospice Care?

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 28, 2022

Hospice care is a type of medical care that focuses on providing comfort and support to people who are terminally ill. Hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and even in patients’ homes. What does home hospice care entail?

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Whether a patient is active or requires more assistance, hospice care is flexible and tailored to individual circumstances, always prioritizing comfort and dignity. Myth 6: Hospice Care Is Expensive and Not Covered by Insurance Hospice care is widely covered by insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

You need to show them how palliative care could help them live better. Medicare, on their brochures, frail hands. When you think about this and this toolkit, are there some really basic marketing ideas or tips that you have when we think about messaging, advance care planning, hospice or palliative care. ” Okay.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent operators in the hospice space have misspent millions of Medicare dollars in recent years. The outlook for hospice providers will become increasingly challenging if the unscrupulous billing activity continues, with negative impacts for a swelling aging population with end-of-life care needs, Harrison stated.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Before that healthcare was cooking along really growing and then this balanced budget act was passed in 1997 and it drastically slashed Medicare reimbursement amounts for services across the continuum. Suddenly people were realizing that, oh, you know, people wanted to stay home. You know, CMS was looking to save 1.6

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

If regulators were to extend the timeframe for eligibility, patients could reap the full benefits of end-of-life care, the two executives said. Some hospices are using data to make the case for end-of-life care further upstream, such as cost-savings tied to reduced hospitalizations.

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Living With Hospice

JULY 27, 2022

Diverging a bit from the Hospice theme, in episode 44, Mitch explores another form of end-of-life care and the role of a "Death Doula". He explains the origins of a doula role in relationship to the dying process, and the recent resurgence of this in modern end-of-life care. " Let me say that again.

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