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). But hospice has moved into a new era.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

The Caregiving film highlights the various historic events that have impacted the current state of caregiving in the United States. The post Film Caregiving Aims to Amplify Awareness, Ignite Systemic Change appeared first on Hospice News. Theres not a lot of national conversation about where we are and the support we have.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Hospice of the Western Reserve has completed its affiliation with Hospice of North Central Ohio (HNCO), expanding its geographic presence in the Buckeye state. The two hospice providers in February announced the affiliation after signing a letter of intent to enter a Management Services Agreement. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

Years after it was first introduced, hospice leaders are calling on Congress to move forward legislation that would bolster their dwindling workforce. The most significant bill in recent years is the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), which has come before Congress time and again but has not yet been passed.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

NYSE: EHAB) expects consistent hospice growth even as it contends with payer and reimbursement headwinds for its home health business. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s proposed 2025 payment rule. Meanwhile, Enhabit’s hospice segment continues to grow sequentially. “We’re Enhabit Inc. rate cut from the U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced a bill designed to foster greater access to advance care planning (ACP) among Medicare beneficiaries. Unfortunately, most patients do not routinely make advance plans for their care in the event that they are diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening illness,” Collins said in a press release.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded a Condition of Participation pertaining to disaster preparedness planning.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ramped up auditing activity in the space while also sunsetting the hospice component of its value-based insurance design (VBID) model demonstration ahead of its initial expiration. There were just some of the themes percolating among the most-read Hospice News coverage of 2024.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Building in redundancies around patient admission processes may help hospices withstand regulatory scrutiny, according to legal experts in the space. Patient eligibility is a frequent focus of hospice audits as regulators sharpen oversight in the industry. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While some palliative care programs mirror the hospice model, more operators are working to tailor their services to patients’ specific needs, with varying intensity. Payment streams for palliative care, most palliative programs are relying on a combination of Medicare Part B and grants and fundraising,” Schramm said.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital recently received approval from legislators to relaunch hospice and home health services nearly a year after a local provider shut down. Bartlett Regional Hospital in January began the process of taking over HHCJ’s hospice and home health patients to fill care delivery gaps in southeast Alaska.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has offered further guidance on what rules will change when the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends on May 11. While the waiver specifically is going away, hospices can continue this practice through at least 2024 through provisions in the 2023 omnibus spending bill.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Hospices seeking to build stronger relationships with other community-based organizations may be able to adapt some of the strategies that health systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have implemented. Knowing where and how to start has been a hurdle for some hospices as they develop and deploy targeted initiatives.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. So many industry consolidators paused all but the most strategic deals and pivoted to hospice. “. A few factors come into play here.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would expand utilization of these services by removing Medicare payment barriers faced by both providers and patients. The bill proposes to “wave,” or remove, Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing for advance care planning services. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospices are leveraging expanded telehealth options to maximize access for hard-to-reach rural patients despite lingering regulatory uncertainties. ” Washington-based Providence Health System provides a range of facility- and home-based care, including senior services and hospice. We have to blast through these biases.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

One of the defining principles of hospice care is honoring the wishes of terminally ill patients. This can prevent or delay hospice care for individuals who chose to receive it. . But now we recognize that people can make a choice,” Thaddeus Pope, professor at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, told Hospice News. “It’s

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Furthermore, poor transitions can spark hospital readmissions within 30 days, adversely affecting hospital quality ratings and Medicare reimbursement. According to the study, approximately 1 in 5 patients experience adverse events during this kind of transition. It’s a win-win for all involved parties,” Benson said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

Regulators are taking a closer look at how hospices pay their marketing and outreach workforces to curb fraudulent activity tied to referral streams. You really need to try and make sure you have dotted all your I’s and crossed all your T’s so that the government doesn’t come knocking,” Persons said during the event.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with Herman to discuss the principles that underlie this approach as well as what’s coming for New Day in the new year. Given that timing, we often rethink everything about home care when we’re facing a pandemic that is rapidly changing home care and hospice delivery dynamics.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Real-time, secure communication between patients, their families and the entire care team can be game-changing for a hospice provider. Minimizing care gaps is especially important in the current hospice environment, which is shifting toward value-based care and alternative payment models. This article is sponsored by CitusHealth.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 5, 2025

DUBLIN, CA Hope Hospice has opened registration for its 2025 Hike for Hope, which will take place on Saturday, May 17, at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. Hope Hospice is also seeking event sponsors. Hope Hospice is now a part of By the Bay Health. Various publicity benefits are provided at four sponsorship levels.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

For Immediate Release PHOTO LINK June 13, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – More than 100 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 150 congressional offices this week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

MARCH 13, 2024

It came as a surprise to our team when we learned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was ending the hospice component of Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) on December 31, 2024.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? This article is sponsored by The Braff Group.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. You have a world where… And I don’t mean just hearing aid coverage under Medicare.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Hospice leaders will need to keep their eyes on five key trends in the new year when it comes to compliance, business operations and finance. Hospice utilization reached 51.7% The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 4, 2024

Has your dedication to your hospice role affected your work-life balance? If you’re a hospice nurse who loves their job but struggles with organization, fret not. In this guide, we’ll explore tips and strategies, suitable for both seasoned and new nurses, to enhance your hospice documentation process.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 22, 2022

When confronted with a complaint, allegation or event that implicates a potential Medicare overpayment, hospices have an affirmative duty under the federal 60-day repayment rule to conduct an investigation and refund any overpayment.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

That insight led me to wonder: If we’re doing what a home health aide in a home health or hospice organization would do, why aren’t we being reimbursed? We need a program, let’s call it the Family Cares Program, in the home health, Hospital At Home, palliative care and hospice spaces, as well. A Medicare Advantage plan does.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The hospice certification of terminal illness is one of the documents most scrutinized by Medicare contractors, and it is of critical importance since an invalid certification can impact Medicare payment for the patient’s entire 90 or 60-day benefit period.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JUNE 22, 2022

When confronted with a complaint, allegation or other event that implicates a potential Medicare overpayment, hospices have an affirmative duty under the federal 60-day repayment rule to conduct an investigation and refund any overpayment.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2025

Hospices are preparing for an onslaught of potential operational impacts with the forthcoming implementation of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) new Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool. Megan Turby Weaver, Carlos Palomino and Patty Mathews at the Hospice News ELEVATE event.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Registration has launched for the 2022 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care , held February 9-12 in Nashville, TN. The 2022 State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care will also be taking place in-person in Nashville, TN, February 11-13, co-located with the Annual Assembly. Register now to participate.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

This article will outline tips and strategies to support better hospice documentation when painting the picture of decline. “Painting the picture” is a phrase often used to describe the process of documenting a hospice patient’s condition. I didn’t always understand how to chart for hospice. Denies pain.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

My own personal experience with home care and hospice staffing shortages helped me connect the dots: When providers don’t have the staff needed to care for patients, family caregivers step in to do more and more. Last week, I wrote about the business case for paying family caregivers through payers and providers.

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