Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Research has uncovered common threads of quality impacts among the largest hospices nationwide as providers employ a range of initiatives to uproot the underlying causes of staff and family caregiver dissatisfaction. If your staffing is insufficient, people are not going to get timely help,” Hotchkiss told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Interest in the hospice space has broadened amid rising demand, a trend resulting in more transactions and collaborative relationships with other health care providers. In this episode, Hospice News Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with G. Scott Herman, CEO, New Day Healthcare appeared first on Hospice News.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Hospices have grown increasingly frustrated by fraudulent operators in the space and how their activities affect legitimate operators’ financial health. This is the second of a two-part Hospice News series that explores how fraud, waste and abuse in the hospice space could create headwinds for the industry at large.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

New Day Healthcare LLC recently secured a $125 million senior credit facility with First Citizens Bank. That capital access will support the company’s acquisition pipeline in home health, hospice and personal care. New Day Healthcare is majority owned by the private equity firm Kaltroco. Scott Herman.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Aspect Awards.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Hospice of the Chesapeake has unfurled a new dementia care program aimed at providing improved emotional, educational and practical support for patients and their caregivers as their conditions progress. The new program provides patients and their caregivers with direct support from Hospice of the Chesapeake’s interdisciplinary care team.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Six nonprofit hospice providers recently joined forces to form the Hawaii Palliative and Hospice Care Collaborative. The new collaborative includes Hawaii Care Choices, Hospice Maui, Kauai Hospice, Navian Hawaii, North Hawaii Hospice and St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaiis hospice program.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Hospices that have palliative care service lines may be better poised for growth in the merger and acquisition landscape compared to others. In bringing a hospice to market, it is 100% of the time a question that comes from all potential suitors is do they have a palliative care program, Kulik told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. Hospice of the Ozarks also has a veterans program and offers pet therapy services. DBA Hope HealthCare Services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Mahogany Home Health and Hospice recently launched services in southwestern Ohio. The new hospice startup is the first Black-owned hospice and home health organization statewide with a drive to improve utilization among underserved populations. Couzens has also held hospice chaplain roles at St.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Hospice News explores the issues garnering growing attention in end-of-life care delivery in seven of this years hidden gem stories. Topics span trends related to program integrity, workforce development, health equity, service diversification and the keys to hospices growth strategies. VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Rami Moustafa Shaarawy recently filed a civil action lawsuit against HHS, CMS and Noridian Healthcare Solutions LLC, seeking to prevent termination of his physician billing privileges following Medicare fraud risk allegations presented by an independent contractor. court documents stated. Shaarawy filed an injunction with the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Chicago-based Elea Institute is seeking to improve public awareness of hospice and palliative care as well as convene discussions about ways to rethink the Medicare benefit. One is access to hospice and palliative care and serious illness care, then education and awareness. We boiled it down to three major areas.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Florida-based VITAS Healthcare is anticipating fruitful hospice growth on its horizon. The hospices average daily census volume reached 22,179 patients in Q4, a 14.6% The hospice provider is poised for expansion across the Sunshine State, recently receiving a certificate of need (CON) approval to enter Marion County, Florida.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is ramping up its merger and acquisition activity in the home health and hospice space heading into next year. The Atlanta-headquartered company has set its strategic sights on both private duty nursing and hospice and home health, according to Aveanna CEO Jeff Shaner.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Tutera Senior Living & Health Care and Residential Home Health and Hospice have expanded their existing partnership to offer hospice care in the Kansas City, Missouri, region. This latest move adds hospice to the mix. The company is a division of Graham Healthcare Group, a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Several executives are stepping into new roles at hospice organizations across the country as the new year draws near. Brand was previously senior vice president of hospice and palliative care at New York-based VNS Health, holding a similar role at CareCentrix prior to that. Nasdaq: PNTG). million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is proud to announce the Frontline Honors Class of 2024. This years honorees represent a diverse array of frontline workers across a range of sectors and types of organizations, but they are unified by the passion, commitment and skill they bring to the often difficult work that they do each day.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

doing business as Saad Healthcare, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations. The hospice was accused of knowingly submitting Medicare claims for patients who were not terminally ill. The hospice was accused of knowingly submitting Medicare claims for patients who were not terminally ill.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Blue Ridge Care Hospice is partnering with Laurel Ridge Community College to provide greater exposure to hospice care to students in its emergency medical services and nursing programs. The Virginia-based nonprofit expects the partnership to help bolster the hospice clinical workforce.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2025

Dual pieces of legislation are circulating in New York proposing to block the entry of new for-profit hospices and limit expansion of existing entities in the state. If enacted, the bills would prohibit the establishment of new for-profit hospices in New York. Despite growing demand, hospice utilization runs low in the Empire State.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The home health and hospice provider New Day Healthcare has acquired Texas-based Compassion Hospice for an undisclosed amount. The company’s nearly 6,500 employees serve close to 100,000 patients annually across all of its business lines, including home health, hospice, pediatrics, clinical decision support and personal care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2025

Interim HealthCare Inc. “Interim HealthCare’s industry-leading Dementia program continues to be delivered by locally owned and operated franchise care centers, now with the added community involvement made possible by the Alzheimer’s Association, an Interim HealthCare spokesperson told Hospice News. .

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Hospice News

MAY 21, 2024

Maine-based Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice has rebranded as Andwell Health Partners to better reflect its growing suite of services. The company launched in 1966 as a home health company, later adding hospice, palliative, behavioral health and community care services. “As

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As it considers potential acquisitions, VITAS Healthcare is focused on large assets in certificate of need (CON) states. In April, VITAS acquired Covenant Health and Community Services’ hospice operations as well as one assisted living facility in an $85 million deal. “We The demand [for hospice care] has always been there.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Among those deals was The Pennant Groups acquisition of Signature Healthcare at Homes hospice and home health assets for a price tag of $80 million which closed in January. Pennant is the holding company for a cluster of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states. million, up 28.9%

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2025

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is propelling growth of its home health and hospice segment through strategic payer relationships, bolstered sales and referral teams and a growing patient census. We bolstered our sales team [and] even layered in some additional growth-oriented positions at home health and hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2025

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is putting home health and hospice at the forefront of its growth sights in 2025 through a mix of strategic approaches. Aveanna has seen consecutive periods of growth in its home health and hospice business line. Additionally, the companys home health and hospice revenues reached $54.4

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Providence Hospice-Community Healthcare of Texas has established a new palliative care clinic at Limestone Medical Center in its home state. Joshua Wesley, medical director for Providence Hospice-Community Healthcare of Texas, in a statement. The clinic officially opened on Aug.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A federal jury has convicted former Canon Healthcare owner Shiva Akula for False Claims Act violations totalling nearly $47 million. Canon Healthcare was a New Orleans-based hospice provider that also served the Baton Rouge and Covington, Louisiana, markets, as well as parts of Mississippi.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Historically, VITAS Healthcare has relied heavily on organic growth, a strategy the company is not turning away from. In April, VITAS acquired Covenant Health and Community Services hospice operations as well as one assisted living facility in an $85 million deal. However, it may add more acquisitions to the mix. NYSE: CHE).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hospice providers across the country have recently launched new inpatient facilities as 2025 unfolds. The new year may also bring closures of certain hospice programs. VITAS Opens 2 New Locations VITAS Healthcare on Wednesday announced the opening of its new inpatient hospice unit in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 17, 2025

While Congress has avoided another telehealth cliff and we are grateful for the six-month extension provided, access to care for millions of Medicare patients, including six million seniors that rely on telehealth services, remains at-risk, Mirich said in a statement shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The hospice and senior care provider Helios Care is partnering with the integrated health system Bassett Healthcare Network to bring more extensive access to hospice and palliative care to patients in central New York. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

WTWH Healthcare is accepting submissions through Nov. The post Recognize Hospice Leaders: WTWH Healthcare Prism Awards Deadline Approaches appeared first on Hospice News. For more information about the program, visit the Prism Awards website. Additional questions can be directed to awards@wtwhmedia.com.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2025

Training interdisciplinary staff to identify and address patients nonmedical needs is a significant component of quality palliative care delivery, according to Dr. Tracy Romanello, medical director at Catholic Hospice and Catholic Palliative Care Services. Dr. Tracy Romanello at the Hospice News ELEVATE event.

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