Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

“For our 2024 strategic plan, we had to focus on how to be sustainable and have a sustainable foundation to be here for the next 75 years,” says Ralph-Blair, Chief Innovation Officer of Visiting Nurse Health System, the Atlanta-based non-profit provider of home-based care services. We consider the Homecare Homebase team an active ally.”

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MAY 30, 2023

This article is sponsored by Homecare Homebase. In this Voices Interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Brandy Sparkman-Beierle, Chief Clinical Officer, Homecare Homebase, to talk about why clinicians are pitted against their technology resources, driven by a desire to spend their time helping people, not documenting.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Figliomeni currently serves as CFO and COO at Niagara Hospice and also manages other providers in the HPCG group, as well as The HomeCare Partners. HomeCare & Hospice Appoints New Director HomeCare & Hospice has named Meme Yanetsko as its new director of advancement.

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JUNE 4, 2024

“The resurgence of hospice program integrity scrutiny after recent media reports highlighted fraud, specifically in four states, sparked in-person visits by CMS to every Medicare-enrolled hospice, and found about 400 being considered for administrative action,” says Courtney True, BSN, RN, and Strategic Account Executive of Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Though staffing remains the greatest challenge in 2023, conditions are improving, reported more than half (54%) of hospice and palliative care professionals in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

As hospices choose which buckets to fill, the cost of retention may be a little harder to quantify than the cost of recruitment, according to Cooper Linton, associate vice president of North Carolina-based Duke HomeCare and Hospice. This can put them at a disadvantage as they contend for jobseekers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Fosinas 30-year career included health care leadership roles, including serving as president of NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital and its home health and hospice services, Lawrence Homecare and Jansen Hospice. Allais has also been a registered nurse at Hospital of St.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Providence hospice workers include 130 registered nurses, social workers, and other staff who joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) in January 2023. Also in Oregon, nurses at St. Hospices that are affiliated with larger health systems, like Providence, may be more likely to see staff participate in labor unions.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Physician offices were identified among the most significant referral growth opportunities in 2024 by about 6% of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase. Created in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Hospice News Hospice News 2024 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The company in Q3 completed its conversion in collaboration with Homecare Homebase, slimming from four operating systems to one across all locations. Over the last 90 days, we have finally seen some positive both hiring and retention metrics in our core nursing trends.”. If we can do that, we can get the nurses.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Littlefield was previously Riverside Health System’s executive vice president and chief nursing officer. The funding follows a $6.5

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The report – produced in collaboration with Homecare Homebase and released earlier this month – is based on an online survey of nearly 330 hospice professionals. Transitions is a portfolio company of Transitions Group, which also operates skilled nursing and home health service lines, among others.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

As Addus HomeCare Corp (NASDAQ: ADUS) gears up for expansion, the company is focused on ensuring its workforce can absorb the growing capacity. . Providers have also had to compete for new hires with travel nurse companies. Competition with travel nursing firms has been among the drivers of wage increases for hospice companies.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

His previous employers include Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ: AVAH), Nextaff, Saint Jude Hospice & Spirit Homecare, Iowa Hospice and Bon Secours Health System, among others. She holds a Master’s degree in nursing and a certificate in executive leadership from Perdue University Global.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The company hired 55 full-time nurses during Q3 and achieved a 10% reduction in turnover among those clinicians, inclusive of part-time employees. The startup’s tech platform helps connect providers with travel nurses who can work across different health care settings. .

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The company is currently recruiting for a number of clinical and administrative positions, such as registered nurses and account care managers, among others, according to its website. In 1999, she also established and led Homecare Homebase. VitalCaring is the latest of a series of Anthony’s health care ventures.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2023

NYSE: CHEM) subisidary VITAS Healthcare expanded its clinical staff by 103 employees during Q4 in 2022, and a total 275 during the last half of the year – with registered nurses representing the bulk. During Q4 2022, Enhabit saw its pool of full-time nursing candidates rise 19%. For example, Chemed Corp.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Strategic priorities for Texas-headquartered Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) continue to focus on personal care and home health and less on hospice as the company waits for the dust to settle following its Gentiva personal care acquisition. Addus offers personal care, hospice and home health.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corp. Addus reported increases in hospice length of stay, particularly among patients referred by skilled nursing facilities. NASDAQ: ADUS) has completed the acquisition of the home health, hospice, and private-duty company Tennessee Quality Care for an undisclosed amount.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Another is the company-wide integration of Homecare Homebase at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH). This important outcome was achieved, in large part, for the long-term benefit of Homecare Homebase and establishing one set of standard practices and policies. In September, we eliminated approximately $6.5

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., Apple offers home health, skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapy services to 450 patients daily across 11 counties in and around the Chicago area. for an undisclosed sum.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

The company purchased three Missouri companies from LifeCare Collective last October — HomeCare of Mid Missouri, Nurses & Company, and Transitions Hospice. -based Lexington Hospice Care for a confidential sum. They quickly followed up with a de novo in Missouri early last month.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Addus president, COO retires Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) President and COO Brad Bickham recently announced his retirement, effective March 2026. She is a registered nurse who previously served as area vice president of strategic partnerships at Moments Hospice.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Their reasons for leaving mirror those of nurses and other clinicians who recently left the hospice field — burnout, stress, opportunities for higher wages, lack of a career path and retirement. Philadelphia-based All-American Home Care and Innovative Homecare Solutions in Illinois also appeared on the list. #10

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This includes a growing interest in palliative care, hospital-at-home, skilled nursing-at-home, home-based primary care, and non-medical home care, as well as hospice and home health. Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS), Amedisys, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) each made statements to that effect early in the year.

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MARCH 3, 2023

The organization includes a network of 13 hospitals, 2,600 physicians, a health plan, 400 skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, memory care communities and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. NYSE: GS), a representative for Gentiva told Hospice News’ sister publication Skilled Nursing News. s (NYSE: HUM) $2.8

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MARCH 5, 2024

So productivity cannot be as robust for some of the social work, chaplain or nurse visits. Roughly 16% of 143 provider respondents signaled their intention to start palliative care programs this year in the Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase. This is down from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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JULY 11, 2023

More than half (56%) of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A large challenge in the palliative space is that reimbursement models are not keeping pace with rising demand, according to Stephanie Adair, vice president of hospice services at Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services. Most palliative programs are primarily run by nurse practitioners and there is a shortage of NPs as well,” Adair said.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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MAY 2, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) hospice segment is seeing slow but steady improvement as pandemic headwinds ease. There are certain things that will go away with the public health emergency that should help with our average daily census,” Bickham said, specifically pointing to nursing home policies. ”We

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Person-centered care means treating the patient as an individual and treating them as equal partners in the business of caring, in the art of caring, and the science of caring,” Lopez-Devine said in a recent webinar hosted by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase. It’s not just the nurse that touches the plan of care,” she says.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

Companies like The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG), Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) and BrightSpring Health Services Inc. Pennant cutting 2024 deals The Pennant Group has completed two acquisitions thus far in May, most recently the Corpus Christi, Texas-based hospice provider Nurses on Wheels Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

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MAY 18, 2023

Part of the systematic breakdown involves a lack of a diverse, trained hospice and palliative care clinical workforce equipped to handle and address a variety of specialized care needs, according to Katie Leonard, palliative care nurse and director of pediatrics at California-based Anchor Health. “In

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Philadelphia-based All-American Home Care and Innovative Homecare Solutions in Illinois also appeared on the list. CEO Mike Suor founded the company in 2013 with just himself, a nurse, and a biller on the payroll, he told Hospice News. said in a statement. In 2020, Bridge recapitalized with private equity dollars.

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