Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

The JV, branded as Adena Home Health and Hospice, will launch next month, providing care to seriously and terminally ill patients in south central and southern Ohio. The fledging provider is jointly owned by Adena Health and ASHN. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care (IAHHC) has unveiled a new employee support program designed to help with retention of much needed workforce resources in end-of-life care. The association on Wednesday launched Creating Action and Resources for Employees (C.A.R.E.) The C.A.R.E.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

A large goal was to establish more standardized education tools that can be integrated across various organizations throughout the care continuum, according to Susan Harmuth, the project’s director. “We

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired Guardian Hospice and Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma for an undisclosed amount. Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma received Medicare certification in 2015 and has since grown its presence in the state and across Texas. Financial terms for these transactions were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

In medical school, we had a course in the Humanities, and they really took the time to introduce palliative care to us and hospice care to us. For the first two years of medical school, I actually didn’t really understand palliative or hospice care. I thought it was withholding care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

So I’m a part of what we’re doing in home health, PACE, hospice and palliative care. Florida, of course, is a large market for hospice and a certificate-of-need state. It’s a national issue for us when we’re talking about diverse communities – that they utilize hospice care at a lower rate.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Because as more [Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare shared-savings health plans negotiate with hospices, they’re going to want a discount.”. Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO, Alivia Care. Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care + Hospice. “We Examining per-payer margins.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Though initially the telehealth waivers weren’t intended to be permanent, they will likely have long-term impacts in hospice.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. One potential factor is that historically MA does not cover hospice care. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. Texas-based Addus provides personal, home health and hospice care across 207 locations in 22 states, reaching roughly 46,500 patients annually.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

(NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We The SMRC will notify hospices under review with a statement of reasons, request for documentation as well as informational resources.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

“People have been flipping licenses, absolutely,” Cory Mertz, managing partner for the M&A Advisory firm Mertz Taggart, told Hospice News. “We led a group of lawmakers who wrote to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for the agency to brief them on fraud and abuse within the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

When were looking at the near-term future for home health, the words I offer to anybody are increased oversight. Its a yin and yang of those things that keep hospices up at night and also wake them up in the morning. What are the main red flags that can land a hospice in legal hot water, and how can they avoid these risks?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Empath Health Empath Health Empath Health CEO Rafael Sciullo. Empath offers hospice care through Suncoast Hospice, Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough and Tidewell Hospice. You’ve spoken before about keeping the patient and family as the “true center of hospice care.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Debbie Jonhston is a registered nurse who founded Viriginia-based Serenity First Hospice in 2021, inspired by the care her father recieved as he reached the end of his life. With the launch of Serenity First, Johnston transitioned from her career in home health and personal care.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Hospice News sat down with Jacobsmeyer to talk about her plans and priorities for the nation’s newest, publicly traded, national company to offer hospice care. . Enhabit Enhabit Enhabit Home Health & Hospice CEO Barbara Jacobsmeyer. Louis and chief operating officer of Des Peres Hospital.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Impacts from the the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration have also come under hospices’ radar. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 Altonia Garret, COO, Blue Ridge Hospice The ability to serve critically ill patients earlier on their end-of-life journey via a concurrent model of care.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

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. Tej Dhillon, founder and CEO of Seva Hospice, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Whether that’s short lengths of stays, longer lengths of stays, GIP levels of care qualification, medical eligibility or medical necessity requirements, really every area, hospice is under the microscope now. We had a lot of this in home health, and now it’s hospice’s turn to be scrutinized.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

She will also play a crucial role in supporting the hospice care team, ensuring overall programming is operating at the highest of standards, and continuing to implement strategic, operational, and growth initiatives. “I Before joining Traditions Health, Boyd served as area vice president of operations for Kindred Hospice.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 14, 2020

AlayaCare on site at top industry conference January 19-22 in Miami Next week, the nation’s top conference for leaders in home and hospice care heads to Miami as Home Care 100 lands January 19-22. III) Bonus: Mergers and Acquisitions One session on Monday ( Home Care M&A Outlook , 2:15 – 3 p.m.)

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Hospices have increasingly represented a larger piece of the valuation equation in JVs compared to home health assets, he said. Were seeing more and more activity in joint ventures with health systems and thats both in home health and hospice to capture those referral sources, Lillis told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Additionally, by holding hospices accountable for demonstrating quality through these measures, overall standards should improve. While the added administrative burden is unavoidable, this shift ultimately represents a step forwardone that strengthens hospice care for everyone involved.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Home-based care has a proven track record of reducing the total cost of care, which could lead to increased government investment in those services. Hospice is a great example. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 Nevertheless, MA has been a rising tide in home health, in particular.

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