Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)] audits and those sorts of things add overhead expenses, and those indirect costs are going to be something that we all will have to deal with. Because as more [Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare shared-savings health plans negotiate with hospices, they’re going to want a discount.”.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation. By not billing, they are better able to avoid regulators’ attention.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes. Among them is an evolving conversation around potential changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an increasing focus on equitable access and service diversification to engage patients further upstream. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

He previously served as president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) for 38 years prior to its affiliation with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in 2023 and was heavily involved in the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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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

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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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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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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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. We are seeing private pay agencies intermingle with public payers and health authorities.

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MAY 16, 2025

Mooney has roughly 24 years of leadership experience in hospice, home health and mobile physician groups. His previous roles have spanned business development, executive leadership and national advocacy, including education around the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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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

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

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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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Though uncertainties abound when it comes to the Trump administrations approach to health care, many notable policies have been implemented during Republican administrations. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the Obama administration. Hospice is a great example. NYSE: CHE).

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