Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

The nations health care system is ripe for change when it comes to improved hospice utilization that could help curb expenditures and improve outcomes, Jackson said during Hospice News 2025 Industry Outlook webinar. As far as tailwinds for the industry specific to hospice, [its] predictions for demographic growth, Jackson said.

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Hospice News

JULY 9, 2024

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston applied an AI algorithm to facilitate timely transitions to hospice for patients presenting in the emergency department. For most of these patients, hospice care began within one to two days of prognosis.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

“These restrictions are closely tied to the two most common reasons for a live discharge from hospice: decertification — when a patient is removed from hospice care due to a stabilized condition; or revocation — when a patient chooses to leave hospice care to seek curative care,” the authors wrote.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2023

For instance, the VA allows patients to receive hospice care concurrently with other medical treatments. The agency in the early 2000s also launched several initiatives to expand veterans’ access to hospice and palliative care. “As

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

Additionally, hospice providers have also integrated various electronic medical record (EMR) systems that build operational efficiencies and create standardized processes that have helped improve compliance. That presents the opportunity to figure out prospectively how to keep risks at a minimum.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. You start wherever the need is, and wherever it’s presented for you and your organization in your community,” Doleman said during the conference.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

However, stakeholders in the hospice space contend that the increase is insufficient in light of continued inflation, interest rates, staffing shortages and wage hikes. To continue providing the high level of care our patients and their families deserve, hospices require a payment rate that accurately reflects the current economic challenges.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Through compassion, medication, education, listening, and just being present, we can alleviate suffering and preserve one’s dignity in their last earthly days.” We are confident that she will make a significant impact on our hospice care program and the communities we serve.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2024

Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This allows for greater flexibility in providing care to those in need.” Salinas made these remarks during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. This corresponds with quality of care considerations.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

“We had family care partner representatives who told us their stories and why it’s important to include them in our research. We were able to fund 13 junior investigators to come to Denver to present research into neuropalliative care.” To increase the number of specialists in the field, Daly said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

But perhaps ironically, patients with longer hospice stays may ultimately save payers more money due to reductions in high acuity and other aggressive forms of care in a patients’ final year of life. Recent data show that hospice stays of six months or longer can reduce health care costs in a patient’s last 12 months by as much as 11%.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

The patients most likely to be eligible for palliative care include those who suffer from dementia-related illnesses, cancer, diabetes, heart or kidney disease, Parkinson’s disease or stroke. This means that varied palliative populations needs should have multifaceted avenues of support within Medicaid care models, Silvers added.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

“The proposed rule would require physicians to be enrolled in Medicare to certify and recertify patients for hospice care,” the organization indicated. “

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2024

Hospice care does not occur in a vacuum, and many operators find themselves building partnerships with other community organizations to better serve patients and support their staff.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2023

The nonprofit provides home-based care to more than 60,000 patients and families daily. In addition to skilled home health, Enclara’s services include hospice, palliative and personal care, and behavioral health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Texas markets like Houston are primed for hospice growth. More than 143,000 patients received hospice care in the Lone Star State in 2021, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

“A hospital-based palliative care service may reduce readmissions through both improved patient-provider goal setting and increased referrals to hospice care,” the study indicated. Researchers included a recommendation that CMS take community characteristics into account when evaluating hospital performance. .

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

“There has been some confusion and an assumption by some that hospice services were no longer available in our county,“ FOCH Executive Director Elena Twiss told local news. “At At present, Hospice of Central New York & the Finger Lakes is providing hospice care to patients in Oswego County.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

As the hospice landscape shifts and hospice care is delivered more widely, another care type has made entry into the conversation: palliative care. The shift does present challenges, however.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

The company operates 50 hospice programs across 14 states and in the District of Columbia, with 27 inpatient hospice units nationwide. Its more than 9,743 staff provide hospice care to an average 17,830 patients per day as the Q1 2023. The post VITAS Opens New Hospice House in California appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Research has shown that patients who are faced with end-of-life decisions may be less likely to choose hospice unless they have a network of friends or family who can serve as home caregivers. founders of Mettle Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. The four groups also called for a national moratorium on hospice licensing until regulators devise better methods of swiftly identifying fraudulent actors. We all want to be involved.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The community-based nonprofit provider offers home health, hospice care and bereavement services across three counties in Washington and one in Oregon. The pandemic and resulting economic climate presented new financial challenges,” Zelazny told local news.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

.” The new institution carries on the work of the Illinois-based JourneyCare Foundation, an affiliate of the former JourneyCare Hospice that supported community-based palliative and hospice care for patients without insurance or who lacked sufficient resources to pay for services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Justice Department, Angel Care enrolled 24 patients in hospice between 2009 through 2017 who did not meet Medicare eligibility requirements. None of these patients had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and several are still alive several years later, according to evidence presented at trial.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Research has shown that patients who are faced with end-of-life decisions may be less likely to choose hospice unless they have a network of friends or family who can serve as home caregivers. The expense alone can be a struggle for the 48 million unpaid family caregivers in the United States. Caregivers often see their own health decline.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2023

CMS recently announced that patients of participating providers will be able to receive curative treatments alongside hospice care, and that the agency would permit health plans to further restrict the utilization of out-of-network providers.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2022

‘We oftentimes come in on the palliative care side for patients who maybe haven’t seen a physician for the last 10 years, because they’re not able to get out of their home, and there’s no resources available to them for home-based primary care,” Dado told Hospice News. “I million primary care visits in 2016.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

As end-of-life care received a spotlight during a global pandemic, the historical viewpoints around hospice care delivery have been undergoing a “fundamental shift,” Dresang said. This is really an exciting time for our industry,” Dresang said during the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Webinar.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“As SCAN transitions to the new realities of health care delivery with its enhanced focus on vulnerable seniors, this is the ideal time to develop operations integrating high-quality hospice care with upstream palliative care to support our members during their entire care journey.”.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

Palliative care plays a significant role in improving the quality of life for individuals managing serious illnesses. It can be easy to confuse palliative and hospice care, but one difference between them is that your loved one can receive palliative care at any stage of an illness.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

“I am excited to join the executive team at Hospice of the Chesapeake and support future growth of the organization as well as continue to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality supportive and hospice care to the community,” Fetzer said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2023

“The overpayment issues that result in millions for hospices can sometimes feel like a disconnect between data analysis and identifying problems around credible information,” Pekarske said. “To To make real change in an efficient way, auditors must really understand what is important in hospice care.

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