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Amazon Reportedly Bids to Acquire Signify Health

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Rumors that the company would come up for sale began circulating earlier this month following reports from the Wall Street Journal, which also reported that Amazon was in the running as a buyer. Clients are seeing the value in our unique position: our ability to see patients in the home and refer them to care for the urgent needs we identify.

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Frontpoint Health Acquires High Plains Senior Care Group

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Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC). The HPSC deal expands Frontpoint’s footprint and builds density in markets the company already serves, according to CEO Brent Korte. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

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Compared to other health care settings, hospices lack diversity in revenue streams such as private insurers and Medicaid funding. Through the hospice benefit, Medicare covers nearly 90% of a provider’s patient care revenue.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With everything that’s changing in the industry right now, I’m more heavily involved in the decision-making with our hospices and how their care plans handle specific situations as they arise each and every day. It’s all in how to handle different situations.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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Staff at the new office provide 24/7 services to help facilitate hospice admissions for hospital and physician referrals and facility-based patients. The hospice provider also offers pet and music therapy, as well as bereavement support services. This is another level of care that we can provide,” Sade Bello told local news.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Call on CMS, Congress to Strengthen Program Integrity Oversight

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Four national hospice and senior care industry groups have called on Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make regulatory and legislative changes to instill stronger program integrity safeguards. Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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Control of these assets also allows payer organizations to better manage the financial risks that come with the value-based payment models that many expect will overtake traditional Medicare in coming years. hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest.

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