Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

NASDAQ: PNTG) completed its $80 million acquisition of Signature Healthcare at Homes hospice and home health assets. This is a substantial purchase that allows us to serve multiple new markets across Oregon and cements Pennant as one of the leading providers of home health and hospice in the Pacific Northwest.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2025

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is putting home health and hospice at the forefront of its growth sights in 2025 through a mix of strategic approaches. Aveanna has seen consecutive periods of growth in its home health and hospice business line. Its revenue reached $519.9 year-over-year increase.

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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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

A new hospice nursing recruitment effort has launched in the New England region after being stalled by the pandemic. The recruitment initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) and the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire (the Alliance).

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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. Connect program was in part driven by increasing recognition of the perils of staff burnout and turnover in home health and hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

Honing clinical scheduling and onboarding models is key to sustaining the hospice nurse workforce as demand for these clinicians rises and wages lag compared to those in other settings. Building sustainable models Effective and empathetic communication is among the key skills for hospice nurses to possess, White indicated.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

The Ohio-based health system Adena Health has unveiled a hospice and home health joint venture with Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN). 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.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2022

More hospice and palliative care providers are pursuing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems. Joint ventures offer unique advantages compared to traditional referral streams, according to Aaron Stein, COO of Contessa Health, a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). Value-based risks and staffing opportunities.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2024

Though many expect a hospice M&A rebound in 2024, the scales are tipping in favor of home health companies among buyers. After 2023’s slump, PE firms have been sitting on more than $800 million in dry powder, according to data shared with Hospice News by The Braff Group. But additional data point to a resurgence.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hospice transactions are facing a new world of challenges during a time when M&A activity is projected to ramp up after recent lulls. More founders who began their organizations when the Medicare Hospice Benefit was established in the 1980s are reaching retirement. Who’s going to receive the proceeds?

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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. About 143,284 Medicare decedents utilized hospice in Texas in 2021, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space, and providers can learn from that prior experience. This is according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), who spoke Thursday in a Relias webinar.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Though hospice is a smaller segment for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. Aveanna’s home health and hospice segment has had mixed results thus far this year, but saw recent improvement, along with its other service lines, last quarter. It provides home health, hospice, private duty and personal care.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

AUGUST 3, 2024

Ensuring Safety in Home Health & Hospice Care: A Commitment to Excellence The importance of safety in the workplace for healthcare providers cannot be overstated.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Ensuring Safety in Home Health & Hospice Care: A Commitment to Excellence The importance of safety in the workplace for healthcare providers cannot be overstated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice and home health care providers’ recruitment and retention strategies have narrowed their focus on workers’ key priorities, with organizational culture among the heaviest hitters on their lists. Like many health care providers, Accurate saw nursing turnover rise during the pandemic, with volumes improving since.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

NYSE: EHAB) is seeing staffing-related capacity constraints start to ease despite a rocky quarter for its hospice segment. The company hired 101 full-time nurses during the first quarter, including 91 in home health and 10 in hospice. Revenue for its hospice segment dipped slightly year-over-year to $49.3

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? Now I would say that PACE is more where hospice was in the 90s.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Today’s health care environment is flooded with data, but hospice leaders should include three types of indicators in mind as they assess their performance. Numbers like costs-per-day, payer-specific margins, and measures of community support can paint a picture of an organization’s position, executives told Hospice News.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

OCTOBER 23, 2024

National Physical Therapy Month: Celebrating the Impact of Physical Therapy in Home Health Care October is National Physical Therapy Month, a time to celebrate the incredible work that Physical Therapists (PTs) do every day to enhance the lives of our patients.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

Some hospice owners have been selling their businesses soon after securing a license. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen program integrity for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “I

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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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AT Home Care & Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Social workers provide support and act as advocates for patients who are working through psychological, health, family, and financial struggles. They can often refer patients The post Social Workers in Home Health appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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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. We then started seeing the greater degree of impact,” Dombi told Hospice News. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

NASDAQ: PNTG) is on the hunt for hospice acquisitions as previously record-high price tags in the market trend downward. The home health, hospice and senior living company aims to pursue acquisition opportunities across all of its service lines. Valuations in hospice are becoming more realistic.”

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

Hospices considering a sale should not underestimate their value proposition by limiting their focus on revenues and margins. With hospice M&A staying hot, a host of operational and financial pressures — coupled with record-high valuations in the space — has driven a range of providers to consider selling.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. This was Humana Inc.’s

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

While home health operators brace for the impact of the meager 2023 reimbursement rates, hospices likewise must prepare for a ripple effect. base rate payment increase for home health care in 2023. When you look at who provides home health and hospice, you have a lot of providers that do both.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Social workers provide support and act as advocates for patients who are working through psychological, health, family, and financial struggles. They can often refer patients The post Social Workers in Home Health appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most impactful forces that will shape the space in the coming year. CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Ward, who has worked in hospice since 1992, also serves as the COO of Alivia Care. Ward: Quite accidentally.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2023

s (NYSE: EHAB) hospice growth plans. Labor has been a big “swing factor” in Enhabit’s ability to sustain and grow its services, particularly on the hospice side, CEO Barbara Jacobsmeyer recently indicated. Enhabit operates roughly 100 hospice locations and around 252 home health locations in 34 states.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Regulators have been keeping an increasingly close watch on hospice providers, and this may intensify in 2023. Moving into next year, hospices have a spectrum of crucial issues on their plates. Hospice will have a lot going on in the regulatory space next year. What do hospices need to be focused on and ready for?

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Hospice acquisition volumes and price tags have hit record highs for several years running. While a sizzling hospice market saw a cooled start this year, merger and acquisition activity is still outpacing other health care sectors. How has the hospice market been shaping up this year compared to others?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) is running against the wind right out of the gates due to labor and capacity constraints — but remains poised for hospice acquisitions as the rest of this year unfolds. Enhabit currently operates 99 hospice locations and 252 home health locations across 34 states.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) are moving forward on the integration of their combined new organization. Announced in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Barbara Jacobsmeyer as of July 1 became the first CEO of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) as an independent, standalone company. Enhabit emerged from the spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment, which completed in July. billion to $1.12

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