Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Rising competition in the hospice space has fueled pivotal changes in end-of-life care delivery both for better and for worse, according to Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley Executive Director Debbie Shumway. We began in 1977 as a nonprofit hospice, and we are still a nonprofit today.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2025

Stymied Medicaid reimbursement for nursing home room and board could threaten access to care for hospice patients in California and possibly other states. When caring for patients in nursing homes, hospices typically pay for their room and board with the expectation that they will be reimbursed by Medicaid for those expenses.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

The hospice industry is undergoing a transformative period of rising demand and regulatory changes. Levy recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss the array of regulatory and legislative evolutions on the horizon in hospice care delivery. I was promoted chief government affairs officer in 2023.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently elaborated on its plans to expand public education campaigns designed to help protect hospice beneficiaries from fraudulent actors in the space. Program integrity concerns have heated up in the hospice industry.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2025

Underserved patient populations are facing a growing deficit when it comes to accessing quality, inclusive hospice care at the end of life. When we look specifically at hospice, we still have a lot of gaps to close [and] we continue to see two significant disparities, Bloom said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Florida.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Hospices see improved quality and operational efficiency as their biggest return on technology investments in three key areas. Keeping pace with the evolving technology landscape can be pivotal for hospices sustainability as rising demand pressurizes workforces, Pathek indicated. Croix Hospice.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A guilty plea has been filed in a hospice fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Medicare for $17 million in false claims. Fichidzhyan was among the five individuals that the FBI arrested in June 2024 in connection with the hospice fraud and money laundering scheme. Justice Department.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memo to accreditation bodies and state agencies advising surveyors to watch out for potential hospice fraud. These actions were spurred by a rash of fraudulent hospices that have emerged primarily in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Staff development, technology adoption and steady organic growth are top priorities for Family Hospice CEO Charles Hall as he takes the helm at that organization. Family Hospice was founded by Jack Draughon and Mark Kempsey three years ago. My father had been in hospice. Army officer.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Improved patient and staff satisfaction are among the most significant returns on investment for hospices that are pouring greater resources into trauma-informed training. This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Shaarawy provides internal and family medicine, palliative care and hospice services and operates a private practice in Canoga Park, California. Shaarawy denied allegations that he had any affiliation or managerial control with Valley Pacific Hospice, which according to the allegations posed “undue risk” of Medicare fraud, waste and abuse.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2025

Social media has emerged as a crucial engine for hospice marketing, allowing them to reach consumers directly rather than through a referral source. Hospices can post on social media with a few clicks of a mouse, but marketing effectively via those channels requires a bit more thought.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. Hospice of the Ozarks also has a veterans program and offers pet therapy services. DBA Hope HealthCare Services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Several executives are stepping into new roles at hospice organizations across the country as the new year draws near. Brand was previously senior vice president of hospice and palliative care at New York-based VNS Health, holding a similar role at CareCentrix prior to that. Nasdaq: PNTG). million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2025

Hospices strategies to support family caregivers have room for improvement when it comes to addressing the broad range of these individuals unmet emotional and logistical needs. Outreach to family caregivers is hugely effective and very under-utilized, Kudner told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Auditors are raising new questions around two common issues in hospices Medicare claims documentation supporting patient eligibility and the physician narrative. However, auditors have increasingly requested more information to support the physician narrative explanation in addition to the regulatory requirements, according to Nowicki.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

For Hope Hospice, prescribing habits were fine. An affiliate of Chapters Health System, Hope Hospice, based in Fort Myers, Florida, was looking for ways to optimize their ordering habits particularly for drugs that could be deprescribed or that have effective lower-cost alternatives.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2025

If they end as planned, hospice providers, as well as patients and families, could face potentially detrimental impacts, according to several hospice leaders. The continuing resolution preserved the flexibility allowing hospices to perform face-to-face recertifications through telehealth. Hospice News photo by TBAR Productions.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Colorado-based hospice provider collaborative Care Synergy has formed a joint venture with RCC Medical Equipment Co. Care Synergy emerged in 2021 as a regional collaborative of hospice companies. Care Synergy emerged in 2021 as a regional collaborative of hospice companies. This includes patients of Care Synergys affiliates.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has not responded to congressional concerns about the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). Set for 2025 implementation, the SFP promises to identify hospices delivering poor quality care and target them for improvement remedies. Van Duyne told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Patient data protection and telehealth compliance are key pieces for hospices to bear in mind when navigating technology partnerships in a post-pandemic regulatory landscape. Hospices are facing regulatory concerns since the COVID-19 public health emergency ended (PHE) on May 11 that have centered around telehealth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 15, 2025

An estimated six hospice deals took place in Q3 of last year, with six home health and 11 home care also completed, Mertz Taggart reported. A total of 30 hospice transactions were completed in 2023, compared to 19 deals as of the end of 2024s third quarter, the report found. Private equity transactions represented half of these deals.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. But things that we didn’t understand were palliative actually are services many hospices are providing to communities.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

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. The organization became an affiliate of the Indiana-based provider Center for Hospice Care in 2017.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2025

Care coordination between providers: Thyme Care coordinates with a members oncologist, primary care physician and other specialists to ensure everyone has the right information at the right time to make informed care decisions. Thyme Cares comprehensive approach to cancer care is particularly important for palliative care needs.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In today’s hospice environment, providers are continually asked to do more with less. The Impact of AI on Hospice Operations AI’s impact on hospice care is accelerating, primarily due to its capacity to streamline processes and reduce the administrative workload for staff. Enter artificial intelligence (AI).

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

Hospices have widened the breadth of ways they leverage technology including artificial intelligence-assisted (AI) patient therapies to boost quality and use of predictive analytics to improve access and length of stay. Hospices need a firm understanding when it comes to both the impacts and types of cybersecurity threats, she indicated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2024

Federal regulators should increase scrutiny of private equity activity in the hospice space, according to the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). The organization recently submitted comments in response to a Request for Information from the U.S. compared to 6% for nonprofits, according to NPHI.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Pennant is the holding company for a group of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states. The company currently holds 115 hospice and home health agencies and 54 senior living providers as independent subsidiaries.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

Hospices combat both operational and financial challenges as they seek to grow and evolve their veteran programs around the diverse and complex needs of patients and their families. I think that’s a challenge that a lot of hospices run into.” Graveran is also a veteran.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will give hospices a 3.8% The rule also increases the hospice aggregate cap for next year by a corresponding 3.8% The rule also contains a model for phasing in changes to the way CMS will use the wage index to inform payment rates in future years. to $32,486.92.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Blue Ridge Hospice Welcomes New VP of IT Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice has named Mohamad Hamad as its new vice president of information technology. Technology will play a key role in Blue Ridge Hospice’s ability to grow and sustain its services in the face of rising demand, according to President and CEO Jason Parsons.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. There is scrutiny on hospice care [that’s] setting the stage for the next phase of what hospice oversight looks like.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Dr. Kate Brazzale, the chief medical officer at Suncoast Hospice in Florida, agrees. Patients have greater access to information about their condition, for example. The post The Emergence of Integrative Therapies in Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Hospices need to understand the range of risks involved in qui tam cases and how best to navigate whistleblower concerns amid an evolving regulatory landscape. Whistleblowers play a huge role in False Claims Act cases,” Porter told Hospice News. “If Health care-related cases made up $1.8 billion of the $2.68

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 12, 2025

Hospice care is an option for someone who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and a life expectancy of six months or less. Your family can arrange hospice care at a hospital, inpatient hospice facility, long-term care facility, or home. People often choose hospice at home because its a familiar, relaxed environment.

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