Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Grief support service lines can be an important pathway for hospices to reach communities outside of their patient populations. Ensuring that hospices bereavement programs are equipped to support grieving families of all walks takes thoughtful consideration and a two-pronged strategic approach, she stated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Expanded hospice spiritual care training could lead to improved goal-concordant care delivery. Gaps in communication training exist for hospice chaplains, according to Edward Penate, palliative care chaplain-educator at Northwestern Medicine.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The long term care company Mission Health Services has acquired Utah-based Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice. Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. The deal marks Mission’s first foray into the hospice space. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2025

Blue Ridge Hospice is rebranding under the name Blue Ridge Care to signify its expanded mission and scope of services. This includes Blue Ridges hospice and palliative care programs, its Center for Hope & Healing bereavement center and its subsidiary Blue Ridge Independence at Home Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Hospice providers have leveraged data in various ways to both identify and address the biggest barriers to access and unmet needs among underserved terminally ill patient populations. CBPR practices allow hospices to ask deeper questions beyond patient and family health care experiences, such as their values, beliefs and daily challenges.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Georgia-based Hospice Savannah Inc. Relatively few CAPABLE programs exist in the Southeast, according to Kathleen Benton, president and CEO of Hospice Savannah. Hospice Savannahs CAPABLE program is designed to help improve general safety, reduce falls and increase accessibility and improve functional abilities in the home.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

Hospices are traversing complex revenue cycle management processes that can hinder their ability to thrive amid growing demand, rising economic pressures and a complex regulatory environment. Croix Hospice. When you talk to hospice operators thats a real challenge in managing their back office.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Many hospices in 2025 are driving to expand in the senior housing and assisted living space. Many seniors are looking to assisted or senior living facilities as they age, Susan Ponder Stansel, CEO of Florida-based Alivia Care, said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Orlando, Florida. To me, that’s a great opportunity.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Some hospices have delved deeper into service diversification to improve timely access and expand their patient reach, while others remain focused on end-of-life care delivery. The San Antonio, Texas-headquartered company provides hospice, home health, veterans services, assisted living and skilled nursing services.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is ramping up its merger and acquisition activity in the home health and hospice space heading into next year. The Atlanta-headquartered company has set its strategic sights on both private duty nursing and hospice and home health, according to Aveanna CEO Jeff Shaner.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Blue Ridge Care Hospice is partnering with Laurel Ridge Community College to provide greater exposure to hospice care to students in its emergency medical services and nursing programs. The Virginia-based nonprofit expects the partnership to help bolster the hospice clinical workforce.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Long-time hospice leader Keith Everett will take the helm as CEO of ProCare Hospice in Nevada as the organizations previous leader, Dr. Clevis Parker, focuses on his role as chief medical officer. When it came to finding a new chief executive, Everett was at the top of his list, Parker told Hospice News. So I am super excited.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Chapters is one of the largest nonprofit hospice providers in the United States. Currently the company has achieved a turnover rate of 12% for nurses and 10% for CNAs. The post No One Left Behind: Building a Culture of Staff Retention in Hospice appeared first on Hospice News. Its way more than just dots on a map.

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2025

Hospices are unearthing new opportunities in the world of clinical workforce retention by taking a deeper examination of workers competing priorities. The pandemic took a tremendous toll on their nursing workforce, according to Cooper Linton, associate vice president of North Carolina-based Duke HomeCare and Hospice.

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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. Additionally, the companys home health and hospice revenues reached $54.4

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2025

Training interdisciplinary staff to identify and address patients nonmedical needs is a significant component of quality palliative care delivery, according to Dr. Tracy Romanello, medical director at Catholic Hospice and Catholic Palliative Care Services. Dr. Tracy Romanello at the Hospice News ELEVATE event.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2025

The seed for Texas-based Pallicare was planted at a chance meeting at a 2021 conference between Jonathan Fluhart, a management professional with a background in aerospace, technology, and hospice industries, and nurse practitioner Tiffany Hughes. PalliCare nursing staff have next-to-no turnover.

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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. The new count: nine.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2025

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) is propelling growth of its home health and hospice segment through strategic payer relationships, bolstered sales and referral teams and a growing patient census. We bolstered our sales team [and] even layered in some additional growth-oriented positions at home health and hospice.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2025

A range of new hospice executives have been recently tapped to lead organizations nationwide. AAHPM Announces New President-Elect Dr. Arif Kamal recently became the new president-elect of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). The hospice provider has inpatient care centers at Holy Cross Hospital, St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has revamped its respiratory care program for patients with lung disease after a temporary pause during the pandemic. Home-based hospice patients with primary pulmonary diagnoses are eligible to receive services through CHCs BreatheEazy program.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Croix Hospice has opened a new office in its home state to support clinical capacity during a time of expansion. Located in Eagan, Minnesota, the office will serve as a hub for the companys interdisciplinary hospice team in the area. Croix Hospices new location. In addition to hospice, St. Minnesota-headquartered St.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2024

In a tight labor market, nurses are looking for transparent leadership and strong performance on quality when choosing an employer. What’s more important than focusing on XYZ is continuing to have the finger on the pulse of the work nurses do,” DeFalco told Hospice News. There isn’t a specific list of priorities.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Gentiva has filed a lawsuit against Bristol Hospice alleging that a former employee violated agreements with the company, including those for noncompetition and confidentiality. Gentiva alleges that a registered nurse administrator disclosed trade secrets after leaving the company and securing employment with Bristol. NYSE: HUM).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Several hospice and health care organizations have appointed new leaders to take the helm during a time of growing demand nationwide. Calvary is the only hospital in the United States thats specifically dedicated to providing hospice and palliative care. Allais has also been a registered nurse at Hospital of St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hospice providers across the country have recently launched new inpatient facilities as 2025 unfolds. The new year may also bring closures of certain hospice programs. VITAS Opens 2 New Locations VITAS Healthcare on Wednesday announced the opening of its new inpatient hospice unit in Fort Worth, Texas. NYSE: CHE) subsidiary.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

What Hospice VBID means for Palliative Care Palliative cares future reimbursement streams may see impacts with the impending end of the hospice component of U.S. This included the addition of the hospice component in 2021, which was designed to test coverage of those services through Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2025

It was very important not just to be reactive to the health care workforce now, but also to help develop pipelines, Szolarova told Hospice News. The health system offers hospice, palliative, pediatric and skilled home health care across four counties and three cities in California. That is just the reality. Theres a place for them.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2024

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired the Corpus Christi, Texas-based hospice provider Nurses on Wheels Inc. Earlier this month Pennant acquired Utah-based South Davis Home Health and South Davis Hospice. We are excited to expand the reach of our hospice operations in south Texas,” said Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli in a statement.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Bristol Hospice has acquired St. The hospice provider has indeed been on a growth trajectory. In June 2024, Bristol Hospice acquired Mississippi-based Mid-Delta Hospice, a move that marked its entry into that state. The post Bristol Hospice Acquires St. Agatha Comfort Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

After more than a year of negotiations, the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) labor union has reached an agreement with PeaceHealth. In February, about 90 PeaceHealth home health and hospice participated in a strike between Feb. The nurses involved in the strike care for more than 500 patients.

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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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