Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Our Hospice of South Central Indiana has added a personal care program to its service offerings. The nonprofit hospice providers new personal care business will complement its hospice and palliative care services across its 22 county service area in its home state.

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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. In the future, we hope to expand the services and resources to our home-based palliative care program, Kaleidoscope.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gentiva’s personal care business for about $350 million. Gentiva’s personal care segment brings in annual revenues of close to $280.0 Gentiva is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR).

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

has acquired Noble Hospice and Palliative Care for an undisclosed amount. Northrim is in the process of building out its home-based care platform, with Phoenix-headquartered Noble becoming its first hospice acquisition. We are big believers that the best long-term care meets patients where they are.” Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

AccentCare is primed for further hospice growth, with both health system joint ventures and de novo activity as twin cornerstones of its strategy. Dallas-headquartered AccentCare provides hospice, home health, personal and palliative care across 32 states and in the District of Columbia.

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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. million licensed beds, according to the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). Were looking at assisted living, senior living, that sort of thing, Ponder Stansel told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rising demand and demographic tailwinds are propelling rapid growth in both the hospice and palliative care markets. These markets are growing partly because of demographic trends and partly because of increasing acceptance of both palliative and hospice,” Tanquilut told Hospice News. “As billion by 2030, a rise from $34.5

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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. Survey respondents included nearly 330 hospice and palliative care industry professionals, including owners, executive leaders and managers, among others.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. Heartland Hospice is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, with locations in 26 states. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

“The LIFE program is a great example of Empath Health Full Life Care,” President and CEO Jonathan Fleece said in an announcement shared with Hospice News. “We We meet seniors where they are, providing the support and health care they need to maintain their quality of life in their homes, all the while helping guide their caregivers.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

A few hospice executives have recently announced their retirement as new leaders step forward at a number of organizations. Texas-headquartered Addus provides personal care, home health and hospice services in 22 states. The companys expansion has been driven by a mix of organic and inorganic growth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Research by VNS Health has found that generative AI systems can help clinicians better assess and predict patients’ palliative care needs. This gives nurses about a three-paragraph summary of medical history, implications for palliative care and what the potential follow ups or interventions might be appropriate.”

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Palliative care provider Tuesday Health has penned an agreement with the Medicare Advantage organization CareSource to offer services to its beneficiaries. Tuesday Health’s supportive care services operate on hybrid in-person and virtual models, according to Dr. Mihir Kamdar, head of care delivery of Tuesday Health.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

Telehealth’s value proposition is building in the palliative care realm as regulators mull policies around future utilization, leaving providers to navigate uncertain and potentially difficult challenges among patients. 31, these waivers included the ability for hospices to recertify patients via telehealth services.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. Patients can access palliative care through a number of inroads.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Joe Rotella, chief medical officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), calls on hospices to maintain their core principles amid a churning sea of regulatory and economic changes. He saw health care practitioners “running away” from patients like these and began to wonder who was running toward them.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Hospice and palliative care will be a “strong focus” of services provided at the new senior living facility, Heartlinks Adult Family Home, said Shelby Moore, the organization’s executive director. Heartlinks provides hospice and senior living services across two counties in southern Washington. million in 2023, a rise from $5.33

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The creation and subsequent partnership with Radiant Alliance will bring a hospice and palliative care company and senior living operator under the auspices of a payer. Metta Healthcare is the parent company of Ohio’s Hospice and the palliative care provider Pure Healthcare. We are the first to actually do it.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2024

Louis-based Dover Health has expanded into the Chicago region with the purchase of Centered Care Hospice and Palliative Care and Cornerstone Home Health. Dover Health is a subsidiary of the senior living and health care services operator The Dover Companies, which launched the home health and hospice business in March.

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Hospice News

JUNE 19, 2024

Silverstone came on the scene in 2020 as a standalone hospice after CEO Alfonso Montiel’s purchase and rebranding of Comfort Care Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Since then, the company has built a palliative care service and is developing a personal care business.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2024

As value-based reimbursement expands, palliative care will become increasingly important when it comes to improving outcomes and reducing costs. Primarily, Medicare reimburses for palliative care through fee-for-service payment programs that cover physician and licensed independent practitioner services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. Once among the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers, Humana Inc. The company has its roots in the former Kindred at Home.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

The Miriam Hospital is launching a program that combines palliative care and emergency medical services. The Rhode Island-based hospital is piloting a new approach for its emergency department (ED) patients that provides palliative care options for those with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice will soon add a third location to its geographic footprint in Oklahoma. The de novo will open this fall, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and serve hospice patients and their families across 11 surrounding counties. Demographics are driving demand for hospice in Oklahoma. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2024

More hospices nationwide have increasingly recognized the value proposition of expanding their reach into untapped and underserved populations and geographic markets. Croix Hospice, which serves 10 Midwest states. Turner is also CEO and partner of Nashville-based Heart’n Soul Hospice.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

During that time, he helped spearhead the company’s aggressive hospice expansion, epitomized by the industry-shaping acquisitions of Compassionate Care Hospice, AseraCare and other businesses. We think it’s transformative,” Kusserow said Tuesday at the Bank of America Securities Home Care Conference, referring to Contessa.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Chicago-based NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health is expanding its partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Technology and service diversification are two levers driving innovation in an evolving hospice landscape. Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. The solution is to redefine it.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Improving education and training for family caregivers may give hospices’ quality scores a boost. Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake has introduced a standardized caregiver training program designed to enhance the work they had previously done in this area.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The move marks an important milestone in the hospice providers push to expand its Midwest footprint. Agrace provides hospice, palliative and supportive care across 19 counties in Wisconsin. The hospice provider has unveiled a new office in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb in the predominantly urban Milwaukee County area.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2023

Through the JV, the two health care organizations are combining their home health and hospice operations in south Texas to form a new entity. AccentCare will take the lead on managing the home-based care business. This isn’t the health system’s first JV aimed at improved access to home-based care.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

The nation’s publicly traded hospice companies are primed for more acquisitions after a 2023 slump, fueled by census and growth. Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years. Case in point, VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

Ohio-based palliative care provider Pure Healthcare is collaborating with the nonprofit managed care organization CareSource to implement a new care management model designed to support chronically ill patients. We feel the innovation is really the marriage of that enhanced care management model.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Many home-based care workers often feel unsafe in their jobs, having a direct impact on hospice recruitment and retention. More than 50% of 400 home-based care employees said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of workplace violence or harassment in a recent report from Transcend Strategy Group.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

has acquired Trio Home Health Care and Hospice, growing its reach in the Lone Star State, which is a key focus area for the company. This latest acquisition fills our quest to expand our geographic footprint within our primary service areas,” said Jet Health CEO Stace Bratcher in a statement shared with Hospice News.

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