Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“Aetna remains focused on providing benefits and services to help our members age in the place that is best for them – whether that is with caregivers or without, in a family home or in a senior living community,” Terri Swanson, president of Medicare for Aetna, told Hospice News in an email. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Compassus and VNS Health have formed a value-based collaboration aimed at improving access, awareness and quality of hospice and palliative care services. The two home-based care organizations are joining forces in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model partnership. Recently, the U.S.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The organization, through several home care brands, offers hospice, home health and personal care, along with pediatric services and clinical decision support. The company provides care to nearly 120,000 patients annually across 30 locations in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Seniors 65 and older represent 18.4%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Addus earlier this month closed a $350 million acquisition of Gentivas personal care business. Though Addus has focused on growing its personal care and home health services, hospice remains a pillar of its strategy. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fueled a total of $1.4

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

In 2022, more than 907,000 Medicare hospice decedents were older than 85, out of 1.7 million total patients, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home. But the most successful hospices in the senior living arena are those who can offer a larger continuum of care, according to Ponder Stansel.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2025

Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents 52.23% in Texas in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. New Day Healthcare provides hospice, home heath, pediatrics, clinical decision support and personal care to more than 150,000 patients annually from 33 locations across Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2025

Traditional Medicare only reimburses for physician and licensed independent practitioner services and does not support the full range of interdisciplinary care. Thus, securing payer contracts is a top priority for Journey of Care at its outset. In-person care is also backed by telehealth support.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

We are a national provider in the post-acute space, offering health care across a continuum of services, so everything from personal care to home health to palliative to hospice. On the growth front, we are one of the few national providers in the post-acute space that offers comprehensive care across a continuum.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

health care market, according to a report that Bank of America (BofA) Global Research shared with Hospice News. The hospice market will grow at an annual rate of 7% to 8%, making it the second-fastest growing health care segment nationwide, trailing only behind personal care, according to findings in the report.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Addus HomeCare Corporations (Nasdaq: ADUS) purchase of Gentivas personal care segment is bearing fruit as the company drives forward on its acquisition strategy in 2025. Propellants of growth Addus provides home care services to roughly 61,500 individuals across 257 locations in 23 states. million in the Q4 of 2024, a 7.5%

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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

JULY 10, 2024

“Building on our long-standing commitment to providing compassionate, patient-centered care to our communities and leveraging the breadth and experience of Alternate Solutions Health Network, our caregivers will be well-positioned to offer patients even more convenient and personalized care options.” This is a rise from 17.8%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

Strategic priorities for Texas-headquartered Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) continue to focus on personal care and home health and less on hospice as the company waits for the dust to settle following its Gentiva personal care acquisition. Addus offers personal care, hospice and home health.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Virginia-based nonprofit capitalized the program largely through philanthropic donations Participants in the program will receive preventative, primary, acute and long-term health and personal care services, including social activities. Investing in PACE programs has benefits for hospices, but also comes with risks.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The following year, the insurance giant divested Kindred’s hospice and personal care segments, selling a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CDR) for $2.8 This led to the development of the company’s Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program, which is housed within its palliative care arm Empatia.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has agreed to acquire Heartland Hospice and other assets from the home-based care company ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8 Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

All told, he has more than 22 years of experience with value-based health care and payment models, including Medicare Advantage, according to a Humana press release. Humana is the second-largest operator of Medicare Advantage plans, representing 18% of that market, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. billion deal.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As the dust settles from its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM) seeks to further expand into value-based care as both a provider and a payer. On the payer side, Humanais developing value-based reimbursement models designed to support Medicare patient populations.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Washington-headquartered Family Resource Home Care recently acquired personal care provider Companion Care, Inc., Family Resource provides end-of-life, respite and personal care, along with services such as medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, companionship and dementia support.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The private equity firms Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Tacoma Holdings have recapitalized the home-based care provider Frontpoint Health. Frontpoint provides home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets. Financal terms were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Texas-headquartered Choice Health at Home has entered the personal care space with the acquisition of Instant Care of Arizona for an undisclosed sum. More than 58% of Medicare descendants in Arizona elected hospice during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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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

JULY 24, 2023

The organization includes a network of 13 hospitals, 2,600 physicians, a health plan, 400 skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, memory care communities and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. billion divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“Like many other hospice and home health programs across the nation, as the national health care worker shortage continues and the cost of health care staff and other expenses skyrocket, we are finding it increasingly difficult to manage the rising costs of doing business.”. Personal care and social work referrals will also end.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. Demographics are driving demand for hospice in Oklahoma. Seniors 65 and older represent 17.7% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2022

billion sale of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, divesting a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Soon thereafter, the company announced plans to divest the hospice and personal care segment. (NYSE: HUM) has completed its $2.8 Humana will retain the remaining 40%.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Frontpoint, a portfolio company of Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Tacoma Holdings, is an emerging provider of home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. This acquisition is commensurate with our growth strategy to leverage our strong personal care presence and add clinical services.”. for an undisclosed sum.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Texas-headquartered Addus provides personal care, home health and hospice services in 22 states. Addus acquisition strategy focuses on pairing its clinical services with its personal care business across its existing markets. The companys expansion has been driven by a mix of organic and inorganic growth.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

The bill’s introduction follows legislation floated last year that proposed to expand Medicare coverage of telehealth and make permanent some of the flexibilities implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Currently set to sunset Dec.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, offering hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. There are states for us to fill in.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For starters, the company is going full-speed ahead on palliative care, delivered through its subsidiary Contessa Health. Amedisys yesterday announced a partnership with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to cover those services, as well as a forthcoming divestiture of its personal care segment to HouseWorks — excluding its Florida operations.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Addus has a personal care presence in Ohio, and co-locating its clinical operations with those locations is a key component of its home health and hospice growth strategy, Allison said. Demographics are driving up a need for serious illness and end-of-life care in Ohio. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. Its personal care services reached $183.4 Addus last year began to reorient its strategic growth plans away from hospice and more towards home health and personal care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2023

Carelon is the health care services brand of the insurance company Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV), previously known as Anthem. CareMore, also an Elevance subsidiary, provides advanced primary care to more than 100,000 Medicare Advantage and Medicaid patients in nine states, as well as offering palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

South Dakota-based Avera@Home recently formed a joint venture with personal care provider Kore Cares in a move that grew its service line and geographic reach in the state. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Now, with our 10 locations statewide, coupled with a strong, solid network of caregiving professionals throughout all our service areas, we are well-positioned to meet the home health care and hospice needs of Texans.”. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in the state runs high and reached 52.1%

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