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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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

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

JANUARY 31, 2025

Referrals from senior living and assisted living facilities, hospital systems and palliative care programs are also expected to significantly drive growth. The fewest number of referrals were expected from home health agencies (3%), joint venture partners or sister organizations (2%) and personal care programs (2%).

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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. People would suffer. There are tricky elements related to issues of that intersection of best practices for symptom control.”

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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 believe Noble Hospice has a business model and standard of care that will stand the test of time.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services. The nonprofit provides home care, hospice, advance care and supportive and palliative care across northern Florida and southern Georgia.

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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. A large concern is whether there will be enough hospice and palliative care providers to keep pace with demand, according to Brian Tanquilut, equity analyst in health care services at investment banking company Jeffries LLC.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Intrepid has two locations in Beaumont, Texas, where the company provides home-based hospice, palliative and supportive care services. The company provides hospice care at home through its location in Joplin, Missouri. New Day launched in 2020 by a group of former hospice and home health professionals.

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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. It’s evolving.”

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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. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2025

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare provides hospice, home health, personal and palliative care across 32 states and in the District of Columbia. AccentCare also offers non-medical services, care management and veterans services. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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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. 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

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

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

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

. “WelbeHealth is delivering critical services to vulnerable seniors and their family members like memory care rooms and transportation,” Meg Barron, executive director at WellbeHealth, said in a statement. The inpatient center has provided care to nearly 11,258 patients and families since opening in 1997. . The hospice’s W.

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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

MARCH 18, 2025

The goal of the BreatheEazy program is to actively manage symptoms, maintain patients in the comfort of their home and reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Madlem and Mastrojohn told Palliative Care News in an email. All of CHCs nurses are trained in pediatric palliative care delivery.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That roughly eight-year stretch as CEO was likewise marked by the purchase of Contessa, a company built to shift higher-acuity care into the home, including palliative care services. “We 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

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

JANUARY 31, 2025

The report surveyed thousands of home health, hospice, palliative and home care professionals nationwide about their technology investments in 2025. Its not a decision made lightly but with thought, knowing that the [return on investment (ROI) is huge.

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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. Other services available include 24/7 access to personal care, assistance with activities of daily living, medication management and respite care.

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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

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

JANUARY 22, 2025

Agrace provides hospice, palliative and supportive care across 19 counties in Wisconsin. Additionally, the office will be the central hub for Milwaukee-based patient care coordination, administrative support, team meetings, volunteer coordination and staff training and education. Established in 1978 as HospiceCare Inc.,

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Rotella began his medical career as a primary care physician in a small, rural town in central New Hampshire, where he stayed for 12 years. He saw health care practitioners “running away” from patients like these and began to wonder who was running toward them. It has just seen so much growth in hospice and palliative care.

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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

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. for $85 million earlier this year.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Two of the nation’s largest hospice and home-based care industry organizations are merging and have announced a combined board that will guide the transition. Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Lloyd, president and CEO, Delaware Hospice, Inc.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. care services for?patients ” Washington-based Providence Health System provides a range of facility- and home-based care, including senior services and hospice.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Virtual palliative services can be as effective as in-person care in helping to improve quality of life among patients with lung cancer, recent research has found. The] findings underscore the potential to increase access to evidence-based early palliative care through telehealth delivery.” Currently set to expire Dec.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A major achievement during Rodgers’ tenure at the Dallas-based hospice, home health and palliative care provider was the company’s 2020 merger with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative. The company operates more than 260 locations in 31 states, caring for 210,000 patients and families annually.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks offers home-based services across the same 40-mile geographic region, including skilled nursing, personal care, respite, medical social services and rehabilitation therapies. Formerly Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, VIA Health Partners currently serves 32 counties in North and South Carolina.

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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. Its parent organization also operates senior living, pharmacy, development, independent living, personal care, assisted living and memory care businesses, among others.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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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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AUGUST 14, 2023

Led by co-founder and CEO Travis Messina, Contessa Health became an innovator in the palliative care arena, with the company’s success reflected in its multiple health system joint ventures. Messina – who left the Contessa CEO role this spring – is now looking to replicate that success elsewhere.

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