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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

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Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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Three Key Gauges of Hospice Business Performance

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Rising expenses caused widespread margin compression among hospices during 2022, particularly those associated with wages and salaries, recruitment and retention, fuel and general inflation. “We’re Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO, Alivia Care. Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care + Hospice. “We

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

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A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. billion, a rate of 12%, Noridian indicated.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

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Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. MedPAC June 2022 report to Congress included similar findings, according to the commission’s Executive Director James E.

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Addus Orients M&A Strategy Away From Hospice, Towards Home Health, Personal Care

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Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. Texas-based Addus provides personal, home health and hospice care across 207 locations in 22 states, reaching roughly 46,500 patients annually.

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

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In January, hospice organizations began sounding the alarm on similar activity in other states — Arizona, Texas and Nevada. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. It would make sense that they would try to do something similar for hospice.”

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UnityPoint VP Agnew: Educate Patients, Clinicians to Expand Hospice

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Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations.

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