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Angels Care Hospice Expands Services to Fill Regional Gaps

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Mansfield, Texas-based Angels Care Hospice has set the ball rolling on expanding to two additional counties, reaching areas that have lacked a provider for more than a decade. Angels Care is a portfolio company of AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc. Angels Care is a portfolio company of AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

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Effective May 1, the North Carolina-based hospital UNC Health Southeastern (UNC) will transfer ownership of its community-based hospice operations to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. Cape Fear LifeCare will also assist UNC by providing palliative care consultations within the hospital. About 585 died while receiving hospice care that year.

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CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. The recently proposed 2024 hospice payment rule contained a 2.8% In Fiscal Year 2022, routine home care accounted for 98.8% As many as 72.2%

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

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Some hospice owners have been selling their businesses soon after securing a license. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation.

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Hospices Seek Stronger Ties with Underserved Asian Communities

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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in hospice and palliative care have been persistent problems in the field for decades, including among communities of Asian origin. To help providers close some of those gaps, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released a new Chinese American Resource Guide. .

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SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain: Don’t Lose Sight of Patients in the Quest for Value

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For better or worse, value-based care may be the most influential concept in 21st Century health care. And with the advent of new payment models, hospices are no longer on the outside of those programs looking in. billion Medicare Advantage (MA) organization that covers more than 270,000 members.

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