Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Back in 2019 we were really looking at how we could enhance our presences, and how using end-of-life technology could help guide us to being at the right spot at the right moment for our patients,” Arnold told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Lopez is charged with agreeing to “suppress and eliminate competition” for nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019, the U.S. He was vice president at Sierra Hospice & Home Health from 2018 to 2019, while holding the same position at Community Home Health Care Las Vegas from 2017 to 2021. Justice Department has indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

While the slowdown applies to all buyers, the decline in private equity transactions is particularly noteworthy because they were among the most aggressive acquirers in the space between 2019 and 2022. One major contributing factor to the exit-deal slump is rising interest rates. In an effort to combat inflation, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

Croix Hospice cares for over 4,000 patients from more than 60 locations in 10 Midwestern states. In 2019, people 65 or older represented 17.5% of Wisconsin’s overall population during 2019, the U.S. All told St. The new Iowa location will serve a predominantly rural population, which historically have been underserved.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We proposed to identify a subset of 10% of hospice programs based on the highest aggregate scores determined by the algorithm. The hospices selected for the SFP from the 10% would be determined by CMS,” the agency indicated in the final rule. “To CMS convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to help design the program.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator. To help combat the issue of burnout, Wu and his team met with a facilitator in 2019 and co-designed a wellness program called Thrive by Design.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

of roughly 100 heart failure patients admitted to the West Haven, Connecticut-based VA hospital between October 2019 and September 2020, according to the study’s findings , recently published in the BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care journal. Palliative care was utilized by 6.5%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

of Wisconsin’s overall population during 2019, according to the U.S. Croix cares for over 4,000 patients from 60 locations in 10 Midwestern states. . “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.” ” Adults 65 and older accounted for 17.5%

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

Safety and quality concerns in hospice began surfacing in two 2019 reports from the U.S. a)(10) to require the AO to have policies and procedures for the prevention, handling of and notification of CMS when conflicts of interest arise, because on several occasions, AOs have failed to notify CMS of such conflicts of interest.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Based on those metrics, CMS will select those in the lowest 10% for the SFP. It could also mean that some providers who are doing a “decent” job may land in the SFP, ending up in that bottom 10% because poorer performers weren’t included in the data, McChesney said.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Congress included the language in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. CMS must provide additional information as to how it will decide which of the bottom 10% of hospices will be selected for the SFP,” NAHC indicated. “The million annually.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

To date, 39 states and the District of Columbia have adopted and implemented the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, and 10 have not, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The study included patients between the ages of 18 to 64 who were newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancers between 2010 and 2019.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

About 10% of seniors age 60 or older who live at home experience neglect or exploitation, according to the U.S. CMS has yet to agree with the recommendation, which GAO released today. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). NAHC also called on the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to NHPCO. The average length of stay for those patients reached 126 days in 2019, compared to 92.6 Longer lengths of stay do generate higher margins , the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported in 2019. NYSE: CHE), told Hospice News in 2019.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The 10-year collaboration will begin in January 2023 at 15 Walmart Health locations in Florida and Georgia and will gradually expand to new markets. For its part, Walmart in 2019 began a partnership with Amedisys Inc. Walmart Inc. NASDAQ: AMED) that included hospice care, which also launched in Georgia markets.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

Ryan was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a complex congenital heart defect, and underwent her first surgical repair at 10 months old, followed by a second at 13 years old. Both sisters were hired and started at the hospital within three months of each other, with Ryan beginning in June 2019, and her sister in September 2019.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

” UPMC in 2019 merged with Somerset Hospital. The 10-bed In Touch Hospice facility opened in 2009, seeing declining patient admissions during the past seven years, according to local news. With many more patients receiving care in their homes, we will continue to enhance our services to meet this need.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While the slowdown applies to all buyers, the decline in private equity transactions is particularly noteworthy because they were among the most aggressive acquirers in the space between 2019 and 2022. One major contributing factor to the exit-deal slump is rising interest rates. In an effort to combat inflation, the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We don’t believe that it’s going to accurately identify the bottom 10% of hospices,” Hoover told Hospice News. “We The legislation was developed in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. We don’t have confidence in the algorithm that they proposed.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Whilst preterm infants are known to tolerate vaccination and make a response which is considered to infer protection (9) it is recommended that extremely preterm infants undergo a period of monitoring post-vaccination due to an increased risk of apnoeic events (10). Available online: [link] [Accessed 06/10/2023]. 10(8); 583.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2023

In 2019, 50% of hospice patients received care for 18 days or less, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. About 25% were enrolled for five days or less and 10% for two days or less. A rapid response to referrals is a key value for referring organizations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

Across its business segments, the company plans to grow 10% annually through acquisitions, Allison indicated. The last major hospice transaction for Addus came early last year with its $85 million purchase of the Illinois-based nonprofit hospice provider JourneyCare Inc. This is in addition to anticipated organic growth.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

@AlwinP13 @UniofGreenwich In September 2021, the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) unveiled the inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, charting a 10-year course to position the UK as a “global AI superpower” 1. Available at: [link] (Accessed: 10 November 2023). Tan, G.S.W.,

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The new 10-bed inpatient unit is located on the second floor of the medical facility and features a home-like environment for patients and their families. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. Each patient room of the St. and 59.2%, respectively.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

OpusCare began its search for a location nearly six years ago and purchased the land in 2019, according to Roque-Velasco. The project, including construction, came with an estimated price tag between $10 million and $12 million.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

Deal flow in the industry last year remained historically strong despite lingering COVID and labor headwinds, but began to fall behind the levels seen during 2019 through early 2022. above average compared to the same periods in 2018 and 2019, according to the report. However, deal volumes are still 20.4%

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AUGUST 18, 2022

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Other states in the PolicyGenius top 10 included Idaho, Ohio, South Dakota, Maine, New Hampshire and Washington, with Illinois and Colorado tied for number seven. In 2019, the state enacted a palliative care law, aimed at identifying patients who could benefit from these services and making information more readily available to them.”.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Only 10 new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will offer home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit for 2023, but payers may be offering those services through other programs. Among Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, in-home support services and caregiver support saw the most year-over-year growth for 2023.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The SFP program was developed in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. The agency would select providers from the lowest 10% of performers based on its selected metrics. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

It includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than 500,000 members, a research institute and the Geisinger College of Health Sciences, which includes schools of medicine, nursing and graduate education. Kaiser serves more than 12.6 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia. billion in 2021.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies. Apple began providing services in Illinois in 1993, and currently has an annual revenue around $10 million.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2022

An overwhelming majority of hospice providers have seen costs of patient care rise 3% to 10% since 2019, and many expect further increases next year. This is prompting calls for Medicare to reconsider proposed 2023 reimbursement rates. .

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In a moral panic, a group of people are portrayed as posing a threat to themselves or society, thereby “justify[ing] intolerance and unfair treatment” of that group, while the “evidentiary standard” for treating them that way is lowered (9, 10). A moral panic can effectively sway public opinion to force a shift in public policy (9-11).

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

As of 2019, more hospice and palliative care fellows were planning to work in hospitals rather than the home setting, according to research from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Health Workforce Institute at The George Washington University.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As of 2019, the U.S. The following year Choice went on to complete 10 transactions within the hospice and home health space, including two Oklahoma-based companies, Alpha Home Health and Hospice and Angelic Hospice. Veterans programs and managed care organizations also have become more involved in the space.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

On the corporate side of things, they can sometimes be 10 steps ahead and have not given thought to the regulatory considerations, which can put some time constraints on your deal and could impact timing of closing and other things.”. The audit’s impetus comes from results of previous, less extensive inquiries.

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