Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

Croix Hospice cares for over 4,000 patients from more than 60 locations in 10 Midwestern states. “Health care providers have been closing their doors across rural America, and Iowa is no exception,” Kim Kirschbaum, St. In 2019, people 65 or older represented 17.5% All told St. of the state’s population. The post St.

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MARCH 21, 2023

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion in savings for Medicare in 2019, while providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. That’s what hospice has done for more than 40 years.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Researchers from New Jersey-based Rutgers University’s School of Nursing have found that patient preferences leaned toward home-based hospice services following home health experiences. million Medicare decedents who died in 2019. million Medicare decedents who utilized hospice in 2019, about 591,272 had dementia, the research found.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Justice Department has indicted Eduardo Lopez, a former hospice executive and current senior vice president of a private equity firm, for violations of the Sherman Act. Lopez is charged with agreeing to “suppress and eliminate competition” for nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019, the U.S. Justice Department has indicated.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

Kelly Grahovac, general manager ,The Van Halem Group As utilization climbs, so does the amount of dollars CMS spends on hospice care, spurring agencies to step up enforcement in an effort to control costs. Medicare hospice expenditures rise by about $1 billion annually, according to CMS. million.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A federal judge has sentenced Jesus Virlar-Cadena, formerly a medical director for the Texas-based hospice company Merida Group, to 50 months in prison for his role in a $152 million scheme. The Texas Medical Board suspended his medical license in 2019, when he pleaded guilty to the fraud charges.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

of Wisconsin’s overall population during 2019, according to the U.S. More than 35,000 people received hospice care in Wisconsin in 2021, according to the U.S. Croix cares for over 4,000 patients from 60 locations in 10 Midwestern states. ” Adults 65 and older accounted for 17.5%

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

In 2019, LifeTouch was in the red for a similar amount. Williamson Hospice House, because few patients in their region were receiving care outside of their homes. In its place, the organization made agreements with local hospitals to provide inpatient hospice care in their facilities.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

.” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC). The non-hospice Part A and Part B spend in particular reached rose to $883 million last year, a 28.9% bump from FY 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

. “Older rural residents may experience limited access to health care compared to their more urban counterparts, and our new Clarinda location will provide increased hospice access to patients living in southwestern Iowa.” In 2019, people 65 or older represented 17.5% of the state’s population.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. For instance, the VA allows patients to receive hospice care concurrently with other medical treatments.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

After an acquisition by a public company, hospices saw a 1.4% HCC scores are designed to predict the costs associated with a patient’s care. Patients with lower HCC scores often need hospice care for longer periods of time, though their care needs may be less intensive or complex.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Since then, he has sponsored a number of bills designed to improve the quality of hospice care as well as combat fraud in the space. He has co-led a number of bipartisan initiatives to improve program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, often in partnership with Van Duyne. Jacky Rosen Sen.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, other hospices diversify and expand their inpatient service capabilities. Shifting care preferences are another driving force behind the closure, according to MercyOne.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

South Dakota-based health system Sandford Health is collaborating with the Good Samaritan Society to serve patients in their homes through a mobile clinic, which among other services offers additional support to patients in hospice. The clinic launched in 2020, initially serving 14 locations.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Death doulas can help facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discussing advance care planning, hospice election and advocate for the patient’s wishes in their final days. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A swelling demand for hospice in the community spurred the unit’s development. Francis Reflections Melbourne Care Center includes a private bathroom and overnight space for loved ones.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

NPHI also raised questions about the algorithm that CMS would use to select hospices for its new Special Focus Program (SFP), which is set for a 2024 implementation. 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. million annually. “Our

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

At least 49 programs statewide provided community-based palliative care during 2019, reported the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Additionally, a little more than three-quarters (76.6%) of larger hospitals in the state reported offering some type of palliative care that year, according to CAPC. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care. Among the 1.6

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Medicare Advantage plans do not currently cover hospice care outside of the value-based insurance design model demonstration, often called the MA hospice carve-in. However, providers often work with MA plans to support upstream services like palliative care, home health, or PACE.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Researchers have identified a number of clinical benefits, including reduction of anxiety, depression and improved acceptance of mortality, according to a 2019 literature review in the journal Current Oncology. Fratkin, California-based palliative care specialist, stated.

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MARCH 29, 2023

In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 days, according to a report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Strengthening hospice reporting requirements to align with the requirements for nursing homes and hospitals providing extended care will provide CMS with the information necessary to ensure that hospice care providers are taking appropriate steps within the scope of their authority to protect vulnerable individuals,” GAO indicated in a report.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

One of the defining principles of hospice care is honoring the wishes of terminally ill patients. Now, with increasing frequency, a health care provider’s failure to honor those directives can lead to litigation or penalties by regulators. This can prevent or delay hospice care for individuals who chose to receive it. .

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

– July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? – What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? Article Contents: July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? Questions abounded.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 15, 2022

(Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the 2022 edition of NHPCO Facts and Figures , an annual report on key data points related to the delivery of hospice care, including information on patient characteristics, location and level of care, Medicare hospice spending, and hospice providers.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

. “CMS’ decision to progress using a flawed methodology for the SFP algorithm will threaten the ability of millions of older adults and other hospice beneficiaries to access quality hospice care,” the organizations said in the statement. CMS convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to help design the program.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

Carroll and Merelli founded Deathwives in 2019 to assist families facing the death of a loved one. Deathwives was formed in 2019. After my grandfather died with at-home hospice care, I thought the things I was doing in the birth world could be translated to the death space. We have both been hospice volunteers.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Clinical practice guidelines are more clear regarding the initiation of medications, but often unclear about when discontinuation is safe and appropriate, a 2019 study in the journal Clinical Medicine indicated. The joint report published in March found that hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The deal is intended to improve care collaborations, quality and reduce reliance on expensive facility-based care for seniors in Utah, according to the company announcement. The rising demand for serious illness and hospice care coupled with rising costs of delivering are a “major concern” statewide, according to the report. “A

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2023

million in FY 2019 But UPICs and hospice providers sometimes disagree on what constitutes an improper payment. The overpayment issues that result in millions for hospices can sometimes feel like a disconnect between data analysis and identifying problems around credible information,” Pekarske said. “The

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Texas-based Dell Children’s Medical Center and has partnered with Hand to Hold to strengthen mental health support for families receiving home-based pediatric hospice care. The two organizations last December piloted an in-hospital support program for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) families in Austin, Texas. “We

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Bringing down acute care utilization is also a key quality indicator for providers participating in alternative payment models or demonstrations, including ACO programs and the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Valley Health System’s services include inpatient and outpatient programs, along with home care services such as hospice, palliative, skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapies, among others. ALC Hospice Care Names COO. I took on the challenge.

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