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OCTOBER 27, 2021

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For Immediate Release: February 9, 2021 . Hospice Action Network Honors 2021 Congressional Champions. Alexandria, Va) – The Hospice Action Network (HAN), the advocacy affiliate of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization , is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Hospice Action Network Angel Award.

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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). Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

CMS launched the carve-in in 2021. Payer companies reported greater challenges in 2022 than those who participated in 2021, according to the RAND report. The program’s 2021 results showed a modest, across-the-board improvement in care quality, but to date these data were not assessed for 2022.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

of all Medicare decedents received one day or more of hospice care and were enrolled in hospice at the time of death during calendar year 2021, the most recent year for which data are available, according to Alix Ware, director of health policy for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2021, 1.71

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This recognition is reflective of each and every team member and the care and compassion they provide to those we serve,” said Lisa Kissell, CEO of Valeo Home Health and Hospice. Valeo was honored at the Best of SLC banquet held on June 14, 2021 at This Is The Place State Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

AAHPM will be holding the final Virtual Career Fair of 2021! AAHPM was represented by Nate Goldstein, Wendy-Jo Toyama, Rebecca Aslakson, and Katherine Ast, along with 10 AAHPM Research Scholars from 2019 and 2020. The retreat was a huge success. Mark your calendars to participate in the November 12 career fair. Register now to participate.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company, which does not yet have a stock symbol, raised the bar from when it initially filed in October 2021 with a $100 million listing. Historically a personal care company, BrightSpring stepped into the hospice space in February 2021 with its $775 million acquisition of Abode Healthcare from the private equity firm Summit Partners.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

increase in 2021. In 2021, the growth rate was 11.5%. growth in 2021. Economic patterns also reflect the growing presence of Medicare Advantage. Fee-for-service expenditures dropped 1.9% last year after a 3.8% But Medicare Advantage spending grew at a rate of 15.1% As of last year, 92% of the U.S. last year, after seeing 4.6%

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MARCH 8, 2024

But back in 2020 and 2021, your business could have some issues — maybe that length of stay a little longer than the past or you had some [Medicare payment] cap issues — buyers would overlook that and say, ‘we can fix it.’ “There’s no question due diligence is taking longer, and they’re going deeper.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. California’s Department of Justice (CDOJ) in 2021 issued a report detailing the state’s history of lax oversight.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

That was the conclusion of Sean Morrison’s welcome to the 2021 NPCRC Foley Retreat. Ernecoff, PhD, MPH. 2020 AAHPM Research Scholar Recipient. It has been a hard year, and the path forward remains uncertain — but we believe we will find a path.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Oncology nurses at Nebraska Medicine in 2021 began utilizing a palliative care screening assessment tool to help differentiate patients in need of general or specialized serious illness care. Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute also began integrating the ID-PALL tool in 2021.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1% The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. Worldwide, the percentage of home deaths rose to 32.2% in 2012–2013.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) Short notice, but yes, there will be a Pallimed/GeriPal virtual party this year. Never missed a year! Have we planned a lot around this? Do we want to see friends and colleagues and meet new people? Can we do it with minimal expectations? We hope so!

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This is down from 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021. Of the estimated 60-plus hospice transactions that occurred during 2021, at least 39, or 65%, were private-equity based, a rise from 56% in 2020, according to the Braff Group. These numbers are a far cry from the record-breaking PE volume of prior years.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. in 2021, the commission reported. MedPAC commissioners maintained that hospice payment levels were “favorable,” due to increases in utilization and length of stay, sufficient access to capital, investor interest in the space and margin data. decline from 2018.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 21, 2021

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

trillion in 2021, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These sources continue to provide funding in 2021, but at much lower levels and in 2020.”. economy in 2021, down from 19.7% billion in 2021. National health care expenditures in the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is down from 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021. Of the estimated 60-plus hospice transactions that occurred during 2021, at least 39, or 65%, were private-equity based, a rise from 56% in 2020, according to The Braff Group. These numbers are a far cry from the record-breaking PE volume of prior years.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

VitalCaring came on the scene in July 2021, when its three principal owners — April Anthony, former CEO of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice business, and the private equity firms Vistria Group and Nautic Partners — purchased an undisclosed home health agency in Louisiana.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Nasdaq: AMED), which purchased Contessa in 2021 for $250 million. This model personalizes care for acute and chronic conditions, while lowering costs and increasing patient satisfaction,” Messina said in October 2021 in an announcement regarding a palliative care joint venture with Henry Ford Health System.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Only three hospice deals took place in the third quarter of this year compared to 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021, according to data from the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group. Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years.

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APRIL 17, 2024

2021 letter, providing rebuttal statements supporting clinical eligibility for 45 of those patients. At the conclusion of the audit, OIG indicated that in 47 of 100 instances the clinical record did not support that the patients were terminally ill or that they needed the level of care that they received. This represented $11.2

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JUNE 14, 2023

of the nation’s gross domestic product by the end of that time frame, up from slightly more than 18% in 2021. in 2021” Fiore said. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% Hospital spending growth is expected to be 5.8% compared to 4.4%

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The results of the AAHPM Election were announced. View the newly elected 2022-2023 Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. The Board of Directors will begin their terms following the 2022 Annual Assembly. Congratulations to the new board and committee members! The full educational schedule for the Annual Assembly was released.

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million beneficiaries with continuous enrollment in traditional Medicare who received care across 576 health systems between 2019 and 2021–2022. A recent Health Affairs study has dug into the quality and cost impacts of telehealth utilization during the pandemic. Researchers examined more than 5.5

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This was down from nearly 100 in 2021, but was in line with 2020’s volume, according to a PitchBook report. A glut of hospice activity late in 2021 got last year off to a slow start as buyers worked to integrate their new assets and reassess their capital deployment strategies in light of rising inflation and labor costs.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Medicare Advantage program grew 8% between 2021 and 2022 — about 2.2 The program launched in 2021, coinciding with the height of the pandemic. Total Medicare enrollment hit 58.6 million in 2022, according to CMS. Of those, MA covers about 48%. million beneficiaries. Participation was small in year one.

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This would be a 33% increase from 2012 More than 32,200 Medicare decedents elected hospice in Massachusetts in 2021, according to the U.S. One contributing factor is that following a large spate of deals in 2021 and 2022 — fewer quality hospices are left on the market, the Mertz Taggart report indicated. Census Bureau projections.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“The main takeaway at this point we’re seeing is that participation grows overall, but also seeing that the utilization of the components services remains somewhat low as it was in 2021,” Driessen said. “On Hospice utilization in VBID CMS launched the carve-in at the beginning of 2021, and last month issued results of the RAND Corp.’s

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since its $250 million acquisition of Contessa Health in 2021, Amedisys has been positioning the subsidiary as a vehicle for innovation, reaching new frontiers in the small but growing high-acuity home care market. million in 2021. million during the final three months of last year, up from $2 million in Q4 2021.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

While consolidation slowed in 2023, many industry observers expect a rebound in 2024, though perhaps not to the record-breaking levels seen in 2021. Prior to his role at Transcend, he was senior vice president of marketing and communications for AccentCare, which merged with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2021.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Despite the limited avenues for reimbursement, the opportunity to expand into palliative care represents a golden goose for Contessa, potentially exceeding Amedisys’ expectations when it acquired the business in 2021 for $250 million. “I million during the final three months of last year, up from $2 million in Q4 2021. million to $562.0

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JANUARY 13, 2023

billion in Q4 2021. NYSE: HUM), which in 2021 purchased 100% ownership of Kindred at Home for $5.7 1, 2021, with 53 participating health plans. Its full-year 2022 revenue rose 27% year-over-year to $182.8 Consolidated fourth-quarter revenues for UnitedHealth Group totaled $82.8 billion in Q4, up 12% from $73.7

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AUGUST 4, 2022

million during the same period in 2021. They completed a record number of deals during 2021 — with the scales again tipping in favor of hospice over its home health business. million decline compared to Q2 2021, which they attributed to labor woes. million upsurge from 2021’s second quarter. This includes a 9.8%

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Bereavement care tech startup Empathy launched in 2021 with an app designed to help reduce the burden on grieving families and provide additional layers of emotional support. Empathy in April 2021 secured $13 million in seed money, with the venture capital firms General Catalyst and Aleph as the lead investors.

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