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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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Turnover rates for registered hospice nurses reached 25.15% in 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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VitalCaring Primed for Hospice Expansion in 2024

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The Texas-based home health and hospice company VitalCaring Group was built largely through acquisitions, and the company expects to step up that strategy in 2024 with an emphasis on hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] implements that. How have things been progressing since then?

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

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A coalition of hospice industry organizations recently urged the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. The agency will also implement a hospice program complaint hotline through which the public can report issues to CMS.

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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

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The lines of investor interest in the hospice industry have been blurring over the past decade, according to Kulik. A total of 109 transactions in the hospice and home health space involved a hospital and health system from 2014 to 2021, according to market analysis data that The Braff Group shared with Hospice News.

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4 Ways Hospices Are Pursuing Growth in 2023

Hospice News

.” – Jim Palazzo, CEO, Transitions Care “I was interested in PACE services just because of the similarity that it has to hospice care and the need that it fills, often for some of the poor folks in a community. Because most of the individuals accessing PACE are going to be Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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As Headwinds Rage, Large Hospice Companies Lay Groundwork for Potential 2023 Growth

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This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. in the same period of 2021, according to research by Scott Fidel, analyst for Stephens. The company saw a 10.6% days in Q3, compared to 96 days in Q3 2021. VITAS, Aveanna, and Addus Home Care Corp.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan.

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