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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

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Patient satisfaction went up; our quality scores went up.” Dallas-based Enhabit’s footprint includes 252 home health locations and 105 hospice locations across 34 states. The company emerged from the 2021 spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment.

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Valeo Home Health Named Best of Salt Lake City 2021

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For the third year in a row, Valeo is recognized as the top home health and hospice company in the greater Salt Lake area. Valeo Home Health and Hospice, LLC, was named Best of SLC Home Health and Hospice companies in the third annual Best of SLC awards. Valeo is an amazing company because of the people it employs.

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Amazon Reportedly Bids to Acquire Signify Health

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Amazon and UnitedHealth — which is in the process of acquiring the home health and hospice company LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) — reportedly have made the largest bids. None of the companies are commenting to the media about a potential sale or bids. Signify earned $246.2

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1Care’s COO: Executives with Bedside Experience Give Hospices a Competitive Edge

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This has been the case for Nevada-based 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids, particularly as they contended with the pandemic and widespread workforce shortages, according to COO Eddie Belluomini. A group of hospice and palliative care leaders with nursing experience established 1Care in October 2020. 1Care was their first venture.

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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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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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SEIU analyzed Medicare claims data showing that the average hospice transfer rate among HCA hospital discharges was nearly 40% above the national average in 2021 and represented a 50% growth rate over four years. During the past several years, HCA has closed a number of home health and hospice acquisitions. More than 1.72

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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For better or worse, the growing presence of large insurance companies in the hospice and home health provider space could be transformative for the industry. Two transactions demonstrate rising interest among payers in owning the home-based care assets that serve their beneficiaries. We are here for patient care.

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