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Addus Projects ‘Strong, Steady’ Hospice Growth Amid Lingering Pandemic Census Headwinds

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Addus purchased Illinois-based hospice provider JourneyCare Inc. for $85 million in October 2022 and picked up Chicago-based Apple Home Health Ltd. jump compared to the same period in 2022. Though same-store hospice average daily census (ADC) volumes rose sequentially by 2.7%, ADC rates fell year-over-year by 1%.

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

Hospice News

We don’t have all the personal things that are really between the caregiver and the patient,” Joe Lyons, research coordinator for SEIU’s health care division, told Hospice News. “It’s Brookdale home health and hospice] provides us with a large platform that complements our local provider systems,” Hazen said.