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Hospice M&A Going Strong, But Non-Medical Home Care a Rising Star

Hospice News

While hospice and home health M&A continue to burgeon, non-medical home care is starting to slip out from under their shadows. Deal volume for non-medical home care companies outstripped that for hospice or home health during the first half of the year. As of 2019, the U.S.

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

Hospice News

Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare.

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Three Key Gauges of Hospice Business Performance

Hospice News

Rising expenses caused widespread margin compression among hospices during 2022, particularly those associated with wages and salaries, recruitment and retention, fuel and general inflation. “We’re Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO, Alivia Care. Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO, Alivia Care. Staying on top of spending. Ponder-Stansel.

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

Hospice News

Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation. They then proceed to enroll a small number of patients for whom they never bill Medicare, multiple hospice executives told Hospice News on background. By not billing, they are better able to avoid regulators’ attention.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 trillion by 2028, according to the guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology. Learn more about value-based payments vs fee-for-service in our blog: More home care funding is coming.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 trillion by 2028, according to the guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology. Learn more about value-based payments vs fee-for-service in our blog: More home care funding is coming.

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Amedisys Eyes Palliative Care Expansion Via Contessa Joint Ventures

Hospice News

Sinai partnership marks Contessa’s first risk-based palliative care contract, which is reimbursed through Medicare Advantage. With this in place, the company now offers a full continuum of home-based care. The program helped to identify patients that wouldn’t normally land in the home health care setting.