Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. The home health and hospice provider is part of the home care service line of Uintah Basin Healthcare. Utah holds the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents nationwide.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Instant Care provided an extraordinary opportunity to move into non-medical home care in one of the most desirable markets in the United States.”. Veterans programs and managed care organizations also have become more involved in the space. Instant Care is Choice’s second acquisition this year. As of 2019, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Though the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is going away at the end of this year, those operators still have a role to play in value-based care. The program was designed to test hospice coverage through Medicare Advantage (MA). Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% annually between 2022 and 2031, reaching $7.1 Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6%

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2024

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation have been in communication with lawmakers in hopes of keeping the funds within the hospice program. “At for next year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Referral rejection rates among hospices reached a record high of 41% in 2022, according to data from CarePort, a WellSky company. Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The national average hourly rate for Hospice registered nurses rose 4.58% in 2023, down from a 5.95% increase in 2022, according to a new report by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. Earlier this year, the Amedisys subsidiary entered into its first full-risk Medicare Advantage contract to include palliative care with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. million in Q3 2022.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 16, 2022

What’s the best way to pay those who deliver home care services? Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 The issue remains elusive when it comes to firm answers. But there’s no longer denying what’s happening in countries like the United States.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 17, 2022

What’s the best way to pay those who deliver home care services? Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 The transition to a value-based care delivery model is projected to benefit patients, providers, payers, vendors, and society as a whole.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Hospice executives in December 2022 shared their predictions for what would happen in the space during 2023. More access to care is critical,” Alex Mauricio, CEO of Bristol Hospice, told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 conference. “I This entire Medicare Advantage carve-in, it makes sense.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Only 10 new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will offer home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit for 2023, but payers may be offering those services through other programs. ” Through Medicare Advantage, the U.S. This number grew to 115 in 2022. The carve-in launched Jan.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

As they move into this new sphere, hospices may be able to glean some important lessons from home health agencies. For one, they should start preparing now, according to National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President Bill Dombi. But starting in 2022, CMS began rolling it out nationwide.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

These annual adjustments have their roots in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), which changed the way the hospice aggregate payment cap is calculated. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working to implement since 2022. for next year.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) represent a growing opportunity for palliative care companies, and providers have a number of ways to get in on the ground floor. Along with Medicare Advantage, ACOs are one of the few avenues towards more robust reimbursement than fee-for-service models.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. ” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) forthcoming Special Focus Program (SFP) for hospices. CMS initially pitched the idea in 2022 but instead convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to further guide development. A coalition of industry groups has spoken out about the design of the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

A key attractor is the potential cost savings associated with risk-based payment systems like Medicare Advantage, in which UnitedHealth Care is of the largest players. Its full-year 2022 revenue rose 27% year-over-year to $182.8 As Witty noted, other payers also recognize opportunities in the home setting.

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The agency is also releasing applications for participation for eligible Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) for calendar year 2024. It makes sense.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

The company during Q2 poured an additional $6 million to recruit and retain clinical bedside staff, which contributed to an average daily census increase of 1,182 patients compared to the same period in 2022, he stated. million compared to the first half of 2022. rise from the same period in 2022. year-over-year rise.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2023

Language in the 2024 proposed rule for the Medicare hospice program gives some indication of where the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is heading when it comes to quality measurement requirements. If the rule is finalized as written, this will jump to 4%in Fiscal Year 2024 — retroactively to 2022 data.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1% Due to polypharmacy, hospice patients are often at great risk for adverse side effects, such as falls, confusion and medication interactions, among others, according to a 2022 dissertation by Shannon Dickson at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. reduction.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Often called the MA hospice carve-in , the voluntary demonstration is designed to assess payer and provider performance related to hospice within Medicare Advantage (MA). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that hospices should ensure that their billing staff is familiar with the 2023 modifications.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

” Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address this issue, providing 34 recommendations. This was the conclusion of a 2022 report from the California Department of Justice (CDOJ).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As those problems proliferate, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), LeadingAge and the National Partnership for Hospice and Healthcare Innovation (NPHI) have been speaking out not only individually, but collectively. This prompted the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Expanding its palliative care business is a rising priority for Amedisys Inc., The company’s palliative care strategy rests on the back of risk-based payment models, primarily Medicare Advantage, Kusserow indicated at the J.P. Geographically, the program will be available in 806 counties in 24 states, up from 461 in 2022.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), asking for the agency to brief them on fraud and abuse within the hospice benefit. Hospice can be an important part of a patient’s care, but only if it is operating as intended,” the legislators wrote in the letter. “We Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

Longer general inpatient hospice stays and high-cost issues are reasons for the audit, dubbed the “Audit of Selected, High-Risk Medicare Hospice General Inpatient Services,” according to OIG. Through the audit, OIG will determine whether hospice providers that billed for general inpatient care complied with Medicare requirements.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

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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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that includes five hospitals, a home health agency and two skilled nursing facilities, as well as dozens of community-based health centers and school-based health centers. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

High valuations have led Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) to pivot towards personal care and home health deals rather than hospice acquisitions. Hospice multiples broke records in 2020, 2021 and 2022, reaching as high as 29x. Combined, home health and hospice account for the remaining 25%. Home health accounted for 5.3%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

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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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

Following its hospice divestiture, Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care services business, CenterWell, is poised for growth, with demand for acute senior home care as a driver. Humana completed its divestiture of Gentiva Hospice (formerly Kindred at Home) in August 2022. billion in Q1 2022. billion, up from $4.36

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

NYSE: EHAB) has acquired Southwest Florida Home Care, Inc.’s s home health agency in Fort Myers for an undisclosed sum. The transaction expands Enhabit’s home health footprint in Florida to 22 locations. The company in 2022 has struggled with labor headwinds and associated constraints on clinical capacity.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a small pilot program for post-payment reviews of hospice stays that exceed 90 days. In 2022, the projected improper payment amount for hospice care is expected to be close to $2.9 Noridian will perform the reviews and submit findings to CMS.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Among the factors driving these changes are the labor shortage, the accompanying limits on clinical capacity, lengthening hospital stays, industry consolidation and the rising prominence of Medicare Advantage, he said. in 2022, compared to $6.34 Contessa is also emerging as a growth engine for Amedisys. million to $562.0

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). One key priority for the hospice community is to secure updates to the algorithm that the U.S.

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