Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patients’ care needs, a major industry group said. CMS earlier this month released its 2024 hospice proposed rule , which included the 2.8% After a moratorium during the pandemic, full Medicare sequestration resumed on July 1, 2022.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. reduction, the report indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From that feedback, the company learned that bringing a home health type of model into hospice realm meant nurses were on 24/7 call in a way that was unmanageable with their available workforce, Jacobsmeyer explained. Guaranteed The California-based hospice startup Guaranteed found staffing to be a challenge as they launched in 2022.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Two of the largest home health and hospice operators nationwide were recently scooped up by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary Optum. billion in 2022 and went on to make a bid to purchase Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) for $3.3 In total hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Hospice utilization in Indiana reached 48.9% among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Croix Hospice’s growth is showing no signs of slowing down. We found a culture in the team at Adaptive that was aligned with ours,” Phenneger told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2023

As more hospices engage with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, they may be able to learn from the experiences of some home health providers. Historically, MA has not covered hospice. But providers will have to take care to ensure that contracts are structured to be mutually beneficial. One of the challenges that Enhabit Inc.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

Also, across the board, more health care has been steadily moving into the home setting, particularly in the wake of the pandemic. Brookdale home health and hospice] provides us with a large platform that complements our local provider systems,” Hazen said. told Hospice News. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

31, 2022. “On The company has been aggressive on acquisitions for the past two years but paused in early 2022 to integrate its most recently acquired assets and accumulate capital. But executives indicated that they would be back on the hunt during the second half of 2022 and into 2023. AMOREM appoints new board officers.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Roughly 78% of hospice and palliative care providers around the globe indicated “less or much less” use of volunteers since the pandemic’s onset, according to a 2022 study in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. billion, a rate of 12%, Noridian indicated.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2023

This included the temporary lifting of the requirement that volunteers provide at least 5% of hospice patient care hours. Configuring the 5% hospice volunteer requirement back into the patient care equation will take a creative and multigenerational approach, according to Dr.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Now, as a product manager, I channel these experiences towards improving outcomes during the most critical moments of patients’ lives, an aspect of care often overlooked despite its importance. My commitment extends beyond individual patient care to working with organizations to make a larger impact on improving outcomes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. For context, listen to the prior podcast with Scott on “ nudges ” and prior podcast with Kate on who should get palliative care. and consulting for Papa Health.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

This podcast was initially sparked by Josh’s “Note From a Family Meeting” Substack post titled “ Ambivalence in Clinical Decision-Making ,” which discussed Bryanna’s and Jenny’s 2022 article titled “ Two Minds, One Patient: Clearing up Confusion About Ambivalence.” From you reading the 2022 article that was authored?

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” Some viewed this piece as an affront to the amazing work hospice does for those approaching the end of their lives by cherry picking stories of a few bad actors to paint hospice is a bad light.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The organizations penned a joint letter to CMS in November urging for increased oversight to help curb hospice frauds, including the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) and LeadingAge.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 19, 2023

These recommendations are the culmination of a year-long effort by each of these organizations to assess various options for improving program integrity in hospice care. Dombi. “Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

She’s worked in hospice and palliative care for more than 20 years. Christopher’s Hospice as a nursing pioneer for their palliative care nursing project. Jennifer has quite the impressive resume. She has more than 35 years of experience as a leader and nurse in diverse healthcare settings.

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