Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Today’s health care environment is flooded with data, but hospice leaders should include three types of indicators in mind as they assess their performance. Numbers like costs-per-day, payer-specific margins, and measures of community support can paint a picture of an organization’s position, executives told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

Amid persistent workforce shortages, sign-on and employee referral bonuses, as well as enhanced benefits, are bearing the most fruit for hospice providers. Filling gaps in the hospice workforce has come with hefty financial costs for some providers, but sustainable capacity is a large part of the return on investment.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

While home health operators brace for the impact of the meager 2023 reimbursement rates, hospices likewise must prepare for a ripple effect. base rate payment increase for home health care in 2023. When you look at who provides home health and hospice, you have a lot of providers that do both.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

Some hospice owners have been selling their businesses soon after securing a license. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen program integrity for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “I

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) is running against the wind right out of the gates due to labor and capacity constraints — but remains poised for hospice acquisitions as the rest of this year unfolds. Enhabit currently operates 99 hospice locations and 252 home health locations across 34 states.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. Hospice market to stay mighty.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

As The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) searches out more hospice and home health assets, the company is focusing heavily on developing its next generation of leaders. Pennant has its sights on multiple potential transactions across its hospice, home health and senior living business lines. million in Q1 2022.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. Texas-based Addus provides personal, home health and hospice care across 207 locations in 22 states, reaching roughly 46,500 patients annually.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Home-based care veteran Rob Radics took the helm as CEO of Fortis Home Health & Hospice in May, and in the early days of his tenure is laser-focused on hospice growth. Most recently, he served as the president of the home health and hospice segments at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. So many industry consolidators paused all but the most strategic deals and pivoted to hospice. “.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Like many providers, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is feeling the brunt of labor pressures bearing down on patient volumes and revenue, with blows hitting its home health segment harder than hospice. Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider LHC Group was no exception. Labor challenges led to a 4.3%

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Hospice acquisition volumes and price tags have hit record highs for several years running. While a sizzling hospice market saw a cooled start this year, merger and acquisition activity is still outpacing other health care sectors. How has the hospice market been shaping up this year compared to others?

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

Combined, hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility-at-home admissions grew by 55% year-over-year during the second quarter of the year. This is compared to a 4% increase in home health same-store admissions and a 6% decline for its hospice segment. million in Q2 2022. million the prior year.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

As Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) sinks teeth into acquisitions, the company will be taking smaller bites when it comes to hospice deals. Addus has indicated for roughly the last year that it will orient its M&A strategy towards its home health and personal care services, with hospice becoming less of a priority.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. Hospice News: I am here with Maria Warren and we’re going to talk a little bit about technology and value-based care. Are you not?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Barbara Jacobsmeyer as of July 1 became the first CEO of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) as an independent, standalone company. Enhabit emerged from the spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment, which completed in July. billion to $1.12

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. The Florida-based company is a home-based care franchise that provides home health care, hospice care, palliative care, pediatric care and personal care to about 200,000 patients annually from more than 330 U.S. Canada and Australia.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations. UnityPoint is an integrated health system with sites in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

About 40% of 330 hospice professionals who responded to the 2023 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report said that staff satisfaction and engagement would be the biggest driver of their technology investments this year. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased home health base rate payments by only 0.7%

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Data on quality outcomes has become a part of that picture – one that comes with developing pathways to palliative training through partnerships between hospital and health systems as well as hospices and home health, she stated. “We It’s moving this team of professionals upstream.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. MedPAC June 2022 report to Congress included similar findings, according to the commission’s Executive Director James E.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

The consideration marks another move among large home health and hospice providers in the industry. The company is getting ready to explore various transaction options in order to satisfy the terms of its Tax Matters Agreement with Encompass Health Corp. Its hospice segment brought in $48.5 year-over-year decline.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Expansion across the care continuum is a key to sustainable growth for hospices, according to executives from some of the industry’s largest companies. The hospice industry has been ripe for growth in recent years, plucking the interest of investors from all walks. LHC Group’s decision to double down on hospice.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

Tennessee-based Contessa Health provides a continuum of home-based care, including high-acuity services such as hospital-at-home and skilled nursing-at-home services. Home health and hospice provider Amedisys acquired the company last June for a price tag of $250 million. million in 2020.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? Mark Kulik: Truthfully, all of them.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. s (NYSE: HUM) $2.8

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

– A Hospice CEO’s First Reactions. A Hospice CEO’s First Reactions. Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Hospice industry leaders routinely find themselves responding to new or changing regulatory oversight.

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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health announced four of its home health branches have earned the SHPBest Patient Satisfaction Award from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) for the 2022 calendar year. About Traditions Health Traditions Health provides home health , hospice , and palliative care services.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. Between July 27th and August 19th, 2022, HCP conducted a survey targeting agencies who provide in-home care services.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2022

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 31, 2022

Business owners in home health, hospice, home care, and primary at-home care could all be under threat. . T he future of home-based care might change forever, and faster than you think. Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical will change the landscape of home care forever—for better or worse.

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