Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million. Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. Palliative care has always kind of sat in the shadows of hospice.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Hospice leaders have kept their eyes on four key numbers as 2022 progressed: clinical capacity, length of stay, labor costs and utilization. A fifth, the rising number of new hospices in certain states, has emerged as a priority in recent weeks. These metrics are key to understanding what hospices experienced this year.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

More home health care, health systems, hospices and primary care providers have gained a foothold in the palliative care space, often through community-based collaborations. A diversifying field Though hospices and health systems have largely dominated the palliative care market, primary care providers have increasingly delved into the space.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. “Our But ultimately, the satisfaction from their members and their members’ families is much higher than if their members went without hospice.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Though the needle is moving, it lags behind the pace needed to keep up with demand, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, hospice and palliative care physician and medical director at Georgia-based Longleaf Hospice. Luke’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine’s program. In 2022 Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In addition, the agency has integrated palliative care components into the Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID), often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in. This year, the number of MA plans swelled to 3,998 nationwide, up 6% from 2022. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. The palliative care field emerged in the United States during the 1980s, shortly after the Medicare Hospice Benefit came into being, according to research from Johns Hopkins Medical. Volatility is the right word.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (IL-HPCO) has penned a three-year association management contract with The HAP Foundation to provide counsel and operational support. She was previously on the organization’s board of directors between 2018 and 2022, serving as chair for part of that time. “IL-HPCO

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A systematic overhaul of the nation’s health care education programs is needed to ensure that future clinicians are prepared to provide palliative and hospice care amid rising demand, according to Dr. Leah McDonald of HopeHealth. McDonald is a hospice and palliative care physician at HopeHealth. Photo courtesy of HopeHealth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2022, the company serviced more than 269,500 Medicare Advantage members and 89,000 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. The post Primary-Palliative Care Model Improved Quality, Cost Savings appeared first on Hospice News. The findings appeared in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Founded in 2016, agilon health, inc.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. In Fiscal Year 2022, 7.5% million hospice recipients were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, 6.8% This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L. Wallace, the Dorothy A.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Hospice of North Central Ohio (HNCO) will affiliate with Hospice of Western Reserve, also located in the Buckeye state. Hospice of the Western Reserve is one of the leading nonprofit hospice agencies in the nation and shares our values for patient and family care,” Mary Knowlton, HCNO’s board president, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Idaho-based Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley has initiated Spanish-speaking services in an effort to reach underserved Latino patients and families. However, language barriers can make those patients difficult to reach, according to Lisa Wild, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When we think about the value-based world, there’s a lot of value to be delivered that maybe is not captured in the fee-for-service world,” Dr. Thomas Lee, vice president of medical affairs for Ennoble Care, told Hospice News. Operators can come to ACOs by two main avenues. That’s not sustainable.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Countering this however, is the need for greater education for all stakeholders on the nature of these services and how they are distinct from hospice. We’ll likely also see more palliative care programs emerge across the continuum, as more hospices, health systems and primary care companies begin to invest more heavily in these services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Bradford is an advanced certified hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and an active member of both the Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 2022, and her appointment will now become permanent. She is based in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2022

Aging Media Network (AMN) is proud to announce the Frontline Honors Class of 2022. We are excited to announce the Frontline Honors Class of 2022, which showcases individuals who have put patients, residents and their team members ahead of themselves to help their organizations thrive.”. Croix Hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In its annual report to Congress, MedPAC urged policymakers to eliminate hospice base-rate increases for 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. Patients can access palliative care through a number of inroads.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A main barrier to palliative care growth in the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is a lack of understanding of these services among beneficiaries, as well as inconsistent service delivery. The company analyzed results of the program that spanned patient data through the calendar year of 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

A second study found that roughly 88% of palliative patients nationwide who have used virtual reality in the last decade reported improvement in their physical and/or psychological symptoms The journal Palliative Medicine published the research in May 2022. Around 17.5% About 82.5%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

About 128 cancer patients volunteered to participate in a clinical trial study between November 2022 and September 2023 that examined the impacts of virtual reality therapy. The post Virtual Reality Palliative Care Improves Pain, Symptom Management Among Cancer Patients appeared first on Hospice News. among other participants.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With 15 de novos under its belt thus far in 2022, Caring Brands International (CBI) subsidiary Interim HealthCare Inc. Its services include home health, senior and pediatric care, palliative and hospice, with a goal to provide a full continuum of care to patients and their families.

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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 But many of them go without due to a lack of trained clinicians.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

If they have not received intentional education about palliative care and the right clinical relationships within the ICU have not been developed, some ICU providers may view palliative care as antithetical to the work they are so rigorously and intentionally performing, emphasized a 2022 study co-authored by Ouchi.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Though the number of hospice M&A deals plummeted in 2023 compared to prior years, deals are still being made, and the industry may see a rebound in 2024. Transaction volume declined in the hospice and home-based care space in 2023, following the two record-breaking prior years. This followed its $5.4 NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2023

This push dovetails with the home health and hospice provider’s plans to extend the continuum of services it can bring into patients’ homes, including palliative and high-acuity care. Expanding its palliative care business is a rising priority for Amedisys Inc., NASDAQ: AMED) following Chairman Paul Kusserow’s return as CEO.

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2024

A new legislative package winding its way through Congress could re-allocate hospice funds to other programs. If enacted, it would make adjustments to the hospice payment cap for 2033 that would free up $927 million. The nation’s four largest hospice industry groups have voice opposition to these provisions. for next year.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Labor pressures have haunted hospice and palliative care providers nationwide for several years running, only to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unionization is uncommon in hospice, but local media reports in some communities show that the movement has gained some ground. Palliative care physicians at Providence St.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

About a dozen states across the nation incorporate adult or pediatric specialized palliative care service benefits into their Medicaid programs, according to a 2022 report from the Texas Health and Human Services Department. These are often offered as part of specialized managed care programs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Implementation of the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been challenging for both payers and providers, though a recent analysis indicates that it may get easier over time. to conduct the analysis of the program, formally called the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID).

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The creation and subsequent partnership with Radiant Alliance will bring a hospice and palliative care company and senior living operator under the auspices of a payer. Metta Healthcare is the parent company of Ohio’s Hospice and the palliative care provider Pure Healthcare. We are the first to actually do it.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Oncology nurses at cancer centers across the country are developing ways to improve palliative care referrals for seriously ill patients and families who could benefit from these services. A common thread woven through these referral strategies is expanding palliative care awareness among clinicians across the continuum.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Shradha Aiyer, vice president of products at Axxess, 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. Future Leaders are individuals nominated by their peers.

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