Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

In 2022, Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley performed 2,622 registered nurse visits and assisted 1,638 individuals in its community, according to a recent newsletter. Wood River reportedly provides care free of charge and does not bill insurance companies or Medicare. We are working with St. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

One is how can we continue to diversify our services and help more people in more ways — and second, looking at how we can reduce our dependence on Medicare reimbursement. One of the things that we’re doing also is launch our new program on social isolation and loneliness with the frail elderly. So what do we do?

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed palliative care through a fee-for-service model that only covers physician and licensed independent practitioner services, rather than the full range of interdisciplinary care. The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care. Historically, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

The health care startup currently provides interdisciplinary services in 28 states to 30,000 seniors who suffer from chronic health conditions and social determinants issues. As the demand for palliative care continues to grow, so too has the way businesses have bolstered their programs to better serve patients.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated. An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

On the patient side, Medicare beneficiaries face out-of-pocket costs when advance care planning is performed in any setting outside of an annual wellness visit. The 272 participants polled in the 2022 research included clinicians and administrators from 11 health systems nationwide, among other key stakeholders. Introduced by U.S.

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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. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. Only LPNs and LVNs had higher rates, reaching 31.52% turnover and 25.12% for vacancies.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A bonus program implemented last year has accelerated hiring, which in turn has relieved some of the capacity constraints that have been a stumbling block for several quarters running.The initiative included a one-time retention payment that ranges from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Medicare Advantage organization SCAN Group has invested an undisclosed dollar amount in tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed. The move comes nearly a year after California-based Guaranteed launched in August 2022, when founder and CEO Jessica McGlory began her own provider company two years after her father passed away.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborations with participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Primary Care Flex demo could allow hospices to leverage their skill sets to access more patients. If they are not already participating, ACOs will also have to apply to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

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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). So, having those conversations about what those improvements would be is going to be an important exercise in 2024.”

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to nurses, the retention program also aimed to recruit admission nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. million compared to the first half of 2022. rise from the same period in 2022. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2.8% year-over-year rise.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2022, Helios Care served more than 580 hospice patients across four New York counties in addition to 90 palliative care patients and more than 550 bereavement care clients. But we both know that as Medicare Advantage begins to expand, and [the U.S. We have one county the size of Rhode Island. That’s the big news.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2022, the company rebranded as VyncaCare to reflect its broadened scope of clinical services. 2022 funding round led by Questa Capital with participation from Generator Ventures, First Trust Capital Partners, 4100 Group and OCA Ventures. The company has raised at least $40.3 And then we’ll reach profitability, which is key.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Aides in 2022 represented a large percentage of job vacancies in the hospice space at nearly 20%, according to research from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) and the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Participants included hospice aides, social workers, nurses, clinicians, chaplains and other staff.

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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. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. This entire Medicare Advantage carve-in, it makes sense. Croix Hospice CEO Heath Bartness told Hospice News at Home Care 100. “We

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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. Most beneficiaries switch to Traditional Medicare. of White, 36.3%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The nonprofit’s pediatric program grew its capacity to 120 patients in 2022, a rise from a previous census volume of 40. Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. But it goes both ways.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. Chicago-based Oak Street Health consists of a network of value-based primary care facilities that serve upwards of 145,000 Medicare beneficiaries across 21 states. The hospice market is expected to nearly double in the next decade, reaching $64.7 billion in 2030 from $34.5

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

These congressional advocacy actions came a week after NHPCO filed detailed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Quality Reporting Proposed Rule, demonstrating the importance of both legislative and regulatory advocacy for protecting and improving hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As VBID now, we’re approaching the end of 2022 and then emerging into 2023, we’re going to be in 15 plans, 119 plan benefit packages, and across 806 counties. As VBID now, we’re approaching the end of 2022 and then emerging into 2023, we’re going to be in 15 plans, 119 plan benefit packages, and across 806 counties.

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NHPCO

MARCH 6, 2022

For Immediate Release: March 6, 2022. Conference Marks 40 Years of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The hospice and palliative care community has faced incredible challenges – from a national shortage of health care workers to a global pandemic. “Now, Alexandria, Va., Secretary Leon Panetta, who was serving in the U.S.

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NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In her decades of service, Lund Person has served as a key contact with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and helped ensure that policymakers hear the hospice voice. MJHS demonstrated its commitment to Veterans in one special case in 2022. He presently serves on the NHPCO Board as Immediate Past Chair.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The 2022 theme is Meeting You Where You Ar e. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) currently collects claims data showing the percentage of hospice patients who receive in-person visits from a registered nurse or medical social worker on at least two of the last three days of life.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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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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