Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Labor shortages and other headwinds have battered hospices during 2022, including large companies. This includes the home health and hospice provider Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). “On Generally, fewer clinicians has meant fewer patients have been receiving hospice care, according to industry observers and companies’ own reports.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hospice providers are increasingly focused on memory care settings and physician offices as referral sources. Though many hospices see facility-based care as their primary referral engines, a growing base of providers are seeking ties to community-based organizations to increase access and utilization this year. Among those, roughly 6.7

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice and home health care providers’ recruitment and retention strategies have narrowed their focus on workers’ key priorities, with organizational culture among the heaviest hitters on their lists. Accurate Home Care reached a 72% retention rate among clinicians in 2023 and a rate of 80% among back-office staff, he stated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Bristol Hospice has been a prolific buyer in the hospice M&A market, but the company is now leaning heavily into its de novo strategy. The Salt Lake City-based hospice provider opened double-digit numbers of de novos last year with expectations of doing the same in 2024. We’ll do the same this year. That was my background.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2024

NYSE: CHE), has completed its $85 million acquisition of Covenant Health and Community Services’ hospice operations and one assisted living facility location. The transaction also marks VITAS’ entry into the assisted living space. The company’s net revenue reached $350 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 13.6%

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

When it comes to marketing a hospice or home health business, word of mouth among consumers may be more critical than many realize — generating as much as 36% of revenue. Government programs, internet search engines, assisted living operations and hospital discharge planners rounded out the top five with percentages ranging from 7.5%

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

NYSE: CHE) recently announced its first deal in several years, the $85 million purchase of hospice assets from Covenant Health. Skyrocketing valuations were among the factors behind that decision, Westfall told Hospice News in 2020. Changes in the marketplace have made further acquisitions by VITAS Healthcare more likely.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 Award Requirements Have 10+ learners complete at least 1 training course for the year. 2023 Leader in Training Award Winners 4 U Home Health Care 6EMS, LLC A 1 Home Health Care LLC A Better Care Option A Caring Touch Home Health & Hospice A Heavenly Hand Home Healthcare, Inc. Utilize HCP Training for at least 3 months.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2022

A group of 17 Illinois health care organizations is collaborating to expand access to home-based primary care, including a number of hospice and palliative care providers. Among the participants is Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care. Starting in 2023, the U.S. About 12% of the 2.1 million primary care visits in 2016.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) expects emerging rebounds in skilled nursing and assisting living — and its pipeline of forthcoming acquisitions — to offset the impact of continuing labor headwinds. The average daily census for Pennant’s hospice segment for the third quarter was 2,293, up 0.4% sequentially.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Regulatory attention heating up in the hospice industry could be impacting buyers’ decisions/how buyers move forward with mergers and acquisitions in the space. The nuances involved in the regulatory environment around hospice can be difficult to navigate for private equity and venture capital investors that are new to the industry.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 15, 2023

Patient Safety Week 2023 Each year, Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) is recognized to remind healthcare staff of the importance of promoting patient safety practices. The post Patient Safety Week 2023 appeared first on Default.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with Herman to discuss the principles that underlie this approach as well as what’s coming for New Day in the new year. Given that timing, we often rethink everything about home care when we’re facing a pandemic that is rapidly changing home care and hospice delivery dynamics.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But some indicators in Q3 point to an upturn in some areas as 2023 approaches. The program focuses on educating health care providers throughout the continuum to identify patients who are eligible for hospice earlier in their disease process. They also saw a 7% decline in assisted-living facility admissions.

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NHPCO

JULY 10, 2023

For Immediate Release July 10, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – CaringInfo.org , a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a consumer-focused website that offers information on a breadth of topics related to serious illness and end-of-life care.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your client experience surveys.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your caregiver experience surveys.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

You cannot be in hospice. So you can go to skilled facility for short rehab- But if you are permanently living in a nursing home. But if you’re in assisted living, yes. If you are independent living, yes. Every time we kept talking, talking, and meeting, and meeting. So that’s one. Not the skilled.

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