Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The film is based on director Laura Chinn’s personal experience as her brother Max received inpatient care at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center, an actual facility operated by the Florida-based nonprofit Empath Health. The Terry Schaivo story is not ours to tell, but many of those components affect end-of-life care every day.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The center is designed for hospice care that addresses the unique needs, personal preferences and cultural beliefs of various community members at the end of life, according to Roberts. The PeaceHealth Richard Nau Hospice House opened on Jan. We recognize how important hospice care is to the community.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Close to 5,900 hospices operated in the United States during 2002. More than 49% of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice care during 2022, up from 47.3% Case in point, MedPAC for several years running has asked lawmakers to cut the hospice aggregate cap by 20%, but Congress and CMS has not followed suit.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

A growing number of patients with various dementia-related conditions will need end-of-life care in coming years. Hospices preparing for rising demand are facing compliance challenges, as these patients often require longer hospice stays. A projected 12.7

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. The discriminatory experiences have led to mistrust in the health care system at large, as well as underutilization of end-of-life care, Praver indicated.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

A group of hospice providers and data scientists at the New Jersey-based health system have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology aimed at helping its clinical teams to better identify when a patient is nearing the end of life or could benefit from serious illness care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

“Particularly those [caregivers] in rural areas experience unique challenges, as they have limited access to support and hospice and palliative care services because of their distant location,” Patano said. The researchers’ analysis spanned the experiences of 1,470 caregivers across 18 studies from 2010 to 2023.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bipartisan legislation was introduced in December 2023 by Sens. The bill builds upon the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, designed to speed transitions to patient-centered, value-based care. There’s a lot of quality improvement in care that can be had from end-of-life care,” Pittman said.

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NHPCO

MARCH 21, 2023

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. In the last year of life, the total costs of care to Medicare for beneficiaries who used hospice was 3.1

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region. The hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St. visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. NASDAQ: AMED) has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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NHPCO

JUNE 28, 2023

For Immediate Release June 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released the 2023 edition of the Pediatric Facts and Figures Report. Pediatric palliative and hospice care in the United States started in the mid to late 1990s.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Tennessee Quality Care operates 17 locations serving an average of 1,800 patients daily throughout 50 of the 95 counties in its home state. About 70% of its business is home health, including private duty, with hospice care comprising 30%. The deal is set to close in the third quarter of the year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And, it’s all about these patients being able to opt into hospice care rather than having to stay in the hospital, or keep going back and forth to clinics to get these transfusions.” the Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023 is currently in Senate review. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving hospices a 3.1% That will translate to a $780 million bump to hospice payments next year compared to Fiscal Year 2023, according to CMS. set in 2023. payment boost the agency initially proposed for 2024 hospice payments back in March.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Access to hospice can be challenging for many seniors in remote or rural regions.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Widespread reports of fraud and abuse in hospice have led to intensified regulatory oversight during 2023. One potential benefit of this scrutiny is patients’ ability to move from an unethical provider to an agency that provides quality care, according to Guaranteed CEO Jessica McGlory. Hospice News photo.)

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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.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

The new law requires the New York State Department of Health to develop a public awareness campaign to promote advance care planning. The campaign must include education about hospice and palliative care, according to the newly approved legislation. Work on the campaign will begin after the law becomes effective in early 2023.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

“MedPAC’s shift away from its previous recommendations to cut the aggregate payment cap is a win for hospices, patients, and families,” said NHPCO Interim CEO, Ben Marcantonio. In order to serve the American public, Congress should ensure hospice providers are reimbursed to provide the end-of-life care people want and deserve.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Concern is mounting around whether current health equity initiatives will be a flash in the pan or yield long term improvement on reducing disparities in hospice care among communities of color. Many people who could benefit from hospice are not getting the care they deserve,” Deese told Hospice News in an email. “We

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Staffing issues have increasingly been at the root of leading causes behind shuttered hospice programs nationwide. Demographics are pushing up demand for end-of-life care amid long-standing staffing shortages in hospice. pay increase for hospice care for Fiscal Year 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

CommCare’s purchase of Notre Dame’s home health and hospice operations marks the transaction of this divestiture Its nursing home services are next in line as part of a separate deal set to close in 2023. Demographics are a driving force behind rising demand for aging and serious illness care in the Bayou State.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“As home and community-based medicine continues to garner steam in the national landscape, the ability for organizations like Chapters Health System and Hope Healthcare to continue being front and center in redesigning end-of-life care is paramount,” the two CEOs told Hospice News in a joint email.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

11, 2023, but will likely be extended through at least April. Volunteers fill care delivery gaps, generate savings. Hospice of Santa Cruz County has turned to local educators to help shore up its volunteer resources. Historically, about 10% of the hospice’s volunteers who visit patients are pre-med students.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Like hospice, the nation’s palliative care market is also anticipated to boom in coming years. Palliative care is among the next market areas to hit substantial growth, according to BofA research. palliative care market will reach $78.50 billion by 2023, a climb from $49.42 Forces pushing markets ahead.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in April released the 2023 proposed payment rule for hospice. It’s not a sustainable model when Medicare reimbursement with a fixed per-diem structure represents nearly 90% of the typical hospice providers’ patient care revenue,” Marcantonio told Hospice News in an email. “If

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As both a hospice pharmacy and PBM provider, what are the current trends you’re seeing in the industry? We know that local, hospice-dedicated pharmacy is and will always be critical to delivering consistent, quality end-of-life care. This is how we contribute to easing the workload of hospice professionals.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

If such a model were to be implemented permanently, it would allow patients who are afraid or not ready for hospice care to receive the benefits without losing access to other services, according to Edo Banach, president and CEO of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “Our

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Vivek Mathew, vice president of marketing at Maxwell Healthcare Associates has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals. We’re really focusing on providing quality of care for patients and families needing GIP level of hospice care. Established in 1980, the nonprofit hospice is also part of the Texas Medical Center. currently, reported the U.S.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

HCP WEBINAR Why and How to Train Every Role in Your Business on the Dynamics of Dying Thursday, April 6th , 2023 Thursday, April 6th , 2023 Thursday, April 6th , 2023 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min Is your staff trained and prepared to understand the dynamics of dying?

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

Barriers to expanding pediatric inpatient hospice care include a lack of specialized facilities as well as staff who are sufficiently trained to provide those services. Children are an underserved population in the hospice realm, particularly when it comes to inpatient care.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

In this Voices article, Josie Aquino, Director, Product Management, VNS Health talks about how VNS Health is using data and analytics to improve end-of-life care. She explains why VNS is bullish toward concerns about a hospice carve-in, and she also shares an outlook on the VBID demonstration’s extension through 2030.

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