Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies. In 2023, the focus for many is to not only expand their core business but to spread further into the care continuum. In this story, Hospice News highlights the growth strategies of several providers.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

President and the first known President to utilize the Medicare Hospice Benefit. While in office, the Carter administration tested hospice care as a model, which later led to the Medicare Hospice Benefit we know today. At 99, former President Jimmy Carter is the longest living U.S.

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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

APRIL 11, 2024

Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. Expanding hospice care in the senior community will allow for improved support and care collaboration, according to Angela Hospice President and CEO Marti Coplai.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

For Immediate Release July 28, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Produces Better Outcomes, Lower Medicare Costs (Washington, D.C. billion in Medicare savings in 2019, while also providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. One of the greatest blessings of my life was to be there when my mom died.

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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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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

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

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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NHPCO

APRIL 28, 2023

For Immediate Release April 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published details on the extension of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model that may have significant implications for hospice care going forward.

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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

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. set in 2023. payment boost the agency initially proposed for 2024 hospice payments back in March.

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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

APRIL 29, 2022

The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been the focus of much attention among providers, and many are watching closely for the demonstration’s outcomes. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.

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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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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

After a moratorium during the pandemic, Medicare sequestration resumed July 1. Hospice and other health care providers are once again seeing their Medicare payments slashed by 2% across the board. The 2% Medicare cut is back, despite COVID-19 variants continuing to emerge. It included a 2.7% per diem rate increase.

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Effective Jan.

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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. Census Bureau.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

During yesterday’s public meetings, the MedPAC Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of the Chair’s hospice recommendation, which will be included in the Commission’s report to Congress in March 2024. We are gratified that Congress never acted on the cap cut concept.

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NHPCO

APRIL 20, 2023

For Immediate Release April 20, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its affiliate organization, the Hospice Action Network (HAN) published the following statement in response to today’s announcement that the U.S.

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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

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. About 143,284 Medicare dcedents utilized the hospice benefit in Texas during 2021, according to the U.S.

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a 2.7%

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For Immediate Release November 10, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) release of the final Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) report and At-A-Glance report.

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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. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removes the waiver of volunteer requirements instituted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). 11, 2023, but will likely be extended through at least April. Volunteers fill care delivery gaps, generate savings. The PHE is currently set to expire on Jan.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

SEIU analyzed Medicare claims data showing that the average hospice transfer rate among HCA hospital discharges was nearly 40% above the national average in 2021 and represented a 50% growth rate over four years. For one, hospice utilization has been on a steady upswing nationally for several years. told Hospice News.

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NHPCO

APRIL 17, 2023

For Immediate Release April 17, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would update key components of hospice reimbursement and regulations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.

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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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JULY 25, 2023

These program integrity efforts include: Revocation of Medicare enrollment: CMS has identified fraud schemes and increased its operational ability to revoke Medicare enrollment more quickly. Organizational Deactivation: CMS proposes to revoke Medicare certification if a provider has not billed any claims within six months.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ACHC initially focused on accrediting home health agencies, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to include other health care sectors such as hospice, hospital, pharmacy, DME, home care and renal dialysis. What is your outlook on the future of hospice accreditation, and how does ACHC fit into that vision?

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JUNE 16, 2023

The meetings were part of Hospice Action Week, hosted in Washington, DC by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its advocacy affiliate, the Hospice Action Network (HAN). Reimbursement was a focus of both the comments on the FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule and Hospice Action Week.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

This is the first of a two-part service that will detail key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence they ways hospices communicate and operate. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most impactful forces that will shape the space in the coming year. A few of 2023’s largest hurdles include intensifying regulatory oversight as well as prolific workforce shortages amid rising demand. CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Increasingly, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have found real value in offering community-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has allowed MA health plans to cover supplemental benefits for eligible patients. In January 2023, 30.19 Since 2018, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Four national hospice and senior care industry groups have called on Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make regulatory and legislative changes to instill stronger program integrity safeguards. The Hospice Program Integrity plan lists 34 recommendations that center around five key areas.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The recent entry of large numbers of newly created hospice organizations in several states has heightened long-standing concerns among hospice leaders (as shared with CMS in November 2022) about the adequacy of Medicare certification, accreditation, and enforcement processes.

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