Hospice News

JULY 13, 2022

More than a dozen hospice advocacy groups have called on congressional leadership to intervene in a proposed 2.7% This proposal ultimately jeopardizes the ability of hospices to continue providing access to appropriate, high-quality care to all Americans who need it,” the letter indicated. per diem rate increase.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has voted to recommend a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. This recommendation is offered at a time when hospice care costs have risen faster than any inflation update provided by CMS,” Dombi told Hospice News in an email. “A set in 2023.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

Program integrity and an onslaught of audits are top of mind for many hospice providers in 2024. We look forward to continuing our work with CMS and Congress to ensure an equitable and effective enforcement system that preserves access to nonprofit, mission driven hospice care.”

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Research trends can help hospice providers improve their understanding around the impacts of their services and where quality gaps may exist. Research on global and national levels can play an important role in the ability to understand issues around hospice utilization and disparities. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.

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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

MARCH 23, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years. It makes sense.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% annually between 2022 and 2031, reaching $7.1

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

As federal regulators intensify their focus on hospices, operators may begin seeing an influx of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) activity. billion directly related to health care fraud abuse. Medicare hospice expenditures rise by about $1 billion annually, according to CMS. The president’s budget was approved for $2.5

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Though initially the telehealth waivers weren’t intended to be permanent, they will likely have long-term impacts in hospice.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

Margin pressures from the proposed cuts to Medicare home health rates could impact palliative care and hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in June released its proposed home health reimbursement rule for 2023, which included a 4.2% pay hike for hospice care in 2023.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Debbie Jonhston is a registered nurse who founded Viriginia-based Serenity First Hospice in 2021, inspired by the care her father recieved as he reached the end of his life. With the launch of Serenity First, Johnston transitioned from her career in home health and personal care. Hospice is different in the beginning.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

The next generation of hospice CEOs will need to be data-savvy to succeed. Data is more crucial to hospice businesses than ever before when it comes to payer and referral partner contracting, compliance and building their census. This is especially true if you’re trying to show the value of something,” Dombi told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. This prompted the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 14, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving towards the development of health equity quality measures for hospices. Last year, the agency convened a technical expert panel (TEP) to study the issue, according to language in its 2024 proposed hospice rule. More than 80% of hospice patients are white, according to CMS.

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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. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Unveils New Supportive Care Facility Maryland-Hospice of the Chesapeake has revamped its inpatient facility into a comprehensive care and community support center. Hospice of the Chesapeake provides services in four west coast Maryland counties. Construction began in the spring of 2022.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. For example, CMS wouldn’t cut hospital payments to increase rates for hospices. These reductions occur within each service.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Investment trends in the hospice industry have meandered in recent years, impacting providers’ approaches to growth in 2024. The mix of hospice buyers has become more diverse during the past five years to include more private equity investors, large health and hospital systems and home health companies, along with payers.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We million, a 6.5% increase year over year.

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Hospice News

MAY 6, 2022

The State of New York’s recently approved budget for Fiscal Year 2023 required that home care and hospice aides be paid at least $2 more than the state’s $15 standard minimum wage. However, these data are not collected in real time.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

Contents: Details & Requirements Award-Winners List About Home Care Pulse Contents: Details & Requirements Award-Winners List About Home Care Pulse Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Former Community CEO Susan-Ponder Stansel moved on to lead Alivia Care. Ward: Quite accidentally. That’s a really interesting approach.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

– July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? – What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? Article Contents: July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? What did this level of oversight tell hospice agencies? July 2021: What is the Hospice Care Index? Who did best?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Louisiana-based CommCare Corporation recently acquired Notre Dame Hospice and Notre Dame Home Health for an undisclosed sum. The archdiocese in August announced an agreement to exit from all affiliated senior care businesses, including the health system. It’s a good thing and it will happen.”. currently, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently announced plans to launch a new audit that will focus on general inpatient hospice services. Through the audit, OIG will determine whether hospice providers that billed for general inpatient care complied with Medicare requirements.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Susan Mills, Senior Program Director for Home Health and Hospice, ACHC, to talk about the key compliance challenges, opportunities and trends to watch in the current hospice environment. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

Michele Senbertrand, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner for By The Bay Health, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. Hospice News caught up with Senbertrand to discuss their time in the hospice care industry. Hospice and palliative care is the antithesis of this, to my great relief.

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As a community, we are profoundly disappointed with this decision. In addition, the implementation of the poorly designed algorithm, which has been widely criticized by congressional leaders, technical expert panel participants, and hospice community and association leaders, will hinder a widely shared goal of improving sector quality.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 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. McChesney sat down with Hospice News to talk about his career trajectory and the ways the industry is evolving.

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Hospice News

MARCH 16, 2023

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has once again recommended a 20% cut to the aggregate cap for hospice payments. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set the 2023 cap at $32,486.92, up from nearly $31,300 per patient for Fiscal Year 2022. of hospices exceeded the cap, MedPAC estimated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health will take over Community’s inpatient services effective May 1, 2023. The deal expands Eden Health’s home health and hospice footprint in Washington, one of eight states in its service region. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual.

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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. The study was funded by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Kentucky-based Hosparus Health is poised for expansion — through joint ventures, new investments in its palliative care program and the forthcoming launch of a PACE center. The nonprofit hospice provider’s subsidiary — Care Guide Partners — has applied to the U.S. We’re doing a lot of work with partnerships.

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NHPCO

JULY 25, 2023

Increased site visits for hospices suspected of being non-operational: CMS has initiated a National Site Visit Project to visit every Medicare certified hospice in the country and revoke Medicare Certification for non-operational hospices.

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