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Palliative Care Leaders Expect Continued Growth, Labor and Reimbursement Headwinds in 2024

Hospice News

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

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Fewer than half of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase, reported that their hospice organizations would pursue new care types this year. About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. 1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11).

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Key Research Trends: Long Hospice Stays, Palliative Care Save Medicare Dollars

Hospice News

Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been zeroing in on long lengths of stay as a potential red flag, one that could suggest a hospice admitted someone who was not truly eligible.

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As Headwinds Rage, Large Hospice Companies Lay Groundwork for Potential 2023 Growth

Hospice News

This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. Another is the company-wide integration of Homecare Homebase at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH). Providers are seeing troubles on multiple fronts, as reflected in third quarter earnings reports.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

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These interesting, unusual or groundbreaking deals could signal what’s to come in 2023 and help shape the hospice market’s long-term future. The transaction, now expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, also marked one of the most unexpected and expensive deals to take place in the hospice sector. Optum to pick up LHC Group.

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