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4 Ways Hospices Are Pursuing Growth in 2023

Hospice News

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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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

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Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Government oversight of hospice providers will tighten during 2023. These concerns will be a hot topic in the new year, but other regulatory actions are also underway for 2023.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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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. The insurance company will integrate LHC Group with its existing home health asset, Optum Health.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Call on CMS, Congress to Strengthen Program Integrity Oversight

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The organizations penned a joint letter to CMS in November urging for increased oversight to help curb hospice frauds, including the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) and LeadingAge.

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National Hospice Leaders Urge CMS and Congress to Advance Program Integrity in Hospice Care through Effective Oversight

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These recommendations are the culmination of a year-long effort by each of these organizations to assess various options for improving program integrity in hospice care. Bad care and true fraud in this valuable benefit are intolerable. Dombi. “Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

Hospice News

The company operates 180 hospitals and roughly 2,300 sites of care and earned close to $16 billion in the first quarter of 2023. It’s propaganda filled with misleading and absurd accusations that are not supported by facts,” an HCA spokesperson told Hospice News in an email. told Hospice News. s (NYSE: HUM) $5.7

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Future Leader: Melissa Heiss, Vice President of Hospice, Jet Health

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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. Melissa Heiss, vice president of hospice, Jet Health, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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