Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule contains clarifications on which physicians may certify patients for hospice enrollment. The post 2025 Proposed Rule Seeks to Clarify Physician Certification of Hospice Patients appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2025 proposed rule for hospice payment, which if finalized would include a 2.6% The proposed hospice cap amount for Fiscal Year 2025 is $34,364.85, up from $33,494.01 The proposed hospice cap amount for Fiscal Year 2025 is $34,364.85, up from $33,494.01

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice payment rule contained a request for information (RFI) on the potential implementation of reimbursement pathways for “high intensity palliative care services,” such as chemotherapy, blood transfusion and dialysis.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Wisconsin-based Agrace Hospice and Supportive Care is implementing a plan to become carbon neutral by 2025. The post Agrace Hospice and Supportive Care to Reduce Carbon Footprint by 2025 appeared first on Hospice News. Among the hospice’s key objectives is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The 2025 EAPC Researcher Award application process is now open! All the information you need about these prestigious award, and how to apply is on our congress website: [link] The application process will close at midnight (CET) on 17 January 2025.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

AUGUST 14, 2024

The post Important information about the 2025 EAPC Congress abstract submission process appeared first on EAPC. Everything you need to know about the abstract submission process is on our congress website: [link] Click here to download our handy guide to completing your submission.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Registration for the next EAPC Congress, top be held in Helsinki in May 2025 is now open! Individual EAPC members who have an active EAPC membership in place to cover the 29 – 31 May 2025. Individual EAPC members who have an active EAPC membership in place to cover the 29 – 31 May 2025. Who is eligible for the discount?

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

EAPC has launched the call for proposals for themed sessions for the 2025 World Congress in Helsinki (29-31 May, 2025). For 2025 we are seeking proposals for sessions that can be delivered in a variety of formats. The post Ready for the Future: Your opportunity to shape the content presented at EAPC 2025 in Helsinki!

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Together for Short Lives

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Together for Short Lives are thrilled to announce that in recognition of Dame Liz Fradd’s contribution to the children’s palliative care sector, we will be launching a professional award in her name at our UK Conference in May 2025.

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NHPCO

MARCH 28, 2024

nhpco.org Press Contact Elyssa Katz NHPCO Communications 571-281-0220 The post NHPCO Responds to CMS FY 2025 Hospice Proposed Rule appeared first on NHPCO. For Immediate Release March 28, 2024 CMS Proposes 2.6%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The tool is slated for an October 2025 implementation, according to the agency’s 2025 final hospice rule. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its first draft guidance manual for implementing the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The slash in interest rates could result in a resurgence of M&A in the hospice space through the end of the year and into 2025, according to Cory Mertz, managing partner at M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. “I The rate reduction — from close to 5.5% I think we’ve hit bottom in terms of transaction activity.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The website will also provide opportunities for the exchange of best practices and information, with the Alliance anticipating new developments expected to finalize in 2025. The organizations will continue the process of combining their operations through the remainder of 2024 and into 2025.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s proposed 2025 payment rule. The home health and hospice provider recently terminated its home health contract with the Medicare Advantage payer UnitedHealthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), citing nine months of unsuccessful negotiations. rate cut from the U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025. If finalized as written, the changes would take effect in January 2025. Performance on these surveys is crucial as more payers and consumers use public quality data to choose a hospice. 1, 2026 at the earliest.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

In comments on the 2025 proposed hospice rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) voiced concerns that the agency’s regulatory impact assessment may not have taken all the details into account, including the need for staffing and technology investments. “In

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The alliance is anticipated to take shape under a new name by January 2025, he indicated. The website’s launch is projected for the spring of 2025, according to the alliance’s Co-CEO Ben Marcantonio. NAHC was born in 1982 as a merger of five national associations, so it’s in our blood to do this,” said Dombi at the conference.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

The agency’s 2025 proposed hospice rule featured a series of requests for information (RFI) on issues like health equity, social determinants of health and future quality measures. The senior care advocacy group LeadingAge has praised the U.S. In addition to the RFIs, the proposed rule also included a 2.6%

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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.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Introduced in May, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years. Congress is currently mulling legislation that could extend current telehealth regulations through 2026. The bill has since stalled on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee floor.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) finalized 2025 rule , up from the 2.6% We were pleased to see the announcement of the 2025 final hospice reimbursement rate increase,” Poff said during the earnings call. Addus executives pointed to a potential headwind resulting from the recent 2.9% payment rise in the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Introduced in May, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years. Congress is currently mulling legislation that could extend current telehealth regulations through 2026. The bill has since stalled on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee floor.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice rule contained requests for information (RFIs) that could signal changes in the agency’s thinking on key issues. Through RFIs, CMS tries to take the pulse of providers’ positions on certain questions that could impact the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

JUNE 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its 2025 proposed hospice payment rule, stating that the agency’s anticipated 2.6% For-profit providers earn an average profit margin of 19.2% compared to 6% for nonprofits, according to NPHI. NHPO also recently submitted comments to the U.S.

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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. In addition to the payment recommendation, MedPAC did not propose any cuts to the aggregate payment cap for 2025, as it has previously for several years running.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a bill that would create new funds for the program in Fiscal Year 2025. Currently in development stages, the first cohort of nurses is projected to begin in July 2025. The project is fueled in part by a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Gentiva in 2024 and 2025 is laser-focused on staff retention and building out its palliative care platform Empatia. Workforce shortages have plagued the hospice community for years, along with the health care sector at large.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved its 2025 state budget that includes outlays to support palliative care services for children. The state’s budget included $14.7 million for maternal and child health, including $10.4 million for pediatric palliative care services for terminally ill children.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry looking ahead to 2025? Looking ahead to 2025, I see innovation and advanced technology playing a pivotal role in the future of the hospice industry. It’s about removing the misconceptions and ensuring people feel empowered and informed when considering hospice care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry looking ahead to 2025? Looking ahead to 2025, I believe the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation’s (HOPE) spiritual assessment tool will be a gamechanger for the hospice industry.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

The company expects to develop similar partnerships in Ohio markets as well as two to three other states by early 2025, according to Weiland. The startup Tuesday Health launched in 2023, emerging from a partnership between Valtruis and Mass General Brigham Ventures.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Landers’ appointment as inaugural CEO represents another step in the alliance’s integration process, which is expected to continue through the beginning of 2025. We will ensure that health care at home continues to evolve as an integral and vital partner in the continuum of care in America.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Before it was scheduled to end by 2025, [MA] plans that had participated in VBID in their second or greater year would not be allowed to elect an out-of-network hospice,” Gaboury said. “So Alongside the potential growth of hospice in value-based reimbursement could come a complicated payment mix for providers as VBID continues, she added.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Looking ahead to 2025, what do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry? I think if we did a better job explaining ourselves and involving ourselves in the larger health community, that would be a really positive thing for our providers. I think there’s a lot that’s going to be the same, both good and bad.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry looking ahead to 2025? I feel that this would change how they drive changes into effect when they see how it impacts these communities. I foresee the hospice industry to become more and more strict when it comes to the hospice benefit in terms of the length of stay.

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