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

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)

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JULY 23, 2024

increase in hospice per diems that CMS included in its 2025 proposed rule , Dombi said. Though hospice reimbursement structures have seen incremental rises, these have been insufficient to combat the financial, economic and workforce pressures that providers are facing. Providers will need far more than the 2.6%

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2024

Once the voting results are finalized, directors will each serve a one-year term expiring in 2025.” “The results announced today are considered preliminary until final results are tabulated and certified by the independent Inspector of Elections,” Enhabit said in a statement. AREX holds 4.9% of Enhabit’s shares.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

Looking ahead to 2025, some of the key metrics that hospices, payers and referral partners need to watch are changing. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to implement its new Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation Tool (HOPE) tool, which will replace the Hospice Item Set.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

Being selected as a participant in this program — set to start on July 1, 2025 — will allow us to continue to fulfill our mission.” “Everything we do as an organization is guided by our mission, to ‘enrich lives with knowledge, respect, and compassionate care,’” she said.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

by 2025, up from 13.5% Favorable demographics are among the factors that make Missouri an attractive market for hospices. The proportion of seniors older than 65 in Missouri’s population is expected to reach 19.1% in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As part of its growth strategy, St.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

UnitedHealth Group has taken steps to stabilize Change Healthcare and resume normal operations, with a full financial recovery expected in early 2025. The data breach caused widespread disrupting in claims processing and other activities.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

If enacted, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years. A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. It also includes some exceptions.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Wage increases up to 16% over four years and raises pay for nurses with advanced degrees and skills. A one-time bonus for nurses still with PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services in Jan. PeaceHealth operates two hospice locations in Oregon, along with six others in Alaska and Washington state.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2024

After years of development, the agency in its recent hospice proposed rule indicated that the HOPE tool’s implementation would begin in 2025. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently developing quality measures that will be included in the HOPE tool, which will replace the current Hospice Item Set (HIS).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently introduced a new rule that will require newly formed joint ventures (JVs) to disclose the net value of each participating asset at the onset of solidifying these deals. The requirement will take effect for all JVs with a formation date on or after Jan.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently called for a freeze in the hospice per diem base rate for 2025, for instance. Potential reimbursement pressures also play a role, according to Triava CEO Jared Rhodes. A third major factor is the rise of Medicare Advantage and managed care, Rhodes indicated.

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Hospice News

APRIL 5, 2023

Under the model extension, beginning in 2025, CMS will more closely align flexibilities for concurrent care with those offered in other CMS Innovation Center models,” CMS indicated today on its website. “By During those additional years, patients will be able to receive curative treatments in tandem with hospice care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

CMS will not accept applications to the previously released CY 2025 Request for Applications for the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model.” For calendar year 2024, 13 Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are participating in the hospice component, providing coverage through 78 health plans in 19 states.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2024

From 2025 to 2055 and the next 20–30 years after that is going to be the ‘golden decades’ of hospice utilization.” With hospice utilization sitting today in the ballpark of about 50%–51%, I could absolutely see getting into the 70%. All that would take is an incremental 1% utilization [increase] per year, and that’s very, very reasonable.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

The two-and-a-half-year clinical trial is expected to launch in autumn 2025. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is financing the study through a $27.5 million grant. It will include more than 43,000 seriously ill patients admitted to 48 hospitals in 17 states who have at least a 50% chance of death within a year.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

By 2025, their numbers will nearly double, according to the U.S. “During COVID, the need became more apparent as patients did not have the option to have families with them during their final hours.” Nearly 500,000 seniors live in Orange County, close to 16% of the total population. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

“We believe the positive strides we have made in 2023 are reflected in these completed financing transactions, which clear our debt maturities until 2025,” said Dawn Kussow, Brookdale’s executive vice president and CFO, in a statement. In tandem with the sale, Brookdale refinanced its remaining 2024 debt maturities.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This practice was first implemented by the IMPACT Act for years 2016 through 2025 and was previously extended to 2023. The post Federal Spending Bill Would Extend Hospice Recertification Via Telehealth Through 2024 appeared first on Hospice News.

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NHPCO

MARCH 5, 2024

CMS will no longer be accepting applications for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Request for Applications. This means hospice will no longer be a part of the VBID model beginning January 1, 2025. Hospice providers currently contracted with MAOs will continue with their contracts for CY 2024.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We remain on track to cover approximately 40% of our MA members with the fully value-based model by 2025. “In the home, we have continued to expand our value-based model, which coordinates care and optimizes spend, across home health, [durable medical equipment] and infusion services,” Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said in an earnings call. “We

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

More importantly, CDPH is collaborating with stakeholders, such as CHAPCA, to create more stringent hospice regulations that will come into effect from January 1, 2025. It’s crucial to acknowledge that CDPH is taking active measures to ensure that hospices in California are safe and effective for patients.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

1, 2025, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center will begin implementing a payment model for primary care known as the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Primary Care Flex Model under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2023

by 2025, up from 13.5% Favorable demographics are among the factors that make Missouri an attractive market for hospices. The proportion of seniors older than 65 in Missouri’s population is expected to reach 19.1% in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Hospice utilization in Missouri reached 50.2%

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

1, 2025, with the application period starting May 20 and ending June 17. The advance payments are also designed to help cover some of the costs of forming an ACO when appropriate, as well as administrative costs associated with the model. ACOs will then distribute payment to the participating primary care providers in their networks.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2025, according to the Pew Research Center. As more members of “Gen Z” come into the hospice workforce, employers will need to adapt to their unique perspectives, needs and priorities in order to maximize recruitment and retention.

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