Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care. Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home. Seniors are projected to make up 27.5% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Illinois-headquartered Unity Hospice & Palliative Care has expanded to Houston, Texas, following its acquisition of an existing license in that market. Unity is a family-owned provider established in 1992 that since then has cared for more than 30,000 patients, the company reported. currently, projections by the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is considering a broad spectrum of payment models that could integrate palliative care. This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others. “In

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unity Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Houston has unveiled a five-year general inpatient (GIP) service agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health. The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals. Unity Hospice and Palliative Care serves 13 counties in Texas.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are becoming an important source of palliative care reimbursement, and a recently proposed rule from the U.S. Along with Medicare Advantage, ACO relationships represent one of the few pathways to reimbursement for palliative care providers, beyond the physician services covered under Part B.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Individuals in prison environments often have limited access to palliative care services, making these patients among the hardest to reach for providers. We’re facing a backdrop in which a lot of people with serious illness are disproportionately represented in our jails and prisons,” Supiano told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Texas Palliative Care and CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health recently formed a partnership to expand access to serious illness care for patients and families in growing need. The palliative care partnership was rolled out last month with a goal to improve provider coordination and quality of these services across East Texas.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. By 2030, seniors are projected to make up more than a quarter or 26.9% electing the benefit, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Partners In Care has formed a strategic partnership with the primary and urgent care provider Summit Health aimed at increasing access to palliative care in Central Oregon. Beginning this July, Summit Health patients will have access to palliative care consultations and expanded services through the partnership. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A look back at Palliative Care News’ five most-read stories this year paints a picture of trends shaping the serious illness care space. Securing reimbursement — and the promise of value-based contracts — continues to be top of mind for many palliative care providers as they look ahead to 2024.

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology initiative focused on adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). I think that every neurologist needs to be equipped with palliative care skills,” Dr. Claire J.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

We all know that hospice creates savings, Hospice and palliative care, because of their savings and their higher outcomes, actually are the solution that value-based care is looking for,” Stawasz said. Value-based care, incentivizes use of palliative care, incentivizes use of hospice.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

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. One contributing factor was that eligibility requirements can differ from plan to plan.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The companies indicated in a statement that the merger will enhance access in-home medical care and improve patient outcomes. In addition to home-based primary care, Enoble providers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The company also operates an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

Commonly called the hospice carve-in, the program in 2021 began testing the coverage of hospice through Medicare Advantage, as well as palliative care and transitional care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The company’s mobile health care clinicians integrate virtual visits with primary, hospice and palliative care services to assess patients’ needs in the home to reduce emergency and urgent care utilization and associated costs. and Asian Americans 5.7%. An estimated 5.2

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A whole new playing field Hospice VBID is designed to test the coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage. The program also includes components designed to expand access to palliative care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently extended the program to 2030.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

. “We share a commitment of putting patients and families first by providing exceptional care focused on optimizing the quality of life, comfort and dignity of our patients.” ” By 2030, seniors are projected to make up nearly a quarter (22.3%) of the overall Illinois population, up from 16.6% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Originally slated to end in 2024, CMMI has extended the program through 2030. In addition, participating MAOs are able to provide individualized, clinically appropriate transitional concurrent care through in-network providers and offer hospice-specific supplemental benefits.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

Census Bureau estimate that seniors will comprise more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Adding hospice adds another layer in the continuum of care that the EdenHill providers, according to Clark.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

As the chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative and an associate professor at UMass Medical School, she is leading one effort to integrate palliative care into the core medical school curricula in her home state. to train more doctors in palliative care. It’s part of a growing movement across the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The unit allows for expanded access to inpatient hospice care in the community during a time of increasing need, according to Ron Gicca, president of Melbourne Regional Medical Center. The compassionate palliative care services that are available to the Melbourne community are so greatly appreciated,” Gicca said in an announcement. “We

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adapting to value-based care Another focus for providers this year should be adapting towards risk-based payment models. This includes the development and expansion of services beyond hospice, such as palliative care or Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Florida-based Hope Healthcare has affiliated with Chapters Health System, a nonprofit provider of hospice, palliative care and home health, among other services. Its staff of 3,330 and more than 2,430 volunteers care for more than 72,000 patients annually in 35 Florida counties and four in Georgia. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

“Since the acquisition of each affiliate, residents of Charles and Calvert counties have benefitted along the entire care continuum that includes supportive, hospice and grief care,” Chesapeake indicated in a press release. Maryland’s population of individuals 60 and older is projected to outpace other age groups by 2030.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Joining forces will also allow the two Pennsylvania-based nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers to realize cost-savings potential when it comes to purchasing durable medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). currently, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

.” Hospice of the Chesapeake has cared for patients since 1979, prior to establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The organization in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“In 2020, Compassus became the managing partner of Ascension at Home, a joint venture between Ascension and Compassus, broadening both organizations’ home-based care services beyond hospice and palliative care to also encompass home health,” a Compassus spokesperson told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2022

Seniors are projected to make up nearly a quarter (23%) of the state’s overall population by 2030, a up from 16.7% of its Medicare decedents electing hospice, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. currently, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

Its staff of 29,000 employees and 6,100 affiliated physicians provide care across 270 sites in Southeast Texas. Tennessee-based Contessa’s care model made it an attractive partner to Memorial Hermann Health System. In addition to palliative care, Contessa provides hospital-at-home and skilled nursing-at-home services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The United States Census Bureau projects that seniors 65 and older will represent nearly a quarter (21%) of the nation’s population by 2030. If people have the opportunity to understand hospice and if they’re eligible for that or need palliative care support, then those resources and coordination of care are made better available to them.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The JV is currently honing its focus on expanding access to home care for seniors across South Dakota. of South Dakota’s overall population by 2030, a rise from 17.5% Even as demographics drive up demand for serious illness and end-of-life care, public awareness is driving down utilization. currently, according to the U.S.

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NHPCO

JULY 12, 2023

For Immediate Release July 12, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its advocacy affiliate, the Hospice Action Network (HAN) are pleased to support the reintroduction of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) in the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 3, 2023

To date, much of this has centered around diversified programs like palliative care, PACE and other services. Often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, CMS recently extended the payment demonstration through 2030, with plans to allow some types of concurrent curative care during its later years.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2022, Helios Care served more than 580 hospice patients across four New York counties in addition to 90 palliative care patients and more than 550 bereavement care clients. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. Recent research has shown that hospice care reduces Medicare’s costs by nearly $3.5 While operating within Medicare Advantage can lead to challenges for hospices, it also gives them an opportunity to develop innovative approaches to care delivery.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

among Medicare descendants during 2018, which is in line with the national average, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported. Along with national trends, demographics are driving demand for end-of-life and serious illness care in the Prairie State. Hospice utilization in the Illinois market reached 50.3%

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