AlayaCare

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Between stringent licensing, labor, and evolving data privacy regulations, keeping up with California’s home care rules can feel like an uphill battle. Licensing and Compliance Requirements for Home Care Providers: Where It All Starts While California holds its home care providers to exceptionally high standards, it’s easy to see why.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2025

California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas are the four hotbed states Fraudulent operators marketing strategies have included the use of illegal or unethical tactics, such as enrolling Medicare beneficiaries in hospice care without their knowledge or without providing services. million Medicare fraud scheme. and DAlexandria Hospice Inc.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

California Gov. Assembly Bill 2673 extends California’s moratorium on new hospice provider licenses, which now will remain effective until the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sets emergency regulations. The ongoing statewide audit in California may ultimately lead to more reforms.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Hospice of the Foothills of Nevada County has joined the California Hospice Network, a regional collaborative of nonprofit providers. Hospice of the Foothills launched in 1979 to serve two California counties as an all-volunteer organization and now cares for more than 500 patients and families annually.

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JULY 26, 2024

A hospice physician in California is facing up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty for their involvement in a kickback fraud scheme that bilked Medicare of nearly $30 million. Department of Justice Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California indicated in a statement. and Arcadia Hospice Provider Inc.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2025

Majority of the issues have occurred in four fraud hotbed states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas where swarms of newly licensed hospice operators have emerged at rates well above national trends. To date, only California has ramped up oversight with integration of new laws in recent years designed to limit growth of new hospices.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

NYSE: CHE), has opened its first hospice house in Orange County, California, currently the only such facility in that region. More patients elect hospice in California than in any other state. The post VITAS Opens New Hospice House in California appeared first on Hospice News. VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

Four states have garnered national attention as fraud hotbeds Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Among these providers, three principal tactics are emerging, according to Sheila Clark, president and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Recently proposed legislation in California may raise minimum wages to $25 per hour among health care workers in the state. Currently, the minimum wage in California is $15 per hour across all industries for organizations with 26 or more employees. The health care sector in California must offer higher wages to remain competitive.”

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

California-based Community Hospice, Inc. Established in 1979, the nonprofit organization provides hospice and palliative care in three counties near the San Francisco area of northern California. The hospice company is accused of violating the California Labor Code that stipulates employers must provide sick leave to workers.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2025

Community-based palliative care programs are often reimbursed through privately managed care plans, and to date, only five states include community-based palliative care in their Medicaid programs: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Oregon.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2025

The California-based hospice provider in October 2024 received nearly $1.14 The location is set to open in late spring or summer of 2025 and will feature a 15-bed, five-cottage facility in South Natomas, California. million in philanthropic funding to launch the shelter.

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Hospice News

APRIL 6, 2023

Two hospice fraud cases are moving forward in California and Arizona, states that some stakeholders consider to be potential hotbeds of malfeasance in the space. False Claims Act violations in California San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care submitted roughly $3.67 Karen Sarkisyan, a.k.a.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2025

Nevada is among the four hotbed states seeing escalating program integrity issues in recent years, joined by Arizona, California and Texas. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in Nevada, Arizona, California and Texas.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2023

A federal court has sentenced Akop Atoyan, former co-owner of three California home health and hospice agencies, to 25 months in prison for health care fraud and kickback schemes. California for more than a year has been cracking down on hospice fraud. Atoyan pled guilty to the changes.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Virtual palliative care delivery allowed caregivers more time for respite breaks and reprieve, easing transportation challenges associated with in-person visits, said researcher Dr. Lynn Flint, outpatient palliative care physician and clinical professor at University of California San Franciscos (UCSF) division of geriatrics.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

A large issue preventing stronger collaborations is a lack of clearly defined patient eligibility criteria for palliative care delivery, according to Dr. Danielle Chammas, palliative care physician and psychiatrist at University California, San Franciscos (UCSF) School of Medicine.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) have introduced the Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act , which is designed to improve the SFP selection process as well as transparency around the program. It’s not what they envisioned when this law was written.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fraud’s future costs Bad operators are reaping the benefits of providing poor and negligent care to patients while creating an unstable payment environment for legitimate providers, according to Sheila Clark, president and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The agreement includes Hospice of East Bay and Hospice of Santa Cruz County in California, as well as Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas and Willamette Vital Health in Oregon. Four nonprofit hospices have affiliated with Chapters Health System, expanding the Florida-based hospice and senior services provider to three new states.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Eden Health is a 100% employee-owned company operating in Washington state, Nevada, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Arizona. More than 16,000 people elected the hospice benefit in 2022, about 46% of the state’s Medicare decedents that year, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2025

California is among the four fraud hotbed states that has seen rising instances of fraud, waste and abuse, joined by Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Additionally, the wage rate in California is much higher than some other states, making it the “poster child” for providers reaching the cap rates much more quickly than those in other areas, he said.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Each partner site will receive $15,000 to support the 10-week program implementation and continuous consultation, along with 20 hours of facilitator training for as many as 24 grief professionals.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These actions were spurred by a rash of fraudulent hospices that have emerged primarily in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. The memo directs surveyors to refer issues to CMS if they suspect fraudulent activity.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2025

According to 2022 data from the University of Southern California, average turnover rates throughout the health care continuum hover around 27% for registered nurses and 35.5% Chapters is one of the largest nonprofit hospice providers in the United States. Currently the company has achieved a turnover rate of 12% for nurses and 10% for CNAs.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2025

Willamette now becomes part of Chapters Health West, an extension of Florida-based Chapters’ footprint into Nevada, California and Oregon. Chapters Health West came into being with the affiliation of four hospices with Chapters, including Nathan Adelson, California-based Hospice of Santa Cruz County and Hospice East Bay and Willamette.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2025

All CBSAs and rural counties in Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa will be deemed contiguous to each other, as well as all CBSAs in rural counties in Alaska, California, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2025

The California-based health system unveiled its educational initiative, Pathways to Care Careers, in December 2024 as part of its 50th anniversary commemoration. By the Bay Health is an affiliate of the University of California San Francisco Health (UCSF) Health.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The waivers have allowed for reconciliation with the new normal of realities in health care delivery, according to Dr. Michael Fratkin, a California-based palliative care physician and board president of the Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care. The temporary telemedicine regulations allowed for virtual exceptions to this in-person rule.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services period of enhanced oversight for hospices in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas has resulted in nearly $456,000 in claims denials to date. CMS and the State of California have already implemented a series of new regulations designed to combat fraud, waste and abuse.

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MAY 16, 2025

SCAN Health Plan is among the nations largest Medicare Advantage organizations, covering more than 300,000 lives across California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico. Sachin Jain told Hospice News. That vision remains consistent.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

Other inpatient pediatric facilities include California-based George Mark Childrens House, Minnesota-based Crescent Cove and LadyBug House in Seattle, Washington. Ryan House is among the few facilities that exist in the United States specifically focusing on pediatric populations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) have introduced a bill that would reform aspects of the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). If enacted, the Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act also would increase the penalty for hospices that do not report quality measure data to 10% by 2027, up from 4% currently.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Regulatory oversight in the hospice industry has ramped up amid fraudulent activity, specifically instances occurring in four hotbed states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. The regulatory trends may create mounting pressure on interdisciplinary hospice teams, according to Mayo. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2025

Case in point, unionized staff at Providence Hospice of Sonoma County in California in September 2024 reached a labor agreement with their employer. Hospices that are affiliated with larger health systems, like UVM, may be more likely to see staff participate in labor unions. In Oregon, nurses at St.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The California-based hospice provider YoloCares is adding an Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program to its portfolio of services, which aims to address patients’ social determinants of health and related needs. YoloCares in May became credentialed as an ECM site by Partnership Health Plan of California, a Medicaid health plan.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2025

A more recent and significant factor came with program integrity concerns heating up in four particular hotbed states: Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Among the factors is CMS resumed auditing activity after the agency stalled regulatory enforcement processes during the pandemic.

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