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‘Signs of Life’: The 2025 Hospice M&A Outlook

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High quality ratings will be crucial to transactions going forward, with buyers willing to pay top dollar for well-performing assets, he added. “I Pandemic-related headwinds had many investors holding off on hospice investments as providers worked to rebound, he stated.

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Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

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In addition to jeopardizing access to care, fraudsters have stolen millions of taxpayer dollars which is why we’re working to provide accountability, restore integrity to the hospice benefit and ensure access to compassionate, high-quality care.”

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3 Major Tactics Used by Hospice Scammers

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These regions have seen swarms of new hospices emerging and receiving Medicare dollars. A hospice election shuts your benefits off, and these beneficiaries cannot get care that they need. Four states have garnered national attention as fraud hotbeds Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Most of these patients are not terminally ill.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Before we do, we always start off with song request. There are so many points at which deprescribing initiatives could have some Benefit, but because it’s so multifactorial, that’s why it’s hard to get people off medications. So when we started off, we said, you know, the overall goal is going to be to get you off.

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No Easy Answers on Hospice Turnover Costs

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Retention, on the other hand, can be challenging to separate from “every operational dollar” spent, according to Linton. Companies have reported spending in a few hundred dollars per employee tied to improving systems, processes, talent development and compensation models, she stated. Retention costs are harder to pinpoint.

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Pennant Group Acquires Ardent Hospice

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This off-market acquisition opens the door to new service areas in Palm Springs and the Central Valley, and further strengthens our presence in San Diego,”. Pennant, which owns and operates hospice provider Cornerstone Healthcare, was spun off in 2019 from The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG). million, up 5.4%

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Health Care Lawyers: Hospices Must Ready Themselves for More UPIC Audits

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If a UPIC auditor determines that fraud allegations are credible, or if they see evidence of an overpayment, they can suspend a hospice’s Medicare payments or cut them off from future reimbursement, according to Nowicki.

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