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JULY 5, 2022

The post Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates appeared first on Hospice News.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

The post StateServe’s Delta Care Rx Acquisition Fueled by Hospice Cost Saving Potential appeared first on Hospice News. “Our vision of the combined solution will include a significant investment in new technology to automate and streamline workflows, enabling better quality service and efficiency for our customers.”

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

The post The Forces Fueling the Palliative Care Market appeared first on Hospice News. “We need to start figuring out how we will get a piece of the pie and get some of those shared savings on the back end. It’s learning more about value-based care and about risk-based reimbursement. They’re just going to get bigger.”

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Scott Herman, founder and CEO of New Day Healthcare LLC, to uncover the scope of hospice assets currently in the market and the factors that are both fueling and challenging M&A activity. In this episode, Hospice News Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with G. The post Elevate Podcast: G.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Fueling the expansion are two affiliation-building strategies that Chapters introduced in 2020, the Chapter Health Managed Service Organization (MSO) program and Chapters CareNu.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Growing aging populations are fueling demand for hospice in Texas and nationwide. The new acquisition comes on the heels of New Days recent purchase of Intrepid USAs hospice operations in Missouri and Texas for an undisclosed amount. Seniors 65 and older represent 13.8% of the states overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The company has fueled investments in workforce development, operational efficiencies and expanding its geographic footprint. These efforts have driven both business growth and improved patient outcomes, Rousseau said during an earnings call on Friday.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The companys $85 million acquisition of Covenant Health and Community Services in October 2024 has helped to fuel the companys growth. VITAS adjusted EBITDA, excluding Medicare capitation rates, reached $93.2 million during the fourth quarter, seeing a 11.8% year-over-year increase.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2025

Factors fueling its growth included a $38.7 The company is projected to see improvement in 2025, in part fueled by a promising, yet competitive/challenging hospice and home health merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape, Fidel indicated. Its revenue reached $519.9 million during the fourth quarter, an 8.6% year-over-year increase.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2025

The new legislation was in part fueled by rising concerns that proliferation of new for-profits in New York may challenge the state Department of Healths certificate of need (CON) process. This paragraph applies to any approval on or after the date on which it takes effect.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

A large issue fueling disparities among cancer patients is that the nations health care system remains fragmented, said Dr. Ramona Rhodes, associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she also provides geriatric, hospice and palliative care.

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MAY 2, 2025

Also significant is dedicating resources to develop and expand collaborative referral relationships with various community and nonprofit organizations to help fuel a sufficient volunteer base/volume of volunteers, she added.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Fueling your mind and body with the proper nutrients through a well-balanced diet keeps your patients safe and thriving as much as it does you. Our bodies prefer carbs for fuel. By implementing these nutritional strategies, nurses can fuel mind and body, ensuring they remain at their best in their vital roles.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The infusion of capital will help fuel further acquisitions, with an emphasis on home health assets in 2025. “I I think 2025 is going to be a really exciting year from an M&A perspective, and we’ve put ourselves in a good position to execute,” Jackson said.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Additional hospice growth factors include recent leadership changes to Addus’ hospice sales and marketing teams during the third quarter, which the company believes will help fuel improved public outreach and referral partner education, Poff said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care is fueling the launch of a new pediatric center in northern Florida that will support serious and terminally ill youths and their families. A groundbreaking ceremony for The Dorion Family Pediatric Center is set for Monday, Jan.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Collins and Kozak have both seen growth in demand, with the public’s interest fueling a growth in offerings from old-school mainstream medicine. I think the complementary therapies go further in looking at the whole patient than even conventional medicine in this specialist field does, Brazzale said.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Forces fueling quality measures More health care providers across the continuum are leveraging palliative care as a way to improve overall patient and family experiences, said Yonah Klein, chief growth officer at Unity Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2025

The compliance lessons learned by hospices could help fuel future care delivery and business decisions, including those related to buying or selling off programs, he stated.

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APRIL 1, 2025

This trend could help to fuel innovations that can better address physical, emotional and practical patient needs, Moss indicated. Payers and providers alike have increasingly recognized the potential value proposition of palliative care when it comes to improving quality and reducing health care costs.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Data has become a crucial component of understanding both unmet patient needs and where to fuel resources that address them, Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece said during the Hospice News Palliative Care Executive webinar.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

The post OIG’s Hospice GIP Audit Fueled by Inappropriate Billing; Nearly One-Third of Claims Have Errors appeared first on Hospice News. The government has previously said they want hospice providers to be offering more GIP services and asking why they don’t. Well, this is the reason. They risk audits and being targeted by regulators.”

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MARCH 6, 2025

Other investments by Enhabit helped fuel these results. This growth has continued through January and February of 2025, Jacobsmeyer said. Enhabit anticipates hospice ABC growth between 7% to 8.5% during 2025. One key initiative was the case management model introduced in 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Limited recourse for reimbursement has had many hospices operating palliative care programs fueled by philanthropic donations and fundraising efforts, with some also seeking partnerships with other health care providers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

The hospice industry in 2019 and 2020 began to see climbing valuations and transaction volumes that reached record-highs , largely fueled as an influx of private equity investors stepped into the space. Many buyers are waiting for the proverbial dust to settle from the flurry of M&A activity in recent years.

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DECEMBER 27, 2024

The research comes as health equity issues increasingly receive a spotlight and palliative care providers seek to better understand the barriers fueling disparities. Prolific health disparities have driven providers to implement various strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion among underserved patient populations.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Rising competition in the hospice space has fueled pivotal changes in end-of-life care delivery both for better and for worse, according to Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley Executive Director Debbie Shumway. Healthy competition can be a good thing, driving innovation and quality improvement, Shumway stated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fueled a total of $1.4 But unknowns remain as far as the barriers among LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, individuals with limited English proficiency, rural area populations, and patients adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 15, 2025

Your body needs fuel to recharge and relax, so take time to discover how to nourish yourself physically and mentally so that your future self will thank you later. Takeaway Consistently staying full is challenging, so finding ways to boost your protein intake deserves praiseespecially for nurses who rarely get a chance to rest.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2025

Fueling growth was the companys 2023 acquisition of LHC Group for $5.4 UnitedHealth Group, through its subsidiary Optum, is among the largest hospice providers in the nation by Medicare claims, according to research by Hospice News and the data analysis firm Hospice Analytics.

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APRIL 30, 2025

One of the things that weve seen is [that] we have clinicians that really do want to grow, and its so important to listen to them and hear that, and then begin to provide them with the education that they need to grow, Wozniak told Hospice News during the summit.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

Swelling aging populations have fueled rising health care costs across the country, with payers and providers alike seeking ways to ensure affordable access and sustainable services. More payers in this arena are increasingly recognizing the depth of potential beneficial outcomes when it comes to collaborative hospice partnerships.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Demographic trends driven by a swelling aging population with chronic conditions will continue to fuel demand for palliative care in coming years. Palliative care is an important component of Unity Hospice and Palliative Cares strategic growth plans, according to Klein.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

Picking up Gentiva’s personal care assets included in the purchase will help fuel future revenue, expansion and staffing efforts, he stated. Fueling its acquisition pipeline is more than $173.3 million in dry powder as well as existing lines of credit. The company saw 10.4% year-over-year revenue growth in Q2, reaching $286.9

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2024

Macro headwinds such as uncertain regulatory developments and Medicare reimbursement policies, an evolving antitrust landscape, a difficult health care operating environment and persistently high interest rates were among the factors fueling Enhabit’s decision. The company owns 4.8% of Enhabit’s shares.

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JUNE 7, 2024

The revisions were fueled by mounting concerns that the requirement posed potential compliance issues. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its guidance on the recently implemented hospice certifying physician Medicare enrollment requirement.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath has fueled its focus to provide full-life care, a strategy the company has dubbed to offer the full continuum of services to support seniors and the seriously ill throughout their health care journey. The newly developed role marks an important milestone for the Florida-based nonprofit, according to CEO Jonathan Fleece.

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