Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Research by VNS Health has found that generative AI systems can help clinicians better assess and predict patients’ palliative care needs. VNS Health staff, with lead researcher Rutgers University Assistant Professor Elizabeth Luth, presented their findings at the recent International Nurse Informatics Conference. ”We

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

Greater access to advance care planning services can lead to improved caregiver satisfaction and reduced health care costs at the end of life. Quality-outcome wise, advance care planning can help improve unnecessary emergency room use and hospitalizations, readmissions and cost utilization at the end of life. Only 10.9%

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Nashville-headquartered Thyme Care recently secured an investment from Echo Health Ventures and CVS Health Ventures (NYSE: CVS) to scale its value-based oncology care model. CVS and Echo’s investment adds weight to Thyme Care’s $60 million funding round secured last year to grow its health services for cancer patients.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

As the palliative care field continues to grow and transform, understanding the current trends, outlook, relevant challenges and necessary skills for future leaders is critical. She added that these services are now being offered in diverse settings, including outpatient and home-based care models.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

Inflation and rising health care utilization are driving U.S. health care spending to growth faster than the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The nation’s health care spend is projected to reach nearly $5.1 During 2023 alone, national health care spending rose an estimated 7.5%.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

A diverse range of health care providers have forged a pathway to palliative care services with an aim to improve quality outcomes among a growing seriously ill population. We’re now seeing a little bit more reach into the skilled nursing facilities that provide palliative care as well.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2024

Sierra Community Palliative Care is partnering with Mettle Health to help patients and families navigate potentially life-changing health care decisions. Sierra is the palliative care arm of California-based Hospice of the Foothills, designed to care for nonterminal patients who have serious or chronic conditions.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

A collaboration between a Dignity Health hospital and Sierra Community Palliative Care promises to be a winning combination with far-reaching results for the larger community. Sierra provides invaluable care for nonterminal patients with serious or chronic conditions. Local primary-care providers also send patients to Sierra.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2024

Research has found links between greater telemedicine utilization and improvements in health care access and quality, particularly among chronically ill populations. A recent Health Affairs study has dug into the quality and cost impacts of telehealth utilization during the pandemic. Researchers examined more than 5.5

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Hospice News

MAY 21, 2024

Resurgia Health Solutions has completed a merger with the home-based primary care, hospice and palliative care company Ennoble Care. Resurgia is a home-based primary care provider that serves homebound patients with operations concentrated in Georgia. Virginia and Georgia.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue recently launched a new palliative care unit. Susan Cohen, palliative care program director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. Many of our patients are underinsured or uninsured,” Cohen told Palliative Care News. With each new expertise there’s collaboration.”

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

The value-based care company Tuesday Health is launching a new supportive care solution fueled by a recent $60 million funding round. The startup Tuesday Health launched in 2023, emerging from a partnership between Valtruis and Mass General Brigham Ventures. The company also expects to expand into new markets.

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Hospice News

JUNE 19, 2024

Dallas-based Silverstone Health has expanded its continuum of home-based services while growing its total daily census from 17 patients to 2,000. Silverstone came on the scene in 2020 as a standalone hospice after CEO Alfonso Montiel’s purchase and rebranding of Comfort Care Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Though relatively few home health agencies provide palliative care, those providers and their patients can benefit from more integration of those services. Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. But at some point, they either plateau, or maybe they actually don’t improve.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Wisconsin-headquartered Legacy Care Partners Inc. has acquired Superior Home Health and Superior Hospice of Texas. Combined, Superior’s home health and hospice businesses operate seven locations that serve 50 Texas counties and more than 500 cities. The company also provides care in Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Puerto Rico-based Brisas Health has launched a new supportive care service in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the organization’s founding. Brisas also operates a separate, traditional palliative care program. Demographic tailwinds are driving palliative care growth in Puerto Rico. Close to one-quarter of the U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Spreading the home-based care community’s message is about more than health care, it also speaks to the priorities and values of society at large, according to Dr. Steven Landers, the newly appointed CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (NACH). This isn’t just about health care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Clinicians often lack exposure to palliative care during their medical training – an issue blocking growth of this workforce during a time of rising demand. One key to growing the supply of palliative care clinicians hinges on data that demonstrates how these services improve patient outcomes.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recent research has uncovered ties between improved hospice utilization rates among patients receiving home health services. Researchers from New Jersey-based Rutgers University’s School of Nursing have found that patient preferences leaned toward home-based hospice services following home health experiences.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lawmakers recently introduced the Value in Health Care Act, which, if enacted, could create inroads toward improved palliative care reimbursement. These changes are designed to increase participation in value-based payment programs designed to improve quality outcomes and lower costs of care. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.),

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Connecticut-based Stamford Health has relaunched an enhanced version of its shuttered palliative care program. The health system’s revamped service line will be available to all patients seen at its Carl & Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center. “Palliative care is such an important part of the patient experience. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

(NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. VITAS is proud to continue our ongoing partnership with Broward Health,” Kathleen Coronado, senior general manager at VITAS Healthcare said in a statement shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A rising number of health systems and community-based providers have been making larger investments in palliative care through joint ventures. This cooperative model is proving to be a good fit for many health systems that may not have the time or resources to build their own home-based care programs from scratch.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Texas-based Midland Health recently opened a new inpatient palliative care center aimed at improving access and quality outcomes among seriously ill patients and their families. Dubbed the Center for Serious Illness and Supportive Care, the facility will be based at the health system’s Midland Memorial Hospital.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Virginia-based Capital Caring Health is expanding its home-based primary care program. The nonprofit hospice and senior services provider plans to offer primary care to a larger population of chronically ill patients with an emphasis on the Arlington County, Virginia, region. million primary care visits in 2016.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Establishing consistent relationships with referral sources will not only fill palliative care’s business pipeline, but they also allow providers to develop better delivery models to meet the needs of their partners and patients. It’s almost a requirement for these large health systems.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. Callaway previously worked as a nurse manager of UnityPoint Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Pennant is the holding company for a cluster of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states. Pennant is an enigma in the health care system, because it’s not a top-down-driven company. We started doing the house calls, mobile palliative care, geriatric primary care work.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Trinity Health at Home recently acquired Iowa-based Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice for an undisclosed sum. The two will officially join forces on July 1 in a move aimed at expanding much-needed care in local communities. Trinity Health as Home was founded in 1986 as Amicare Resources, Inc.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Chapters Health System and Capital Caring Health have signed a letter of intent to affiliate. This marks the third affiliation that Chapters announced or completed during 2022, following Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care early in the year and Hope Healthcare just last week. “In

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Capital Caring Health and Chapters Health System have officially joined forces as their affiliation plans solidify. The two nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers recently closed on an affiliation they announced at the end of last year.

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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. recently introduced a bill that would establish five separate minimum wage schedules for health care employees. The health care sector in California must offer higher wages to remain competitive.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients. Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Palliative care and its core principles may be driving incremental change in the larger health care system. Some of this is likely due to necessity as the nation strains to manage the extensive needs and expensive costs associated with the care of the growing chronically ill senior population. Everybody wants to innovate.

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