Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Choice is backed by the private equity firms Coltala Holdings and Trive Capital and also serves patients in Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. The transaction will extend Choice’s Oklahoma footprint to cover about 90% of the state, including urban and rural communities, the company indicated.

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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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DECEMBER 5, 2024

Veteran Guest House to Launch New Facility in Nevada Nevada-based Veterans Guest House announced plans to open a new six-bed hospice facility to support veterans and their families nearing the end of life The nonprofit hospice plans to open the facility by the summer of 2025 amid rising demand.

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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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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Arizona also saw a rise of 27 new hospices during the last year, with Texas and Nevada seeing 96 and 33 new providers, respectively.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2025

In October of last year, four nonprofit hospices in the western United States affiliated with Chapters, expanding the Florida-based hospice and senior services provider to three new states California, Nevada and Oregon.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When the moratorium in California hit, many folks packed up their bags and headed to states like Arizona, Texas and Nevada. I think we literally had one strip mall in our state with about 29 hospices in it, which is incredibly concerning to us. There are other states experiencing this competition. Competition is a good thing.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding its enhanced oversight for new hospices in fraud-ridden states, including California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. This is the latest development in CMS’ response to a surge of newly licensed hospices in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2025

The hospice provider in February acquired Nevada-based St. This age cohort has increasingly grown in Bristol Hospices recently expanded regions, representing 13.7%, 21.3%, 19.3% of the overall populations in Arizona, South Carolina, Texas and Washington, respectively, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Numerous media and government reports have surfaced since 2021 related to unethical and illegal activity occurring among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly in four hotbed states of California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

In early 2024 Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial awarded Hospice of the Foothills in Nevada County, California, a generous $94,000 grant for its subsidiary Sierra Community Palliative Care. Sierra provides invaluable care for nonterminal patients with serious or chronic conditions.

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MARCH 10, 2025

For instance, in California, in Nevada, in Arizona, we were very proactive at making sure that the CMS and the [U.S. We’ve been working with CMS to identify it, and we’ve been really supportive of them to bring to their attention where our programs see serious issues.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2024

Reports of unethical or illegal practices have surged, particularly among hundreds of newly certified hospices in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. So far, California is the only state to take action on hospice fraud, which is leading some fraudulent providers to set up shop in other states , such as Nevada.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2024

Numerous reports of these unethical or illegal practices have emerged since 2021, with the majority centered in four states: California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Arizona also saw a rise of 25 new hospices during the last year, with Texas and Nevada seeing 72 and 25 new providers, respectively. of hospices) 2024 (No.

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Hospice News

APRIL 5, 2023

This has been the case for Nevada-based 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids, particularly as they contended with the pandemic and widespread workforce shortages, according to COO Eddie Belluomini. We are one of the fastest growing hospices in the state of Nevada. Unfortunately, the new buyers eliminated the pediatric program.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

of Nevadas 3.1 The team was small but mighty and developed over the years as their love for what they do, really shined through and resonated with the community which often happens. About 17.4% million population are older than 65, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2024

Since 2021, numerous media and government reports have emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. As more regulation comes in, it really doesn’t matter.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Parents and guardians frequently experience feelings of stress, anxiety and becoming overwhelmed, issues that pediatric palliative care providers can do better in alleviating, according to Eddie Belluomini, COO of 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids based in Nevada.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing a “period of enhanced oversight” for new hospices in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. CMS is placing newly enrolling hospices located in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas in a provisional period of enhanced oversight.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

Nevada-based 1Care Hospice, part of 1Care Health, recently acquired Reset Behavior Health for an undisclosed amount. By acquiring Reset Behavior, we will now be able to provide [applied behavior analysis (ABA)] in the entire state of Nevada. The provider offers home health and private duty services across northern Nevada.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

He completed his medical training at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and has served for 14 years as a clinician, educator, administrator, and business owner in California and Northern Nevada. “Dr. Dopf is board-certified physician in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and hospice and palliative medicine.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The issue first gained attention late last year in California, but stakeholders have also raised concerns about providers in Texas, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas. Some individuals also hold management positions at several of these hospices simultaneously.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The issue first gained attention in 2022 in California, but stakeholders have also raised concerns about providers in Nevada, Arizona and Texas. I’ve talked to a number of my counterparts in California, Nevada and Arizona, and we’re not seeing it to the extent that they have, thank goodness.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

The law enforcement agency’s alert comes as program integrity concerns continue in four states, including Texas, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Overall, about 69% of all newly licensed hospices in 2023 were located in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. The FBI has issued a public warning about hospice fraud in the Houston area.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This includes Arizona, Nevada and Texas. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas. These issues have been spreading to other states, signaling a need for federal involvement, the four organizations indicated in the letter.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. In January, hospice organizations began sounding the alarm on similar activity in other states — Arizona, Texas and Nevada. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

Driving these conversations are the multiple reports of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As far as you know to date, is this problem still contained to those four states (California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona)? I think what we’re seeing in Arizona and Nevada and Texas was sort of a seepage.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2024

The arrests took place in California, a state that has been rife with hospice fraud in recent years, along with Arizona, Texas and Nevada. The FBI has arrested five people in connection with a $15 million hospice fraud and money laundering scheme.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

According to the discussion draft, the bill would also implement a temporary, national moratorium on the enrollment of new hospices into Medicare, to help stem the tide of fraudulent activities among recently established providers concentrated primarily in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

For example, a provider in rural regions with great distances between patients could operate on a different staffing model than a company in a more densely populated area, Darren Bertram, CEO of Nevada-based Infinity Hospice Care, said at the Staffing Summit. Patients may be higher-acuity in some markets than in others as well.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Established in 1979, the nonprofit serves more than 500 patients and their families annually across western Nevada County, California, and surrounding communities. Foothills Compassionate Care will hold a community open house on Monday in celebration of the rebranding and its growth.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. California’s Department of Justice (CDOJ) in 2021 issued a report detailing the state’s history of lax oversight.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

Much of the regulatory activity was spurred by a rash of new providers that emerged predominantly in four states : California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space , and providers can learn from that prior experience, he said.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The agency is working to curb the impact of a rash of new providers that have emerged so far in four states: California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas. CMS is also developing “enhanced oversight” for providers in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Hospice of the Foothills of Nevada County has joined the California Hospice Network, a regional collaborative of nonprofit providers.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The agency is working to curb the impact of a rash of new providers that have emerged so far in four states: California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. Coupled with this, CMS is developing an “enhanced oversight” program for providers in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. Noridian will perform the reviews and submit findings to CMS.

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