Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2025

A new partnership between Humana Inc. Humana Medicare Advantage members who are eligible for the program in Michigan, New York, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and New Jersey may now receive services from Thyme Care.

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JUNE 6, 2025

” In addition to its new Western locations, the nonprofit Chapters Health System provides hospice, palliative and home health care, as well as durable medical equipment and pharmacy services, across Florida, Georgia, New York and New Jersey.

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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 11, 2025

The state attorneys general of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York are also plaintiffs in the suit. Optum in February 2023 also acquired the home health and hospice provider LHC Group for $5.4 DOJ in December 2024 filed the lawsuit to kill the deal.

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 14, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – August 14, 2024 – AlayaCare , a global technology platform for home and community-based care, announced today that it has been chosen as the end-to-end Electronic Health Record (EHR) of choice by Premier Home Health Care Services, Inc.,

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Chapters Health provides hospice, home health, palliative care and other services in its home state, as well as in Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and the District of Columbia. If you can strike that balance, you can and should be competitive, no matter the unique makeup of your specific marketplace.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a significant step toward enhancing palliative care education and services in their markets, Rutgers University-Camden and Samaritan have officially inked a memorandum of understanding on a new partnership. Rutgers University-Camden is one of four campuses of Rutgers University, a public land-grant research university in New Jersey.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The home-based care companies Clare Medical and Ennoble Care’s New Jersey Housecall Practices are merging to form one of the largest house call organizations in the New England region. ” Ennoble Care footprint stretches across New York state, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C.,

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

Another strategy is to seek out local and state government dollars, according to Chris Rollins, chief development officer of New Jersey-based Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice. We have successfully earned the investment of the State of New Jersey, which included a $1.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This notion, in part, drove BoldAge PACE to unveil a new center in South Carolina. Williams will oversee the new location in North Charleston, South Carolina, which was chosen largely due to the area’s high incidences of stroke-related mortalities, he stated. PACE executive director at BoldAge.

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Hospice News

MAY 21, 2024

” Ennoble Care’s footprint stretches across New York state, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C., The company last month completed a merger with Clare Medical in New Jersey to form one of the largest house call organizations in the New England region. Virginia and Georgia.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The new ruling by the third circuit U.S. In that ruling, New Jersey U.S. The litigation first arose in 2008 when four former employees of Care Alternatives filed a qui tam complaint alleging that the New Jersey-based company billed Medicare for hospice services when patients were not eligible to receive them.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

In addition to its new Western locations, the nonprofit Chapters Health System provides hospice, palliative and home health care, as well as durable medical equipment and pharmacy services, across Florida, Georgia, New York and New Jersey.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Four former employees of Care Alternatives have alleged that the New Jersey-based company billed Medicare for hospice services when patients were not eligible to receive them. New Jersey U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is pursuing a qui tam lawsuit against Care Alternatives Inc.,

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AlayaCare

MAY 14, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – May 14, 2024 – AlayaCare, a global technology platform for home and community-based care, announced today that it is the platform of choice for Caring People, a CHAP accredited private duty home care agency with more than 25,000 clients across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The new joint venture has begun accepting new patients and is currently hiring staff. New Jersey-based BAYADA provides home-based hospice, nursing, rehabilitative, therapeutic and assistive care services to adult and pediatric patients. The partnership marks the second strategic move between BAYADA and UHS.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Rinn has been CEO of VNA of Central New Jersey Community Health Centers (CHC) since 2017. Previously, he was acting health commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Health and executive director of emergency medical services (EMS) and government affairs for Jersey City Medical Center.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

New York Gov. The new law requires the New York State Department of Health to develop a public awareness campaign to promote advance care planning. Funding for the awareness campaign will come from the state’s health department’s operations budget, a spokesperson from the senator’s office told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2023

In New Jersey, a partnership between a health services company and a nursing home is offering a new approach to long-term illness, tailoring palliative care treatment plans to individual patients. Laurel, New Jersey, have joined together to offer Chronic Illness Support to Laurel Brook patients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Aveanna Taps New Chief Legal Executive Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. NASDAQ: AVAH) has appointed Jerry Perchik as its new chief legal officer and secretary. New Day Healthcare Appoints EVP of Hospice Texas-based New Day Healthcare recently promoted Debbie Weber to senior executive vice president of hospice operations.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 20, 2024

New York state’s new Center for Hospice and Palliative Care recently launched with an aim to increase utilization and goal-concordant outcomes among swelling aging populations in the Empire State. Misconceptions are a large part of the utilization challenge that the new center aims to address.

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For instance, New Jersey provides a vendor option but still allows providers to choose, whereas New York mandates providers select their own vendors. Though still a ‘Closed’ state, Texas provides a pool of State-approved EVV vendors for providers to pick from. Every other state falls under the Choice Model.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

A new primary care-focused payment model demonstration could create new partnership opportunities for hospice and palliative care providers. The post New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships appeared first on Hospice News.

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JULY 11, 2023

The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. Samaritan’s Palliative Medical Partners provided 17,000 patient visits during 2022 across eight hospitals in south New Jersey, Goldfine stated.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge PACE is owned and operated by former Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care CEO Todd Stern, also a former AccentCare executive, and Dan Czermak, founder of Acute Health Systems and Beacon of Life. We have two operational programs in New Jersey, one serves Monmouth County and the other Ocean County.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

New Jersey-based Monmouth Medical Center recently developed a set of triggers to help clinicians identify patients most likely to benefit from palliative care. The post New Studies Guide Timing of End-of-Life Care Conversations appeared first on Hospice News. Identifying triggers for palliative care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNA Health Group) has named a new board chair and vice chair, among other leadership appointments. Long-time board member Kathy Jones will become the board’s new secretary, and Patrick Boyle, another long-standing board member of the Board, will take on the role of treasurer.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Philadelphia-based First Docs is poised for multi-state expansion after securing new investment dollars from the private equity firm Webster Equity Partners. Prior to the Webster transaction, First Docs predominately operated in eastern Pennsylvania and central New Jersey regions.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

Kaiser Permanente is launching a new nonprofit provider organization branded as Risant Health, kicking it off with the acquisition of a fellow integrated health system — Geisinger Health. Risant Health’s prime directive is to “expand access to value-based care in more communities nationwide,” according to a statement from the two companies.

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MAY 24, 2023

Case in point, New Jersey legislators are currently mulling a bill that would create a community-based palliative care benefit within the state’s Medicaid program. Colorado, Maryland and New York include palliative care as part of their health care facility licensing.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

The new partnership expands palliative care across Summit Health’s other departments, including cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology and primary care. . The company recently tapped Greg Hagfors as its new CEO following the retirement of Eric Alexander. This is not the first collaboration between the two organizations.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

Earlier this year, New Jersey legislators began considering a bill that would create a similar benefit. Legislation has appeared in about 15 states that would direct state Medicaid agencies to research the feasibility of implementing expanded coverage for community-based palliative care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The New-Jersey based hospital is part of the RWJBarnabas Health system and serves roughly 200,000 pediatric palliative care patients across its service region. At that time, there were less than five pediatric palliative care certified physicians in the whole state of New Jersey.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Strategic palliative education initiatives built on quality outcomes Seriously ill patients nationwide urgently need palliative support, according to Yusimi Sobrino-Bonilla, palliative care clinical supervisor and nurse at New Jersey-based Valley Health System. But many of them go without due to a lack of trained clinicians.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge emerged last year, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. Then where I step in clinically, or where the clinical team steps in is when we hire a medical director first, wherever possible, and I train them, and he trains and picks his own new providers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The home-based care provider operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and in St. The company has seen reduced turnover among aides in its New York service region, Klein said. Louis, Missouri.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This new process has significantly improved data accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. The one-click claim submission saved time and reduced the likelihood of errors, enabling the agency to allocate more resources to patient care while ensuring a transparent and efficient claim submission process. It just made it completely easy.

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