Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) also called on CMS to delay the program and reconsider their methodology for selecting hospices. ” Later, four members of Congress led by Van Duyne and Rep.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act in the U.S. An OIG study of hospice billing claims submitted during 2012 found that 31% of the GIP claims that providers submitted to CMS were inappropriately billed — to the tune of an estimated $268 million that year alone.

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MAY 14, 2024

After more than a year of negotiations, the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) labor union has reached an agreement with PeaceHealth. I’m touched by the support nurses and our patients received from people in every part of Lane County [Oregon].”

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Workers from Oregon-based Providence Home Health and Hospice, also part of the Providence Health System, decided to unionize in March 2023 with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA). This is the latest in a series of unionizations among hospice and palliative care workers, particularly in California and Oregon.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As a result, SCAN Group and CareOregon have mutually agreed to withdraw our applications with the Oregon regulatory agencies and to terminate our affiliation agreement.” ” The Oregon Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) raised questions about the proposed business combination in a Dec. 2023 memorandum.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Others, such as New Jersey, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Florida, require certain providers to inform patients of those health care options in particular circumstances. Oregon passed a law in 2015 to create its Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council. States take swings and miss.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Charles Home Health and Hospice in Bend, Oregon, have unionized with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) to negotiate for improved working conditions, compensation and other issues. Charles Health System, a nonprofit that serves communities in Central Oregon. The post Hospice, Home Health Nurses Unionize at Oregon’s St.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act in the U.S. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). House of Representatives, which, if enacted, could revolutionize the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Hospice News / Merz Photography Hospice News / Merz Photography Rep.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

PeaceHealth operates two hospice locations in Oregon, along with six others in Alaska and Washington state. Roughly 90 of its home health and hospice registered nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) recently voted in favor of strike, though ultimately decided to postpone that action as wage negotiations continue.

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JULY 12, 2024

Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon), if enacted, would implement a number of changes to medical review processes. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). The Portland, Oregon native was first elected to Congress 27 years ago and later gained a seat on the influential Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. Hospice News photo by Merz Photography.

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JULY 16, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that, if enacted, would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). We want people to be able to critique it … working with you to make it function better.” Hospice News photo by Merz Photography.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

A recent report from the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) highlighted the current landscape of palliative care delivery across the country, with Massachusetts and Oregon leading the charge.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Partners In Care has formed a strategic partnership with the primary and urgent care provider Summit Health aimed at increasing access to palliative care in Central Oregon. In 2014, Partners In Care began offering palliative care services to patients of Summit Health’s oncology department at the Eastside Clinic in Bend, Oregon.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Palliative care providers and naturopathic clinicians share common threads of person-centered approaches, according to Dr. Ian Luepker, naturopathic physician at Oregon-based Ashland Consciousness Medicine. The Oregon-based practice utilizes psychedelic-assisted therapies to help address terminally ill patients’ symptoms.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Workers from Oregon-based Providence Home Health and Hospice, part of the Providence Health System, also decided to unionize in March with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA). Also in Oregon, nurses at St. Statements like these echo workers from other hospice organizations that are also involved in wage disputes or unionization.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) and announced in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference, the bill proposed massive reimbursement and regulatory changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). Developed by U.S. Hospice News / Merz Photography Hospice News / Merz Photography U.S.

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MAY 9, 2023

Fratkin, palliative care specialist, Humboldt Center for New Growth and founding partner, Fire & Water Consulting States like Oregon and Colorado have been at the forefront of changing psychedelic and cannabis policies.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Earl Blumenhauer (D-Oregon) announced the landmark legislation at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Earl Blumenhauer (D-Oregon) Once introduction occurs, the Hospice CARE Act will need to pass through the legislative process, including committee markups. Earlier this month Rep.

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JULY 18, 2024

The purchase adds seven locations to the company’s footprint in Oregon, as well as multiple locations in four Washington cities and two cities in southwest Idaho. These assets will complement Pennant’s existing infrastructure in Oregon and Washington, a certificate of need state, Gochnour said. “It

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

The Oregon-based hospice, palliative care and home health provider recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its founding, which preceded the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. A group of volunteers had brought the hospice concept from the United Kingdom to Oregon, according to Hagfors.

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JULY 30, 2024

First established in Arizona, After.com now also operates in southern California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington state. Its platform allows families to pre-plan or arrange cremation and funeral services via the internet.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

The JV includes 24 home health locations in four states, as well as 17 hospice and palliative care locations in Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas and Washington state. “Compassus shares our commitment to these services and will enable us to expand access to care in the comfort of home.”

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JUNE 12, 2024

Candidates for palliative care position need to have a strong understanding of what the job entails, Dr. Jennifer Blechman, palliative care medical director at the Oregon-based nonprofit Partners in Care said at the Hospice News Virtual Staffing Summit.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has emerged as a champion for hospice policy and reform, but he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2024. The Portland, Oregon native was first elected to Congress 27 years ago and later gained a seat on the influential Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. In recent years Rep. House of Representatives.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute also began integrating the ID-PALL tool in 2021. Around 35% of patients were identified for general palliative care needs, while 7% were identified for specialized palliative care services, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) could be a beacon of change that aims to address the program integrity and payment issues in end-of-life care. Providers will need far more than the 2.6% increase in hospice per diems that CMS included in its 2025 proposed rule , Dombi said.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The Oregon-based provider Partners in Care has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) due to audit-related claims denials. Partners in Care took this unusual step after pursuing every other available means of redress, including the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2024

But moving away from fee-for-service towards value-based payment could make a difference when it comes to hiring and retention, according to Dr. Jennifer Blechman, palliative care medical director at the Oregon-based nonprofit Partners in Care. Palliative care traditionally loses money. The value in palliative care is cost savings.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2024

The purchase adds seven locations to the company’s footprint in Oregon, as well as multiple locations in four Washington cities and two cities in southwest Idaho. “As Acquiring Signature will boost Pennant’s existing presence across three states.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Vincent Medical Center in Oregon have voted to unionize, reflecting a growing trend. This follows the unionization of more than 70 doctors at another Oregon health system, Cedar Mill Hospital. Within the past few years, Oregon in particular has become a hotbed for unionization among health care workers.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Roughly 64 individuals from 37 pediatric hospice and palliative care programs in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington accepted and responded with feedback. There is a need to support pediatric hospice and palliative care programs throughout the U.S.

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JULY 24, 2023

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Oregon each have established Medicaid reimbursement for community-based palliative care. The bill would authorize licensed, Medicaid-approved home health and hospice agencies to provide care in patients’ homes.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). Recent advocacy efforts have included a shared focus of improving program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit as concerns of fraudulent activity heat up in the industry. Most recently, the NAHC-NHPCO Alliance weighed in on the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (CARE) Act, drafted by Rep.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Case in point, Oregon-based Hospice of Redmond in August began working with the organization Pet Peace of Mind to find safe homes for patients’ pets. Worries about their pets can contribute to great stress and anxiety for dying patients, impacting quality of life, according to Tania Crawford, volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Redmond.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

The community-based nonprofit provider offers home health, hospice care and bereavement services across three counties in Washington and one in Oregon. Established in 1977, CHHH has an average daily census of 600 patients. The pandemic and resulting economic climate presented new financial challenges,” Zelazny told local news.

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