Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Calls are growing louder for Congress to build stronger reimbursement and workforce incentives aimed at improving the availability and sustainability of rural-based end-of-life care. Rural-based hospice providers face a range of challenges to improve access among their underserved patient populations. said during the hearing.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Many carers struggle with the practical and emotional burden of caring for a loved one at home. Services providing hospice care at home are highly rated by carers but access is limited and the model of care varies greatly between services, with little data on how this affects patient/carer experiences.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

While they may have the clinical insight to deliver these services, they may have limited experience negotiating contracts specifically for palliative care, which can be particularly challenging in the absence of a standardized care model and payment structure, he said. “At NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

While hospice and home health M&A continue to burgeon, non-medical home care is starting to slip out from under their shadows. Deal volume for non-medical home care companies outstripped that for hospice or home health during the first half of the year. Hospice market to stay mighty.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2023

Maribel partners with health care providers to support their efforts to design and expand the services they offer in the home setting, including home health agencies, hospices, palliative care providers and health systems. Maribel’s mission is to make home the center of the health system.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Two of the nation’s largest hospice and home-based care industry organizations are merging and have announced a combined board that will guide the transition. Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2022

Some hospice providers are willing to take on additional regulatory pressure if it successfully roots out “bad actors” in the space, Sarah McSpadden, president and CEO of The Elizabeth Hospice, told Hospice News. Regulatory scrutiny is on the rise for hospices nationwide, but is gaining particular traction in California.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care. Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).) “Our

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In recent years, he’s prioritized building new lines of communication with policymakers on driving more care into the home and where technology fits into that movement. Olajide spoke with Hospice News about these efforts at the recent Home Care 100 Conference in Orlando. Could you describe that vision?

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Traditions Health

MAY 6, 2024

Home health care, when a health provider comes to your loved one’s home to provide professional care, can be a great option for patients who are recovering from a stroke. For patients with terminal health problems after a stroke, hospice care may be an alternative to provide palliative, end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Encompass Health’s forthcoming spin off of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice is expected to complete July 1. ” In addition to Jacobsmeyer herself, eight professionals from the health care, technology and financial fields comprise the board. Encompass Health’s hospice business saw net operating revenues fall 2.4%

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The HAN Angel Awards were created to recognize select members of Congress on both sides of the aisle for their ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of patients, families, providers, and those advocating for the vital mission of hospice and palliative care in supporting patients and their families facing serious or life-limiting illness.

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Hospice of the North Coast

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As February 18, 2024, marks one year since former President Jimmy Carter began receiving hospice care at home, it’s a poignant moment to reflect on the profound impact of this decision.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health and hospice giant Amedisys Inc. Nasdaq: AMED) has repeatedly voiced its enthusiasm for its palliative care business in early 2023. Generally, Amedisys’ palliative care services will benefit BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s members living with complex and serious conditions such as cancer or heart failure.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

A range of palliative care joint ventures , care collaborations and partnerships have evolved in recent years as more health care providers work to address the needs of a swelling aging population. One is in our joint venture partners that are already in the high-acuity space, such as those offering hospital-at-home [care].

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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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Melodia Hospice

JUNE 9, 2023

Continuous Care, one of four hospice care options covered by Medicare, is for terminally ill patients. This 24/7 emergency therapy is supplied to the patient’s home for a limited duration. It respects a patient’s decision to stay home by treating the crisis and managing symptoms.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Amy Rose, director of palliative products for Axxess, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa has penned an agreement the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer a “full spectrum of home-based care.”. The JV will offer each of these services in the home setting. “We The JV’s patients will have access to Contessa’s Palliative Care at Home services.

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Traditions Health

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But as their care provider, you have the opportunity to guide patients and their families to resources like hospice care that can make their remaining time more comfortable and fulfilling. As you begin the delicate conversation about choosing hospice care, make sure you cover the following talking points.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

For Immediate Release July 28, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Produces Better Outcomes, Lower Medicare Costs (Washington, D.C. The study was funded by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

But to attract donors, operators must be prepared to communicate their value proposition, according to Steve Cone, chief communications officer at Capital Caring Health. It’s key to point out that palliative care is better for everybody, the patient, the family and payers,” Cone told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

California-based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest integrated health systems, has opened a hospice de novo on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The new location is the most recent of a series of investments that Kaiser has made in the home setting, including hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, offering hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. The post AccentCare Appoints New CFO appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Seriously ill children represent some of the most underserved populations nationwide in terms of quality and access to supportive health care, according to Katie Leonard, director of pediatrics at California-based Anchor Health. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home. Home health teams represented 5.5%

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NHPCO

MARCH 21, 2023

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. In the last year of life, the total costs of care to Medicare for beneficiaries who used hospice was 3.1

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 28, 2022

There are plenty of ways to get care and support while making sure that everyone involved is taken care of. One of the biggest support systems is hospice care. Hospice care is a type of medical care that focuses on providing comfort and support to people who are terminally ill.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

based home health and hospice provider. . Hospital systems also started coming to us with larger kind of arrangements or relationships in mind, wanting to put in their home health and their hospice assets along with the joint venture for Contessa.” But according to Gerard the company is just getting warmed up. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Mount Sinai at Home builds upon this momentum and offers consolidated opportunities for patients and physicians, decreasing the fragmentation that often plagues the health care industry. It’s exciting to be creating a care model that is blazing the trail for advanced care at home.”. The post Contessa, Mt.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The article is based on a webinar hosted by Zaundra Ellis, Vice President of Hospice Solutions at Axxess with input from Cristina Montanez, Care Advocate and Lead Educator at Hospice of the North Coast and Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, VP for Quality and Standards at Community Health Accreditation Program. To learn more, visit: [link].

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

A veteran of the senior services sector, Health has spent his 30-year career as a leader of hospice, senior housing, long term care, and PACE programs, in addition to a stint as a health care lobbyist. As a hospice leader, what are some of the things that have been keeping you up at night? And we see that in the hospice.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

APRIL 6, 2024

Supporting Your Patients Throughout Their Cancer Journey: Home Health Makes a Difference This National Cancer Control Month, empower your patients with comprehensive care at home. As an Oncologist, you understand the unique needs of patients facing a cancer diagnosis.

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