Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

million primary care visits in 2016. A watchword for many value-based payment models is care coordination. By operating a home-based primary care program, hospices can gain an edge when it comes to coordinating services. This could include partnerships with hospice and palliative care clinicians.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Several of these bills have rolled out this year from the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus , which Rosen co-founded, including Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act , the Provider Training in Palliative Care Act and Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act.

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

I think that we could work probably better with the payers to show not just the financial impact, but ultimately, the quality of care impact of keeping these prospective patients out of the hospital when they want to live life to the fullest.” Among those benefits is palliative care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth, to talk abou t the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care, and how Citus is helping providers to address them. Hospice News: What are the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Caris Healthcare provides adult and pediatric hospice care to more than 40,000 patients and families across 28 locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 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. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Hospitalized patients with longer stays and uncontrolled pain and symptom management are also eligible to receive these inpatient palliative services, which include goals of care discussions, care coordination, pain and symptom management, as well as spiritual and emotional support, among others.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“Since our founding, Canyon Home Care & Hospice has had a long-standing commitment to driving innovation and increasing access to high-quality home health and hospice care,” Eddie Norris, managing partner at Canyon, said in the announcement.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Over time, his health care career began to move in a new direction. Empath also offers hospice care through Suncoast Hospice, Empath Hospice, Hospice of Marion County and Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough. Like Fleece, Tidewell, a former Stratum affiliate, came to Empath with the merger.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, other reimbursement models are emerging that in time could transform the ways providers do business, collaborate with their partners and deliver care. NYSE: CHEM).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When it comes to hospice VBID, numbers from the program’s first year offer few clues for the 2023-2024 landscape. About A total of 9,630 VBID beneficiaries received hospice care through the VBID demo in 2021, and 525 utilized the program’s supplemental benefits, according to a report from the RAND Corporation prepared for CMS.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Though the model is focused on primary care, it could help more patients receive hospice and palliative care when appropriate, according to CMS. The PPCPs will also provide funds for care management, patient navigation, behavioral health integration and other care coordination services.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

Colorado, Maryland and New York include palliative care as part of their health care facility licensing. Though services covered by these Medicaid programs vary from state to state, they often include interdisciplinary services, care coordination, case management, advance care planning and psychosocial care.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

“When the [hopital] patient is discharged, thosewho have instructions to seek hospice are making up a greater percentage of that pool,” Bakkun told Hospice News. And that means that the the knowledge and awareness of hospice care is growing.”. This perspective is backed by other research.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Evolutions in reproductive health laws may have reverberating impacts on the demand and delivery of perinatal hospice care. Perinatal hospice care is provided to families choosing to continue a pregnancy following a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis indicating a high risk of mortality before or shortly after birth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Care coordinators and counselors are among the bereavement roles in shortest supply, Bishop stated. Some hospice providers have begun to diversify their bereavement services, casting a wider net for recruiting interdisciplinary professionals.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

On a personal note, I’ve witnessed my own family members—parents, grandparents, and in-laws—navigate home health care, manage chronic illnesses and eventually transition through hospice care. Another key aspect is care coordination and collaboration. In the latter, our services extend to about 800 clients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

“The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” The two providers will use a central medical record platform to further improve care coordination.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

We are excited Jonathan Blank accepted this position and are thrilled how he has demonstrated commitment to mission-focused leadership and building a strong care team.” Center for Hospice Care Taps Two New Directors Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) recently tapped two new directors to head its patient services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would bring to a close the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, effective Dec. The right call “I applaud the decision to suspend the hospice component of VBID. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

California-based Legacy Health Endowment recently launched a program to improve care coordinations and seniors’ awareness around their community-based health care options, including hospice. Legacy’s Person-Centered Care program aims to help rural-dwelling seniors to age in place.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

The collaboration with VNS Health is intended to boost access to end-of-life care for serious and terminally ill patients by improving care coordination and transitions, Holland indicated. Compassus’ role will largely involve providing community-based palliative and hospice support for patients in MA VBID health plans, he said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“As SCAN transitions to the new realities of health care delivery with its enhanced focus on vulnerable seniors, this is the ideal time to develop operations integrating high-quality hospice care with upstream palliative care to support our members during their entire care journey.”.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hospice providers can also anticipate movement towards health care system integration and care coordination. Recognition is growing among health care providers, payers and policymakers that the system’s history of building silos around individual care settings can drive up costs and adversely affect patient outcomes.

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High Peaks Hospice

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Position Description: The Hospice Nurse Practitioner works in collaboration with the hospice team to provide hospice care services to patients and families in a variety of patient care settings. The Hospice Nurse Practitioner provides consultation, assessments, and evaluation of the plan of care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

More health systems stepping into hospice can have positive effects when it comes to patient access and the ability to quickly process referrals, according to St. When other health care systems invest in services like hospice care, everyone benefits,” Huffstutler told Hospice News in an email. “It

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Some recommended that CMS develop educational tools about cultural norms to facilitate discussions about hospice care and implement a required, standardized assessment tool that included data on social determinants, including information on health literacy, race, ethnicity and language, sexual orientation and gender identity, among others. “We

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Different health systems often fail to serve these families because they don’t have the right resources or because it’s very difficult to manage care.”. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. We are pleased to be expanding the expertise on our leadership team as St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

This collaboration can help optimize care delivery, expand member access to services, and improving the quality of care provided. For Medicare Advantage plans, a carve-in facilitates better care coordination and oversight. Lastly, our data shows a decrease in the total cost of care in the last 12 months of life.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

That means more than half of Americans receive less than three weeks of hospice care. Why do most people receive less time in hospice than recommended? First, let’s consider the importance of a quality length of stay in hospice. Hospice is unique among healthcare benefits. Support Care Cancer.

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Comforcare Home Care

MAY 31, 2022

Experts in Senior Care at Home - We have an active and experienced team; president/owner, care coordinators, office manager, community liaison/patient advocates, certified dementia practitioner (CDP), RN/LPN and HHA and CNA's all with extensive knowledge. No matter where you reside or call your home we are available 24/7.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

If you can see that patient through their whole scope of care, I think that’s important, because you can grasp different things from different areas. Palliative care organizations, hospice care organizations, they’re understanding now that you don’t have to have just whatever is out there.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The VA also works very closely with community and home hospice agencies to provide care in the home.

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