Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Early on the company would implement a set of case management processes that were symmetrical with those in its home health business, but agencies in its hospice segment experienced some difficulties with those transitions. The organization is the parent company of 17 affiliates and two philanthropic foundations.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Generally, fewer clinicians has meant fewer patients have been receiving hospice care, according to industry observers and companies’ own reports. The standout on length of stay was VITAS Healthcare, a subsidary of Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHEM). The company saw a 10.6% increase in its average length of stay to 106.2
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Hospice News
JUNE 22, 2023
Recent allegations that staff at HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) put pressure on patients to enter hospice dovetail with longstanding questions over how and when patients should be referred. SEIU benchmarked HCA’s hospice transfer rates against national data. Large payers have also jumped into the home-based care bandwagon.
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2024
However, stakeholders in the hospice space contend that the increase is insufficient in light of continued inflation, interest rates, staffing shortages and wage hikes. To continue providing the high level of care our patients and their families deserve, hospices require a payment rate that accurately reflects the current economic challenges.
Hospice News
MARCH 1, 2024
You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC). Financial terms were undisclosed.
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Tennessee Quality Care operates 17 locations serving an average of 1,800 patients daily throughout 50 of the 95 counties in its home state. About 70% of its business is home health, including private duty, with hospice care comprising 30%. The deal is set to close in the third quarter of the year.
NHPCO
JANUARY 19, 2023
These recommendations are the culmination of a year-long effort by each of these organizations to assess various options for improving program integrity in hospice care. Bad care and true fraud in this valuable benefit are intolerable. Dombi. “Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.
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