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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

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The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.6% increase in hospice per diems for 2025. We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Frontpoint Health Acquires High Plains Senior Care Group

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Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC). The HPSC deal expands Frontpoint’s footprint and builds density in markets the company already serves, according to CEO Brent Korte. Financial terms were undisclosed.

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

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The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. The agency will also implement a hospice program complaint hotline through which the public can report issues to CMS. That work is underway. Hopefully, they will have started this already.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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Control of these assets also allows payer organizations to better manage the financial risks that come with the value-based payment models that many expect will overtake traditional Medicare in coming years. hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest. NYSE: CHE).

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As Headwinds Rage, Large Hospice Companies Lay Groundwork for Potential 2023 Growth

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This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. Generally, fewer clinicians has meant fewer patients have been receiving hospice care, according to industry observers and companies’ own reports. The company saw a 10.6%