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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

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Hospice is a smaller part of what we have today, but we’re excited to make that a bigger part and bring hospice into our other operating states. Certainly, Texas and Louisiana are places that we think we will expand in the hospice space,” Anthony told Hospice News. “My My roots are in home care.

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

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We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 NAHC is disappointed in the inadequate 2.6%

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How CON Laws Influence Hospice Quality, Program Integrity

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Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Providing end-of-life care in a state without CON policies in place can bring its own challenges, according to Eddie Belluomini, COO of 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids.

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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Turnover rates for registered hospice nurses reached 25.15% in 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

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“If you think about how they’ve taken on strains in their capacity, these post-acute services – home health and hospice – they can get patients out of very expensive settings,” Klementz told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 Conference. They rolled out the program across roughly 75% of its mid-Atlantic facilities.

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

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A number of companies advertise their licenses on websites designed to connect buyers and sellers across a range of industries, including hospices. On two of these sites combined, close to 200 hospice companies had posted about licenses for sale, with most asking for prices in the vicinity of $300,000 to $350,000.

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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

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In part, the trend of more hospitals and health systems in hospice is a response to growing demand and strain on acute care services. More health systems are looking to expand into community-based hospice and palliative care to complement existing offerings while creating new care delivery channels.

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