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

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Currently, nine of the company’s locations are hospices, with more expected in the coming years. 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. My roots are in home care. NYSE: EHAB).

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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Hospice operators in 2024 are navigating a rapidly transforming environment. The prior three years have laid the groundwork for change, particularly in the regulatory space as well as gradual migration towards value-based reimbursement and in tandem, the proliferation of business lines beyond hospice.

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How CON Laws Influence Hospice Quality, Program Integrity

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Variations in hospice certificate of need (CON) state laws are raising program integrity concerns. CONs have a big role to play when it comes to quality and utilization, according to Susan Ponder-Stansel, president and CEO of Florida-based Alivia Care. A fourth, Arizona, has a CON law for ambulance services, but not hospices.

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VitalCaring Primed for Hospice Expansion in 2024

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The Texas-based home health and hospice company VitalCaring Group was built largely through acquisitions, and the company expects to step up that strategy in 2024 with an emphasis on hospice. The big question mark right now is what home health and hospice multiples are going to look like.

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Where Hospices Are Investing Their 2024 Recruitment, Retention Dollars

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As hospices zero in on their investments in staff engagement and operational efficiencies, organizational culture is becoming a higher priority. Hospices nationwide are taking varied approaches around how they fuel staffing investments with sustainable growth in mind. 2024 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report.

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

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Some hospice owners have been selling their businesses soon after securing a license. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen program integrity for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “I

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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. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.

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