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3 Reasons Continuous Home Care Utilization is Falling

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Utilization continuous home care has dropped precipitously during the past decade, with labor pressures, regulatory scrutiny and billing challenges as contributing factors. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% and the hospice provides continuous in-home care until 4 a.m., This is down from 1.8%

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Provider Partnerships Driving Palliative Care Growth

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An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Unveils New Palliative Care Unit

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New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue recently launched a new palliative care unit. Susan Cohen, palliative care program director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. Many of our patients are underinsured or uninsured,” Cohen told Palliative Care News. The new palliative care unit has four dedicated patient beds.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services.

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Contessa’s Lessons Learned on Risk-Based Palliative Care

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As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Building a Palliative Care-Focused ACO

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Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) represent a growing opportunity for palliative care companies, and providers have a number of ways to get in on the ground floor. Thomas Lee, vice president, medical affairs, Ennoble Care Ennoble Care is a multi-state home health, hospice and palliative care provider headquartered in New Jersey.

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Citing Rising Staffing Costs, Stillwater Hospice and Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Merge

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Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) has merged with Stillwater Hospice amid mounting financial pressures. The two Indiana-based nonprofit hospices joined forces to ensure continued access to end-of-life care in the Kosciusko County area. in 2020, reported the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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