Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Compassus is launching a home health and hospice joint venture with Ohio-headquartered Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH). Through the JV, Compassus will manage the operations of 11 hospice agencies and 10 home health sites across five states. Completion of the JV is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Though relatively few home health agencies provide palliative care, those providers and their patients can benefit from more integration of those services. Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. The company entered the home health space in 2012 and moved into hospice in 2018.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Chicago-based NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health is expanding its partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release. This paradigm flies in the face of patients’ wishes.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice and home health care providers’ recruitment and retention strategies have narrowed their focus on workers’ key priorities, with organizational culture among the heaviest hitters on their lists. Minnesota-based Accurate Home Care provides respite, personal and private duty care, home health, nursing and homemaking services.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

(NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. VITAS is proud to continue our ongoing partnership with Broward Health,” Kathleen Coronado, senior general manager at VITAS Healthcare said in a statement shared with Hospice News. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Fortis Health has acquired Indiana-based Physiocare Home Health and Hospice. The M&A advisory firm Agenda Health advised Physiocare on the transaction. Fortis Health Fortis Health Rob Radics, CEO, Fortis Health Fortis offers home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services across its footprint.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2023

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare is forming a joint venture with Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System. Through the JV, the two health care organizations are combining their home health and hospice operations in south Texas to form a new entity. AccentCare will take the lead on managing the home-based care business.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired Idaho-based Bluebird Home Health, Bluebird Hospice and Bluebird Home Care for an undisclosed sum. Pennant has its sights on multiple potential transactions across its hospice, home health and senior living business lines, the company has indicated in earnings calls.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

Massachusetts-based health system Trinity Health will close its home health and hospice program in the West Springfield community in September, laying off 60 employees in the process. These services operate under the brand Trinity Health at Home. Though nationwide Trinity Health brought in $13.2

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Texas-based Jet Health, Inc., has acquired Trio Home Health Care and Hospice, growing its reach in the Lone Star State, which is a key focus area for the company. With the Trio purchase, Jet Health will now operate 10 locations in Texas and employ a staff of 500 full-time professionals across the state.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health recently announced plans to acquire Washington state-based Community Home Health & Hospice’s (CHHH) inpatient programs. Eden Health will take over Community’s inpatient services effective May 1, 2023. The move to acquire CHHH’s inpatient services advances Eden Health’s strategic growth plans.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Trinity Health at Home recently acquired Iowa-based Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice for an undisclosed sum. The home health and hospice provider is part of Trinity Health, a large, faith-based nonprofit health care system headquartered in Livonia, Michigan.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. Callaway previously worked as a nurse manager of UnityPoint Health.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Charles Home Health and Hospice in Bend, Oregon, have unionized with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) to negotiate for improved working conditions, compensation and other issues. The home health and hospice provider is part of the St. Charles Health System, a nonprofit that serves communities in Central Oregon.

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

Hospice and home health provider Charter Healthcare, a portfolio company of Pharos Capital, recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. As of February 2023, Charter provided hospice, home health, complex care management and palliative care services to nearly 13,000 patients. No public announcement was made.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Home health care providers are increasingly recognizing the clinical value of palliative care, despite its tricky payer landscape and relatively low margins. Hospices have a much larger presence in the space, but more home health agencies are showing an interest — including companies that provide both of those services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

NYSE: EHAB) has acquired Southwest Florida Home Care, Inc.’s s home health agency in Fort Myers for an undisclosed sum. The transaction expands Enhabit’s home health footprint in Florida to 22 locations. The post Enhabit Acquires Home Health Agency from Southwest Florida Provider appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2023

When it comes to value-based payment models, home health has a head start on hospice. As they move into this new sphere, hospices may be able to glean some important lessons from home health agencies. Like other value-based models, the program’s objective was to improve quality and reduce health care costs.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Louisiana-based CommCare Corporation recently acquired Notre Dame Hospice and Notre Dame Home Health for an undisclosed sum. The Notre Dame Health System was affialated with the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Acquiring the home health business opens new doors for CommCare, according to Tucker. “Up

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Jay Duty, the newly appointed senior vice president and chief corporate development officer of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB), is spearheading the company’s ambitions for growth, including acquisitions and de novos. In the industry now, everything is coming home. Enhabit spun off from Encompass in July.

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APRIL 1, 2024

In this interview, Hospice News sits down with Tim Smokoff, General Manager, Home Health and Hospice, MatrixCare , to talk ab out the most pressing challenge facing providers in today’s hospice landscape — staffing. This article is sponsored by MatrixCare.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The National Partnership for Hospice and Healthcare Innovation (NPHI) has issued public comments on CMS’ proposed home health rule for 2024. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This mirrors a regulation that has existed for several years for home health agencies. million annually.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

While home health operators brace for the impact of the meager 2023 reimbursement rates, hospices likewise must prepare for a ripple effect. base rate payment increase for home health care in 2023. When you look at who provides home health and hospice, you have a lot of providers that do both.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of Poteau, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Poteau home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

Addus has indicated for roughly the last year that it will orient its M&A strategy towards its home health and personal care services, with hospice becoming less of a priority. Addus provides hospice, home health and personal care to an estimated 47,500 patients annually across 203 locations in 22 states.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of Warner, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Warner home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Virginia-based Capital Caring Health is expanding its home-based primary care program. The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hospices stand to benefit from bridging divides in the care continuum, including filling gaps between home health and end-of-life providers, according to Eddie Norris, managing partner at Canyon Home Care & Hospice. Canyon’s services include hospice, home health, skilled nursing, personal and pediatric care.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 25, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of Park Hill, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Park Hill home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of McAlester, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospice Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The McAlester home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We The steps that the U.S. And then there were efforts to comply.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

Margin pressures from the proposed cuts to Medicare home health rates could impact palliative care and hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in June released its proposed home health reimbursement rule for 2023, which included a 4.2% reduction in aggregate payments totaling an estimated $810 million.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) is developing a certification program designed to apply the Age-Friendly Health Systems “4Ms” framework into the home health and hospice settings. And we wanted to bring that to the home. million grant to adapt the framework for hospice and home health.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 20, 2024

Nashville, TN – Traditions Health of Red Oak, OK has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Health Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Red Oak home health branch underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

VitalCaring Group CEO April Anthony has a track record of building home-based care powerhouses, making her newest venture a company to watch as its emerging brand comes together. More transactions followed, with an emphasis on home health. My roots are in home care.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Barbara Jacobsmeyer as of July 1 became the first CEO of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) as an independent, standalone company. Enhabit emerged from the spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment, which completed in July. The new company expects to earn nearly $1.08

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