Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

In negotiations with Medicare Advantage plans, for instance, hospice and palliative care providers will need to demonstrate their performance in terms of star ratings, other quality metrics and reduced hospitalizations. This includes performance on quality measures required by the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The organizations have been moving forward under the guidance of a steering committee informed by members of both NAHC and NHPCO, with support from the consulting firm McKinley Advisors.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO of Alivia Care, sat down with Hospice News and its sister site Home Health Care News at the HomeCare 100 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, to discuss the ways providers need to retool in order to care for the burgeoning seriously ill, senior population. What are your biggest 2024 focuses, challenges and goals?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corp. Allison attributed the decline primarily to the return of Medicare sequestration. NASDAQ: ADUS) has completed the acquisition of the home health, hospice, and private-duty company Tennessee Quality Care for an undisclosed amount. However, its hospice revenue took a dip in Q2 at $50.2

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2024

Based on 2023 earnings trends, The Pennant Group (NASDAQ: PNTG) and Addus HomeCare Cop. The Pennant Group acquired five Medicare hospice provider numbers during the past six months, which accelerated growth for its home-based care segment. Pennant on the hunt For Pennant, 2024 will likely see a continuation of recent activity.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

More than half (56%) of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year. That’s a different payer mix.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. Texas-based Addus provides personal, home health and hospice care across 207 locations in 22 states, reaching roughly 46,500 patients annually.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As of the end of Q2, this included 23 deals compared to 17 each for Medicare-certified home health and for hospice, according to a report by M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. Medicare Advantage is a clear example. Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS), Amedisys, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) each made statements to that effect early in the year.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

About 9% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that they planned to launch pediatric end-of-life care services for the first time this year during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This is a small spike from 6% compared to last year’s survey. Hospice News photo.)

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. There is so much more to aging than just hospice, including implications around palliative and primary care and just a wider breadth of policy issues than those just directly related to the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Providers typically utilize Medicare beneficiary data and population statistics to determine which counties they choose to serve, Sanders said. Hansen also serves as executive director of the Homecare & Hospice Association of Utah (HHAU).

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

As Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) sinks teeth into acquisitions, the company will be taking smaller bites when it comes to hospice deals. 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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2022

Michigan had the 10th highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents during 2018 at 53.8%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. The company purchased three Missouri companies from LifeCare Collective last October — HomeCare of Mid Missouri, Nurses & Company, and Transitions Hospice.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

Reimbursement for palliative care in fee-for-service Medicare currently only covers physician or nurse practitioner services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) does allow Medicare Advantage plans to cover home-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., among Medicare descendants during 2018, which is in line with the national average, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported. for an undisclosed sum. Hospice utilization in the Illinois market reached 50.3%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] releasing a new payment model called [Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE)] in a per member, per month schedule for palliative care. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed serves Medicare and Medicaid patients across five counties in southern California, including the Los Angeles region. Derrick’s impressive track record and visionary approach align seamlessly with our organization’s mission to provide the highest quality of care,” Dismond told HomeCare.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fewer than half of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase, reported that their hospice organizations would pursue new care types this year. Most PACE participants are reimbursed through the long-term care programs within Medicare and Medicaid, according to Black.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. A notable challenge, however, pertains to the adoption of the value-based insurance design (VBID) [demonstration] by [Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs)]. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

NASDAQ: AMED), and Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS) indicated that they would prioritize home health deals this year. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in June released its proposed home health reimbursement rule for 2023, which included a 7.69% reduction in the base payment rate.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2023

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) hospice segment is seeing slow but steady improvement as pandemic headwinds ease. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week, according to Allison. The company has taken a two-pronged growth approach as it expands in the personal care and home health spaces.

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Hospice News

JULY 7, 2022

Also in Missouri, the company purchased three Missouri companies from LifeCare Collective last October — HomeCare of Mid Missouri, Nurses & Company and Transitions Hospice. among Medicare decedents in 2018, which is in line with that year’s national average, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

Recently the analytics firm Hospice Dynamix entered a yet-to-be-announced partnership with Homecare Homebase to integrate their platform into the latter’s electronic health record system. according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The effort comes at a time when lengths of stay for hospice patients are falling.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Uncertainty earlier this year around Medicare’s proposed 2023 home health payment rates led some stakeholders to expect a swerve towards hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in August proposed a 4.2% aggregate cut in the home health base rate, reported Hospice News sister publication Home Health Care News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2023

Scott Beard: I’ve been in the technical field for my entire career — the last 20 years of which, I’ve spent with Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, and Homecare Homebase. I also think we need to be ready for the ever-changing landscape of payers, especially with respect to Medicare Advantage plans.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Are you in an outlier scenario with your data that Medicare contractors are looking at? Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Young told Hospice News.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

MARCH 3, 2021

In this inaugural episode of our Hospice Audit Series, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki review three recent audit examples that resulted in multimillion-dollar extrapolated overpayments being thrown out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] request more insight from thought leaders in the space and evolve more metrics to measure equitable outcomes. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link]. What are the actual strategies?

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

National Association of Homecare and Hospice. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. Center to Advance Palliative Care. HealthCare Chaplaincy Network. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. LeadingAge . The National Palliative Care Research Center. National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been zeroing in on long lengths of stay as a potential red flag, one that could suggest a hospice admitted someone who was not truly eligible.

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Shift from Traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage Industry insiders believe that in 2024, there will be a noticeable shift towards Medicare Advantage (MA) over traditional Medicare. Consulting a Medicare advisor can help you navigate the different plans and provide further guidance in making the right choice.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year began testing the inclusion of hospice in the value-based insurance design demonstration (VBID).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

C-suite leaders from the home health and hospice provider Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) remarked that the company will soon lengthen its reach within Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That’s] in part due to significant Medicare reimbursement uncertainty for October of last year for home health services,” Poff said. The final announcement of late 2022 on reimbursement changes for home health has provided more clarity and should lead to opportunities for future acquisitions in skilled home health.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a 2.7% Beyond the rising costs, Medicare is phasing in the return of payment sequestration, which was temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “I pay increase for hospice care for Fiscal Year 2023.

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