Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The most recent iteration of Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, currently in a discussion draft phase, could have some unintended consequences in the future of end-of-life care delivery. What are some of the effects on the business models in terms of profit over patient care?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. The drafted Hospice CARE Act included potential avenues to improve payment for high-acuity palliative treatments.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, which, if enacted, could revolutionize the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Earl Blumenauer Introduces Hospice CARE Act in the House appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JULY 16, 2024

The hospice community is contributing input to the development of the forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. The post ‘Jury Is Out’ on Hospice CARES Act’s Proposed Payment Reforms appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The pandemic demonstrated “gaps and deficiencies in health care, particularly around access to care and barriers to care,” while also illuminating ways to innovate, she stated at the ELEVATE conference. The post 2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Six nonprofit hospice providers recently joined forces to form the Hawaii Palliative and Hospice Care Collaborative. The initiative is an effort to ensure sustainable access amid rising demand for end-of-life and serious illness care. This fell below the national average of 49.1% that year, the Alliance reported.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Identification of risk factors for ADRs may prevent occurrences in the complex palliative care patient.” Impacts on quality, compliance Adverse drug reactions can detract from the overall experience of hospice care for patients and their families, Krout said.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

The Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has unveiled a new palliative care program, branded as Kaleidoscope. Kaleidoscope is designed to provide patients with interdisciplinary palliative care in the home setting. The Center for Hospice Care funded the service through philanthropic donations.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, if enacted, would make changes to the ways hospices provide respite care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

The forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act from U.S. Blumenauer announced the bill in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. The post Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

“Hospice is a great space in health care. We can really compete in flexibility, whereas other areas of health care can’t as much.” The post The Road Ahead: 2 Pressures Framing the Future of Hospice Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2025

Underserved patient populations are facing a growing deficit when it comes to accessing quality, inclusive hospice care at the end of life. Claritza Rios and Alicia Bloom at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference. Health equity gaps have swelled in hospice care in recent years. Hospice utilization rates fell by 9.4%

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

More focused care and detailed patient screenings could less risk factors associated with suicide, they added. The post Research Finds Links Between Hospice Care, Reduced Cancer-Related Suicides appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2024

Development of the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act has signaled that a wave of change may be on the horizon in end-of-life care delivery – including how patients are certified to receive these services. Hospice News / Merz Photography Hospice News / Merz Photography Rep.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Over the years, Hospice of the Valley has grown. When I began 30 years ago, we were caring for about 140 hospice patients on any given day, and we had just shy of 100 employees. Weve expanded our programs beyond hospice care. How has your organization expanded beyond hospice care?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The reward for our patients and care team is priceless.” The post Patient, Staff Satisfaction Biggest ROIs of Trauma-Informed Hospice Care appeared first on Hospice News. The return is not only monetary, it is emotional and physical. It is both qualitative and quantitative.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2025

Among the significant changes that the legislation proposed was having newly licensed hospice programs in Nevada undergo enhanced regulatory oversight for the first two years of operations. Goals of the legislation include an aim to decrease fraud and improve hospice care statewide, according to Edgeworth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Their comments carried some common threads, including further movement towards value-based care, a need to secure payment through business-to-business partnerships, a need for more concurrent curative and hospice care, and a continued status quo of insufficient reimbursement.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Carol Miller (R-West Virginia) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) have reintroduced the Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act. If enacted, the bill would allow hospices to conduct face-to-face recertification visits via telehealth. Hospice care exists to provide comfort and compassion during heartbreaking times.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. The organization became an affiliate of the Indiana-based provider Center for Hospice Care in 2017.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I will strive to improve programs that enable seniors to receive care at home, increase access to new technologies and telemedicine, and reduce red tape that prevents family caregivers from getting the support they need. Steve Landers in a statement shared with Hospice News. The post New HHS Secretary RFK Jr.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

What do you see as the largest opportunities in hospice care delivery today? How do you foresee these opportunities shaping the outlook of end-of-life care? Having staff that is committed to the vision and mission that we have is very important to delivering a value-based care model.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Two terms that often arise in these conversations are palliative care and hospice care. In this months blog post, well break down the key differences between palliative care and hospice care, explore how they are delivered, who can benefit from them, and when each type of care is appropriate.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2025

Fichidzhyan committed the fraud through sham hospice companies and a home health company that he owned, according to the U.S. The court found that he conspired with others to bill Medicare for hospice care that was not medically necessary and never provided. Department of Justice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2025

Nonprofit organizations represent the majority of hospice care providers in New York. The two known for-profit hospices operating in New York have both been under the supervision of the states Department of Health, which to date has not found any issues with fraud or quality of care at either company.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

The center is named after Dottie Dorion, a leading donor for the project and founding member of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, which later rebranded as Community Hospice & Palliative Care. Dorion is an advocate in the hospice space and has led lobbying efforts at the Florida State Capitol.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2025

The community-based palliative care program also drove a 59% improvement rate in care coordination, Heart to Heart Hospice reported in a recent press release. These enhanced outcomes included improved patient-centered decision-making.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The company is the longest operating nonprofit hospice care provider in southeastern North Carolina and the second largest hospice provider in the state. Patients should have access to a palliative care provider early following a diagnosis of a serious illness, according to stakeholders.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This includes patients of Care Synergys affiliates. The partnership between Care Synergy and RCC Medical Equipment is important to the advancement of hospice care, palliative care, and home health in Colorado, Tim Bowen, president and CEO of Care Synergy, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It might make them even fearful about hospice care, which is the last thing we want to see happen. At the same time, [CMS’] implementation misses likely lots of truly poor performing hospices that should be called out and addressed.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Swarms of new hospices have emerged in certain regions in recent years, with some unscrupulous operators receiving federal funding through illegitimate business practices. Scammers have also offered individuals hundreds of dollars in exchange for their Medicare identification beneficiary number.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility. NuHealth was formally known as Nassau Health Care Corp. “By By offering inpatient hospice care at NUMC, we are ensuring all of Nassau County’s residents have access to compassionate end-of-life services regardless of their ability to pay,” said Megan C.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Positive outcomes yielded by the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) could be helping to build the case for a Medicare palliative care carve-out, Farrand indicated. Additionally gaining momentum are questions around palliative cares potential in the realm of Medicare value-based payment in a post-VBID era.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We are not publishing the candidate list at this time, but we are sharing the underlying data used to create both lists to allow for external review, thereby ensuring transparency in the process by which low-performing hospices are identified, the agency indicated on its website.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2025

At the center, Blue Ridge bereavement care staff offers specialized programs, workshops, support groups and individual counseling. In February Blue Ridge Care announced a partnership with Laurel Ridge Community College to provide greater exposure to hospice care to students in its emergency medical services and nursing programs.

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