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Former Hospice Leaders Building National PACE Platform BoldAge

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A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? Now I would say that PACE is more where hospice was in the 90s.

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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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Attorney Ari Markenson: 36-Month Rule Will Have Cooling Effect on Hospice Deals

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New rules for changes in hospice ownership are likely to slow down or kill some mergers and acquisitions, according to Ari Markenson, partner at the law firm Venable LLP. Another recently proposed rule would require anyone who holds 5% ownership or more in a hospice must submit to a criminal background check, including fingerprints.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Call on CMS, Congress to Strengthen Program Integrity Oversight

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Four national hospice and senior care industry groups have called on Congress and the U.S. The proposed list of measures outlined in Hospice Program Integrity aimed to create more effective oversight. “A A lot of eyes are looking at hospice at this point in time.

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

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Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Government oversight of hospice providers will tighten during 2023. Hospices have faced ever-intensifying scrutiny from regulators in recent years. Be ready for regulation.

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Hospice Operators Watching Closely as Large Payers Transform the Industry

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For better or worse, the growing presence of large insurance companies in the hospice and home health provider space could be transformative for the industry. hospice company by market share and the leader of a growing for-profit provider based in the Midwest. Hospice leaders have to remember why we are here.

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