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NAHC President Bill Dombi: History Repeating Itself on Hospice Program Integrity

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Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space, and providers can learn from that prior experience. This is according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), who spoke Thursday in a Relias webinar.

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Aveanna Healthcare’s ‘Strong, Disciplined’ Hospice Growth

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Though hospice is a smaller segment for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. Aveanna’s home health and hospice segment has had mixed results thus far this year, but saw recent improvement, along with its other service lines, last quarter. It provides home health, hospice, private duty and personal care.

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

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Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. We then started seeing the greater degree of impact,” Dombi told Hospice News. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Despite Headwinds, Aveanna Still Sees Big Upside to Its Home Health and Hospice Business

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When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We Hospice, in particular, will be buoyed by a rate increase hitting Oct. As a reminder, we do not have a demand problem.”

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Fortis Health, Grant Avenue Capital ‘Intensely Focused’ on Hospice Expansion

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Home-based care veteran Rob Radics took the helm as CEO of Fortis Home Health & Hospice in May, and in the early days of his tenure is laser-focused on hospice growth. Most recently, he served as the president of the home health and hospice segments at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH).

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Future Leader: Drake Jarman, SVP of Growth, Hospice, Amedisys

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The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News ELEVATE : Fireside Chat with Netsmart

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This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. Hospice News: I am here with Maria Warren and we’re going to talk a little bit about technology and value-based care. Are you not?

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