Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently announced plans to launch a new audit that will focus on general inpatient hospice services. Through the audit, OIG will determine whether hospice providers that billed for general inpatient care complied with Medicare requirements.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed’s New SVP of Growth, Strategy Tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed has named Ryan Malone as its new senior vice president of growth and strategy. Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Hospices should be required to report all instances of abuse and neglect, even if the perpetrator was not an employee, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires operators to report incidents of patient abuse and neglect that involve their staff. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Even more so, specific Medicare and Medicaid policies perpetuate this cycle. After experiencing a functional decline at the hospital, the woman, no longer able to live at home safely, was sent to an SNF for post-acute care, covered by Medicare. There, she developed an infection and was readmitted, continuing the cycle.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Regulatory attention heating up in the hospice industry could be impacting buyers’ decisions/how buyers move forward with mergers and acquisitions in the space. The nuances involved in the regulatory environment around hospice can be difficult to navigate for private equity and venture capital investors that are new to the industry.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care company CareConnectMD is building a network of hospice providers following a $25 million investment round last month. A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services. Most DCEs expect a seamless transition into ACO REACH.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Hospices are wading through uncertain regulatory waters when it comes to infection control and prevention measures tied to the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. This is the second of a three-part series by Hospice News that examines what hospices need to know about the changing regulatory conditions.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. There’s going to be so much change around value-based care coming in some way, shape or form for hospices,” Kudner told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Alivia Care came into existence in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. We’re really focusing on value-based care, which is that piece of primary care where you have the alignment, and you’re able to manage that risk.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Person-centered care is becoming increasingly important in all care settings, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to prioritize value-based care and individual care outcomes. What is person-centered care? These span culture, training and communication, to name a few.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The company foresees opportunities to collaborate with other providers in the care continuum, including primary care physicians, home health, and hospice and palliative care organizations, according to CEO and Co-Founder Kris Engskov. “On So how do we provide that infrastructure to keep them at home?”.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It also adds home health capabilities to Compassus’ operations in central Tennessee, where the company already offers hospice services. “In Close to 41,000 Medicare decedents in Tennessee elected hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

NASDAQ: ADUS) has completed the acquisition of the home health, hospice, and private-duty company Tennessee Quality Care for an undisclosed amount. With this transaction, we will also be able to expand our home health and hospice services into nine additional counties as we look ahead to de novo locations in the future.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. Palliative care does that. Five flavors of palliative care laws. The reasons for this run the gamut.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Ohio-headquartered CommuniCare Health Services recently acquired hospice and home health provider Stonerise, expanding the company’s reach in its home state as well as West Virginia. Stonerise’s transitional care model is designed to support patients and families across the health continuum. The company was established in 2009.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

De novos have propelled recent growth among some hospice providers. Hospice of the Midwest expands with de novo Hospice of the Midwest recently opened a de novo in Marshalltown, Iowa, adding a fifth location to its footprint in the state. The hospice provider also has two locations in Minnesota and one in Nebraska.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Most of the hospital’s revenue shortfall comes from its long-term care facility — a 20-bed outfit. Another caregiving agency in the area serves patients on Medicaid or Medicare, but their availability is limited. Patients in the program will be served by their primary care physician, a nurse case manager, and EMTs.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you are caring for a veteran who is terminally ill or nearing the end of life, hospice care can be a smart choice. Corresponding with remedial care, hospice care focuses on facilitating a patient’s quality of life rather than extending its length. rather than merely managing their physical symptoms.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Hosparus sounds a lot like hospice, and so many of our community colleagues were not referring patients,” Dillon told Palliative Care News. “So, So, we thought it was really important to make sure we differentiated ourselves from the Hospice business line.” Principal care management is something that [the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The hospice, palliative care, and home health network Care Synergy has become the national center for the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program, developed by Johns Hopkins University. In post-acute care, we see people further down in their health trajectory.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. 424.550(b) would simply expand every reference of “HHA” to “HHA or hospice.”

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2023

Students are exposed to the concepts of palliation and hospice in the second half of their first year and longitudinally across the third and fourth years. We are a pilot site for the Aquifer Excellence in Palliative Care case set. But there are not enough hospice and palliative medicine specialists available to recruit.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Jason Banks, vice president of post-acute business development at nVoq. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Let’s just dig into what the problem is with that renewed focus on quality in hospice.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). What was this group’s aim you ask? Project Overview. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. ” Eric: Well, Alex and I love him. Why are they doing this?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

DECEMBER 9, 2021

” that there was likely a shift occurring in post-acute care payment reform AND the fact that there was a technical expert panel (TEP) in place providing feedback and guidance to CMS? Assess the impact of the payment alternative on SNF residents, SNF providers, and the overall Medicare system. Recommend adjustments for adoption by CMS.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2023. . Renee Kinder. Ready to learn more?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 26, 2022

This will be either a patient control number (found at form locator 03a on the UB-04 claim form) or a medical record number (found at form locator 03b on the UB-04 claim form) for a traditional Medicare Part A Fee-for-Service patient who received services from July 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2021 (“from” or “through” dates on a paid claim).

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

Meet Esther Conteh, BSN, MSN, Associate Vice President, Care Management at VNS Health, overseeing clinical care of VNS Health CHOICE Medicaid Advantage Plus (MAP) , and Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) plans. What is your title, and where do you work? That’s one thing I love about this work.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Joan: There’s very little bridging between rehabilitative and restorative care and palliative care. That’s where goals of care, and slowly … and concurrent care, thinking about hospice concurrent care with SNF care. And Medicaid doesn’t pay enough to pay for long-term care.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Susan: I got my start working for a member of Congress doing constituent casework and a lot of the casework was supporting older adults with VA, Social Security, Medicare, immigration casework. And so- Eric: A lot of care was just a tiny, tiny baby by that back then. Acute care is called acute care for a reason.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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