Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“In 2020, Compassus became the managing partner of Ascension at Home, a joint venture between Ascension and Compassus, broadening both organizations’ home-based care services beyond hospice and palliative care to also encompass home health,” a Compassus spokesperson told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

For example, a patient may be hospice-eligible, but they may come on to home health because that’s all they know about. While they were in home health, nurses would observe them declining clinically, and I would go visit them and talk to them about hospice care or talk to them about our palliative program.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2022

More hospice and palliative care providers are pursuing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems. Joint ventures offer unique advantages compared to traditional referral streams, according to Aaron Stein, COO of Contessa Health, a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). Hospice joint ventures proliferating.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In addition to home health care, the company offers heart failure and diabetes management, psychiatric home health, social services, telemonitoring and fall prevention, among other specialty care programs. The previous year Addus bought Chicago-based Summit Home Health for an undisclosed amount.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. The Florida-based company is a home-based care franchise that provides home health care, hospice care, palliative care, pediatric care and personal care to about 200,000 patients annually from more than 330 U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We We borrowed from the experiences in home health with the proposals that we advanced the CMS including the 36-month rule, So if we see the hospice rules have an impact like the home health ones, then it will do its job,” Dombi said.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The company hired 101 full-time nurses during the first quarter, including 91 in home health and 10 in hospice. Responses came from physician medical groups representing more than 6,100 clinics nationwide, including palliative and hospice clinicians. Roughly 30 different palliative care clinics provided insight for the survey.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For now, expanding its “bread and butter” home health and hospice business takes priority, according to Anthony, but VitalCaring will likely consider additional service lines as the years progress — including palliative care. We’ll definitely see expansion. Palliative care is a great example.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

reduction would have made a significant dent in home health operators’ bottom lines. Case in point, the 2020 introduction of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model’s (PDGM) for home health led many buyers to focus more on hospice in anticipation of potential disruption. The ‘door re-opens’ on home health.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

We saw this same problem in home health a few years ago, and CMS made regulations aimed at preventing it, including a rule that said a home health provider couldn’t sell their business unless they had owned it for at least 36 months.” If finalized, this would mirror the current regulation for home health providers.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

It’s down a bit by about 10% – 11% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2021 as some of the investor focus shifts to home health. Because of the [Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM)], things got garbled and murky in home health as investors waited to see what happened.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

reduction, according to a joint report released in March by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago. Garrett The backbone of a quality provider of in-home health care services will remain [its] employees.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

But the organization grew more strongly in home health, and that really was the primary focus,” said Davis. “Up Though hospice had been a part of its service repertoire, it was not historically at the forefront of the company’s growth plans, said Davis.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care. Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care. Beyond the final days or weeks, our mission should encompass ensuring that every eligible patient receives the complete benefit.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

2023 now has a slight reprieve with provisions in its final rule, resulting in an estimated net increase in home health payments of 0.7%. These payment concerns come at a time when both home health and hospice providers are continuing to feel the effects of COVID-19 headwinds, including disruption of referral streams. “The

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. So I’m a part of what we’re doing in home health, PACE, hospice and palliative care. Are those available in your particular market?

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

Her wealth of experience in hospice operations will be a tremendous asset at Traditions Health,” said Freeman Smith, chief operating officer at Traditions Health. Before joining Traditions Health, Boyd served as area vice president of operations for Kindred Hospice.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 17, 2024

While taking classes towards a master’s degree in nursing, Bash ended up in a sales role with a local home health and hospice company. This career move led to a passion for working with the elderly and continuing a career in home health care. Traditions Health opened its first agency in Bryan, Texas in 2008.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 30, 2023

Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone: Managing Older Adults’ Chronic Pain: Lower-Risk Interventions This article—part of a series published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute—discusses evidence-based, lower-risk strategies to control pain and describes how nurses can engage family caregivers in using them.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Its other programs and affiliates provide home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services, among others. Empath offers hospice care through Suncoast Hospice, Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough and Tidewell Hospice. That is really where we need to go in the future.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Companies ranging from large health systems and private equity firms are eagerly pursuing investments in the space, and long-time players are working to diversify their services to include a broader care continuum.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024. Lloyd, MSN, RN, Delaware Hospice, Inc.,

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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“Our mission has always been to provide superior quality in-home health care that includes home health, hospice, and palliative care to our communities, and this award is not only a reflection of that commitment but a testament to the incredible employees we have on staff,” said David Klementz, President and CEO of Traditions Health.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Radics’ 25-year career includes his founding of the hospice and home health company, Five Points Healthcare, which he led for nine years before selling the business. Most recently, he served as the president of the home health and hospice segments at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH).

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High Peaks Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a member of the hospice team, the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), under the direction of an RN Case Manager, is responsible for direct nursing care to Hospice patients and for educating patients and families in home health care procedures. Position Overview. Key Areas of Responsibility. Glens Falls, NY 12801.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That’s what they said in home health, but we know they get different flavors and do a little bit different variety of care and what they provide. It’s an interesting read, but as you go through it, you’ll start to realize only 9,630 hospice beneficiaries were part of it.

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Nurse.com

MARCH 9, 2023

Home health nurses provide a number of critical services, including wound care, medication management, and patient education and often work closely with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors and therapists.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We had a lot of this in home health, and now it’s hospice’s turn to be scrutinized. Whether that’s short lengths of stays, longer lengths of stays, GIP levels of care qualification, medical eligibility or medical necessity requirements, really every area, hospice is under the microscope now. This seems to go in waves.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2022

Melanie Stover ( 05:45 ): The, the, our band of that rainbow that goes from horizon to horizon, we, we turn that in home care, in home care can span from horizon to horizon. And then if you think underneath that, there’s Medicare certified home health, palliative, and hospice, that really kind of sits in the home.

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