Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

These are the most important telehealth issues to watch in a post-pandemic landscape, according to Judi Lund Person, vice president of regulatory and compliance at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). These are two different requirements and they have two different trajectories.

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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

The mobile practice is focused on caring for patients who have been discharged alive from hospice until they once again are deemed eligible. Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. I thought it was withholding care.

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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

JUNE 23, 2023

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. It’s getting back to the value equation of making sure that care happens in the right place, at the right time.”

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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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. Palliative care is a great example. We’ll definitely see expansion.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The problem represents an opportunity for the hospice community to work with lawmakers to identify solutions, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We

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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

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. Former Community CEO Susan-Ponder Stansel moved on to lead Alivia Care. Are those available in your particular market?

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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care. This entails closer integration with palliative care and innovative payment models that allow for holistic, end-of-life care. Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care.

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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 Similar to LHC Group, AccentCare in recent years began to prioritize growth into the realm of end-of-life and serious illness care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Empath offers hospice care through Suncoast Hospice, Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough and Tidewell Hospice. 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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We commend these organizations for their determination to provide top-notch care to the patients and caregivers that they serve”, said Kevin Vogel, President of SHP. To learn more about the SHPBest Home Health awards program, including methodology and award recipient lists, visit www.shpdata.com/home-health/shpbest-hhcahps.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Of that, as we’ve been talking about going across the continuum, moving upstream, only 27% of those beneficiaries had palliative care. 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.

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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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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

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. We had a lot of this in home health, and now it’s hospice’s turn to be scrutinized.

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