Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The home health and hospice provider New Day Healthcare has acquired Texas-based Compassion Hospice for an undisclosed amount. The company’s nearly 6,500 employees serve close to 100,000 patients annually across all of its business lines, including home health, hospice, pediatrics, clinical decision support and personal care.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. Lynn Flint, told Palliative Care News. The repeated hospitalizations persisted until her death — she never returned home.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Senior living and health care services operator The Dover Companies has launched a home health and hospice business branded as Dover Health. Its parent organization also operates senior living, pharmacy, development, independent living, personal care, assisted living and memory care businesses, among others.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care. COVID-19 caused widespread disruption across the health care system, including among hospices. In 2017, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Palliative care has become a more sought-after treatment plan in recent years, and one agency in California has led the charge in advancing palliative care support among its population. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A New Jersey state bill recently passed that establishes community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid. Changes in Medicaid coverage require careful consideration around health care costs and the infractures needed to support payment, he stated. “My of New Jersey’s Medicaid beneficiaries. million and $563.5

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. Seebert is a retired sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

Addus has indicated for roughly the last year that it will orient its M&A strategy towards its home health and personal care services, with hospice becoming less of a priority. Addus provides hospice, home health and personal care to an estimated 47,500 patients annually across 203 locations in 22 states.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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APRIL 11, 2024

Expanding hospice care in the senior community will allow for improved support and care collaboration, according to Angela Hospice President and CEO Marti Coplai. Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Perchik has more than fifteen years of corporate law experience in the health care industry. a Kentucky-based home health provider. a Kentucky-based home health provider. Atlanta-headquartered Aveanna provides home health, hospice, personal care and private duty services across 33 states.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) is pushing forward on palliative care growth in 2024 through its innovation arm, Contessa. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care. million beneficiaries.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

(NASDAQ: ADUS) has reached an agreement to purchase the home health, hospice and private duty operator Tennessee Quality Care for $106 million. Tennessee Quality Care operates 17 locations serving an average of 1,800 patients daily throughout 50 of the 95 counties in its home state. Its hospice segment represented $49.08

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Washington-headquartered Family Resource Home Care recently acquired personal care provider Companion Care, Inc., adding to its growing footprint in its home state. We are thrilled to announce our acquisition of Companion Care, Inc., We look forward to warmly welcoming Companion Care, Inc.

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MARCH 1, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Two of the nation’s largest hospice and home-based care industry organizations are merging and have announced a combined board that will guide the transition. Fulfilling our pledge to return the home to the center of American health care will require a new organization with the expanded expertise of both NAHC and NHPCO.”

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. The telehealth-focused waivers allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually, as well as conduct face-to-face recertification visits.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. These additional patient rooms allow us to help meet the demand of more individuals choosing high-quality hospice care that aligns with their end-of-life goals and wishes.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The company anticipates growth in its personal care business in 2024, which will have a reverberating impact in its hospice and home health service lines. Addus’ roughly 33,000 employees provide hospice, home health and private duty nursing services across more than 200 locations in 22 states. Addus HomeCare Corp.

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MAY 2, 2023

Meanwhile, the company’s near-term acquisition sights are set more on home health than in personal care amid potential payment shifts. Pandemic forces winding down in hospice Addus provides home health, personal care and hospice to about 47,500 patients across roughly 203 locations in 22 states.

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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. Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice and home health care providers’ recruitment and retention strategies have narrowed their focus on workers’ key priorities, with organizational culture among the heaviest hitters on their lists. Minnesota-based Accurate Home Care provides respite, personal and private duty care, home health, nursing and homemaking services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. The company has its roots in the former Kindred at Home. Once among the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers, Humana Inc.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. Hospice outperformed the company’s home health segment, which at $13.1 Staffing improvements and reimbursement shifts are paving Addus HomeCare’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) growth path this year. Around $13.8

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Texas-based Choice Health at Home LLC has inked a deal to acquire Lumicare Hospice, growing its presence in two current markets while establishing services in a new state. among Medicare decedents in 2020, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care. Prior to that, she was administrator of nursing at Iowa Veterans Home.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

Interest in contemplative medicine may be rising in the palliative and end-of-life care communities as more practitioners realize the potential benefits for clinicians and patients. The monks — Koshin Paley Ellison and Chodo Robert Campbell — have spent years working as health care chaplains and educators in medical schools around the world.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

California-based Legacy Health Endowment recently launched a program to improve care coordinations and seniors’ awareness around their community-based health care options, including hospice. Legacy’s Person-Centered Care program aims to help rural-dwelling seniors to age in place.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. In 2024, we have plans that offer $0 copay for primary care visits and labs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Among the dissatisfiers is the encroachment of documentation into clinicians personal lives. More than 90% of survey respondents indicated that they spend at home completing these tasks outside of their work hours. Then when I am home, I’m documenting all the time.’

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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. It provides home health, hospice, private duty and personal care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

South Dakota-based Avera@Home recently formed a joint venture with personal care provider Kore Cares in a move that grew its service line and geographic reach in the state. Avera@Home Hospice offers hospice, home health and home medical equipment services throughout the Upper Midwest. Census Bureau.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. We as palliative care clinicians meet caregivers who may be particularly vulnerable given the circumstances under which they find themselves.”

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