Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Aveanna Opens Hospice De Novo Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. Through the new location, Aveanna provides advanced palliative care and hospice to community-based patients. Aspirus at Home spreads its reach in Michigan Aspirus at Home has widened its home health and hospice footprint into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A federal jury has convicted former Canon Healthcare owner Shiva Akula for False Claims Act violations totalling nearly $47 million. Canon Healthcare was a New Orleans-based hospice provider that also served the Baton Rouge and Covington, Louisiana, markets, as well as parts of Mississippi. Williams, Jr.,

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Many seniors have experienced some form of trauma or abuse in their lifetime, which can carry impacts for those both delivering and receiving hospice care. This is the first of a two-part series that will examine the challenges that hospice patients and employees face related to abuse and trauma experiences and how providers respond.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE), has opened its first hospice house in Orange County, California, currently the only such facility in that region. More patients elect hospice in California than in any other state. The post VITAS Opens New Hospice House in California appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 30, 2023

Ohio’s Hospice is deepening its relationship with United Church Homes (UCH) to expand hospice and palliative care options for the senior living and support services organization’s residents. Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Though nonprofit hospices now represent a smaller slice of the industry than in years past, they continue to care for more than half of patients in the United States who elect the benefit. The number of hospices operating nationwide rose to 5,3,58 in 2021, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

VITAS Healthcare, one of the largest providers of hospice and palliative care services in the U.S., Broadly, the staffing changes reflect the provider’s commitment to creating career ladders and enhancing operational effectiveness within the organization. HME is a critical but often overlooked aspect of hospice services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Rising wages, reimbursement pressures and immigration policies are fueling high turnover rates for hospice and personal care aides. Similar trends are proliferating among hospitals and health systems that provide these services. The home-based care provider operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and in St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2023

The families of patients who received care from nonprofit hospices give their providers higher marks on quality than those who went with for-profits, a RAND Corp. The relative value of nonprofit and for-profit providers has been a longstanding discussion in the hospice community. hospices between 2019 and 2020.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Rechtin comes to Humana from Envision Healthcare where he is now president and CEO. Prior to Envision, Rechtin was president of OptumCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and a major home health and hospice provider. CDR later rebranded Kindred’s former hospice segment as Gentiva. Humana Inc. billion deal.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Chicago-based NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health is expanding its partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The DOJ performed a similar investigation when Optum acquired the health care technology company Change Healthcare earlier this year. Subsequently, Optum closed a deal for the home health and hospice provider LHC Group for $5.4 A federal court eventually allowed that deal to proceed. This would not be unusual at all.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired Guardian Hospice and Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma for an undisclosed amount. Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma received Medicare certification in 2015 and has since grown its presence in the state and across Texas. About 143,284 Medicare decedents utilized hospice in Texas in 2021, according to the U.S.

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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. Its parent company, Caring Brands International, also operates Bluebird Care in the United Kingdom and the Australian provider Just Better Care. Canada and Australia.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

The study points to the ongoing challenge of limited access to palliative and hospice care as demand rises among swelling aging populations. Hospice significantly reduced end-of-life HU. Nearly 48,000 people are diagnosed with MUO annually in the United States, according to AUA researchers.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. The hospice and palliative care provider operates in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2023

These cancer patients showed increased hospice enrollment and length of stay, fewer occurrences of inpatient deaths, less intensive care unit use within the last 30 days of life, and reduced use of systemic therapy two weeks before death (such as chemotherapy or inhibitor therapy). of the cancer descendents studied. Minnesota-based St.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With 15 de novos under its belt thus far in 2022, Caring Brands International (CBI) subsidiary Interim HealthCare Inc. The company provides care to roughly 173,000 patients annually. We’re seeing more and more individuals opt for the superior care that can be provided in one’s own home.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The home health and hospice provider recently announced the leadership changes in a filing with the U.S. The company in June announced plans to acquire the massive home health and hospice provider Amedisys for $3.3 She also served as COO of Camellia Healthcare’s hospice division before leaving the organization in 2013.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) is developing a certification program designed to apply the Age-Friendly Health Systems “4Ms” framework into the home health and hospice settings. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), ?in NYSE: HUM), Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider announced on Sept. ” AccentCare AccentCare AccentCare CEO , Laura Tortorella In addition to her more than years of healthcare leadership experience, five key qualities likely underlie Tortorella’s selection. Moreover, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

So it may be fitting that the founders of New Day Healthcare crafted a vision for their company around the table in CEO Scott Herman’s Texas home. Hospice News recently sat down with Herman to discuss the principles that underlie this approach as well as what’s coming for New Day in the new year. Can you explain that strategy?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. NYSE: HCA) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently added a new graduate fellowship in hospice and palliative care medicine to their existing repertoire of training programs. subsidiary (NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare. subsidiary (NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has sold its remaining 20% stake in its hospice, home health and therapy joint venture with HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) for $27 million. ” With more than 670 communities nationwide, Brookdale Senior Living is the largest senior living operator in the United States.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of of Chemed Corp. As of 2020, Miami-based VITAS is the nation’s largest hospice provider by market share, operating 50 locations in 14 states. She joined the company as an inpatient unit nurse in 1989. NYSE: CHE), has brought up from its ranks three new executive leaders.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Both universities are components of Chicago-based Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), which operates institutions for higher learning throughout the United States and in the Caribbean island of St. Nearly 86% percent of adults in the United States have little to no knowledge of palliative care, according to a 2021 study.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. This 17-bed unit serves inmates from all over the state who are approaching the end of their lives. A few are let out early on compassionate release. This is Eric Widera.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare has appointed Alexander Fernandez as its CFO and executive vice president (EVP). Fernandez oversees the Florida-based hospice company’s finances, investor relations and accounting functions. Prior to that, Fernandez was COO of Tenet Healthcare Corp.’s Chemed Corp.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We also invited Beth Klint to speak about the doula’s role within a traditional hospice organization. We are delighted to welcome Jane Euler, who is lead doula and co-founder of Present for You, which is a benefit LLC company that provides doula support at the end-of-life. Why Beth? This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

About 72% of respondents to a National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) survey said they do not believe that the U.S. Though 74% expressed a positive view of hospice care, only 31% said they trusted the health care system as a whole. health care system does a good job of caring for the aging population.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

With the care model’s focus on patients’ goals and quality of life, palliative care providers may be uniquely suited to assess those needs, according to Terri Maxwell, general manager, chief clinical officer, and co-founder of Turn-Key Health, a CareCentrix company. “The For example, 2016 research found that close to 3.6

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2023

Grasping the mix of objective and subjective forces fueling hospice valuations is key to maximizing a return on investment when considering a sale, according to dealmaking experts. Hospice valuations have remained high, partly due to an influx of new investors entering the space. Often, the “devil is in the details,” Garbon said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

New Jersey-based BAYADA provides home-based hospice, nursing, rehabilitative, therapeutic and assistive care services to adult and pediatric patients. The home health and hospice provider had an existing presence in Florida, with locations in six different cities statewide prior to the joint venture.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

When Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International CEO Jennifer Sheets speaks about hospice length of stay, it “strikes a nerve.” A disconnect exists between the ways providers perceive hospice lengths of stay and the views of regulators. Interim Healthcare is a subsidiary of Caring Brands International (CBI).

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Though evidence shows that longer hospice stays reduce costs, providers are still walking a regulatory tightrope. On one hand, longer hospice stays can lead to improved patient and family satisfaction and greater cost saving opportunities. Young told Hospice News. That number reached 92.5

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2022

With hospice providers reporting fewer staff in quarantine, many hope to reduce their utilization of temp nursing services — as well as the higher labor costs that come with them. However, providers shouldn’t necessarily expect a return to pre-2020 conditions. But the reality won’t be that simple.

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