A VITAS Healthcare chaplain has developed a unique bereavement care program in the San Francisco Bay area. Twice a month, VITAS Chaplain Jonah Sanderson convenes a group of 20 grieving family members for a Thai dinner at Thaibodia in Campbell, California. These “Death Over Thai Food” events are designed to foster peer-to-peer support, discussions about […]
Hospice care is underutilized among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, often due to systemic factors. More than 831,000 Americans are living with kidney failure, according to the National Institutes of Health. In 2023 alone, new cases totaled 131,564. Yet, end-stage renal disease patients in 2024 represented 1.3% of Medicare decedents who elected the Medicare Hospice Benefit, the National Alliance for […]
As the midterm elections approach, hospices have unfinished business in the halls of Congress. Providers have identified several high priority pieces of legislation they would like to see passed before this Congress ends in December, according to healthcare leaders attending the National Alliance for Care at Home’s Advocacy Week on Capitol Hill. Most of these […]
The Pennant Group’s (Nasdaq: PNTG) existing home health, hospice and senior living operations continued to improve while the company worked through a major expansion in the Southeast, executives said during the Jefferies Healthcare Services Conference. In October 2025, The Pennant Group finalized its acquisition of former Amedisys and LHC Group hospice and home health operations across Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia from […]
LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit and mission-driven providers of aging services, today announced that President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan will step down, effective March 31, 2027. Smith Sloan has led the association of nonprofit aging services providers since 2016. She previously served as LeadingAge’s COO, beginning in 2002. To date, the organization has not […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should follow the six-month moratoria on hospice and home health enrollment in Medicare with more pinpointed efforts to root out fraud, according to the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). CMS implemented the moratoria in May. At the time, NPHI voiced support for the moratoria. The […]
The private equity firm Frazier Healthcare Partners has acquired the post-acute software company MatrixCare from ResMed (NYSE: RMD). The transaction makes MatrixCare a standalone company, rather than a subsidiary. Financial terms were undisclosed. In the wake of the deal, the company appointed Frazier Executive in Residence Jonathan Lujan as CEO. Becoming a standalone corporation will […]
Hospice Savannah has created a new, larger parent company to reflect and coordinate its growing scope of services — Georgia Care Innovators. The hospice itself will remain intact as a subsidiary of the new organization, along with seven other entities. These include the Edel Caregiver Institute, The Steward Center for Palliative Care, Ride-Well Mobility, PACE […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) six-month moratoria on home health and hospice Medicare enrollment are adversely affecting access to care, as well as providers’ financial positions. This is according to the National Alliance for Care at Home, which penned a letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz containing comments on the […]
The 2027 hospice payment rates likely will change based on a technical error by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency made a mistake that affected the Fiscal Year 2027 hospice wage index and has recalculated those numbers. CMS is in the process of developing a correction notice to update the […]
