Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly proliferating throughout health care and beyond. Among its many applications, streamlining documentation is among the most prevalent for hospices. Hospices leverage documentation software for a wide array of functions, including visit scheduling, care plan updates, interdisciplinary team notes, medication management and bereavement services, as well as billing, compliance tracking and […]
As nonprofits seek to build scale in order to compete with larger competitors, some are banding together in regional collaboratives. In these efforts, the Southern Care Collaborative, founded in 2022, could serve as a model. The organization includes 11 hospice members operating in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The hospices are pooling […]
A federal judge has given final approval to the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) that allowed the transaction between the two companies to close. The U.S. District Court in Maryland entered the final judgment proposed by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the attorneys general of several […]
Hospice of Redmond has rebranded as ClearPath HealthCare. In tandem, the company has launched a home-based primary care service. The Oregon-based nonprofit’s new identity is intended to reflect its expanded mission and scope of services. The primary care service will launch in March 2026. The program is designed to fill health care gaps among seniors, […]
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (Nasdaq: AVAH) expects 5% to 7% company-wide growth in the coming year, achieving through a five-pronged strategy. These efforts include strengthening relationships with payers, finding opportunities to reduce costs, modernizing its medical solutions services, optimizing capital structure and cash flow, and increasing engagement among staff and leadership. Aveanna’s preferred-payer and government affairs […]
Hospice margins are falling despite record-high utilization, according to data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The commission has released its draft recommendations to Congress, repeating its annual call to eliminate hospice payment rate increases in future years. “For fiscal year, 2027, Congress should eliminate the update to the 2026 Medicare base payment rate […]
Upon the 25th anniversary of its founding, the senior services company A Place for Mom is undergoing a rebrand and redesigning its marketing strategy. The company’s name is not changing as part of the rebrand. Rather, A Place for Mom has a new logo and visual identity and has developed a data-driven, tech-enabled approach to […]
Questions over which services are deemed related to patients’ terminal diagnosis in hospice care are crucial, and physicians’ determinations of those factors may be growing more complex. Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) allow health care providers to receive payments for services and items that are considered unrelated to a hospice patient’s terminal illness and related […]
Traditions Health has been acquired by four hospice providers, each dividing the company’s assets across their geographic footprints. The Care Team, VitalCaring, LifeCare Home Health Family and Mission Healthcare have each purchased a portion of Traditions Health’s locations. Financial terms of these transactions are undisclosed. Traditions was formerly a portfolio company of the private equity […]
Business and clinical integration is a watchword that will help define the future of health care, including for hospice providers, according to leaders in the space. These kinds of integration span both the internal and external spaces. Providers can better ensure that the various pieces and departments within their organizations are working in a coordinated […]
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