The hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration will include elements designed to promote health equity in 2023. HHS indicated that VBID participants will implement strategies to advance health equity across all aspects of their participation. This aligns with previous statements from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that health […]
Health care workforce management company ShiftMed is partnering with Uber Health to offer transportation and other services as an employee benefit. Uber Health is the health care arm of Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER). Historically, they have focused on transporting patients to medical appointments, as well as making health care-related deliveries. The ShiftMed collaboration brings their […]
Rippl, a new company offering mental health care to seniors, began operations today following a $32 million seed funding round. Rippl’s services focus on seniors suffering from dementia and other neurocognitive conditions. ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst led the investment round with participation from GV, F-Prime Capital, and Mass General Brigham Ventures. The company […]
As more care moves into the home setting, systemic changes may be necessary to keep that momentum going. Demand for home-based care was creeping upward before 2020, but the pandemic that broke out that year accelerated the trend. More patients, providers, and payers realized that a wider range of services could be delivered in the […]
VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (NYSE: CHEM), has opened a de novo location in Florida that expands its presence into three additional counties. The company’s newest location is in the City of Clewiston, Florida. Unlike some of its competitors, VITAS has focused on de novos for geographic growth rather than acquisitions, in part due […]
Careful management of hospice care manager workloads correlates with longer lengths of stay and improved margins. Length of stay is an important metric from both a clinical and business standpoint. For many patients length of stay is a week or less, which is too short for them to receive the full benefit of hospice care. […]
Hospices seeking to build stronger relationships with other community-based organizations may be able to adapt some of the strategies that health systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have implemented. These community partnerships have become a key strategy to address social determinants of health, improve health equity, and educate the public about hospice and palliative care. […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers to assist those who care for seriously ill loved ones. The strategy contains close to 350 actions that the federal government plans to take to support caregivers in the company year, as well as 150 recommendations that […]
A recent federal court decision that cleared the way for UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) forthcoming purchase of Change Healthcare (NASDAQ: CHNG) is a positive sign for the insurance company’s pending acquisition of LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG). The U.S. Department of Justice sought to block the $13 billion Change Healthcare transaction on anti-trust grounds, alleging that […]
The HAP Foundation has officially begun operations. The foundation is an independent, nonprofit hospice and palliative care research and advocacy organization. The foundation aims to identify and address gaps in the health care continuum to help improve the quality of life for the seriously and terminally ill. It will serve as a hospice and palliative […]
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