As Addus HomeCare Corp (NASDAQ: ADUS) gears up for expansion, the company is focused on ensuring its workforce can absorb the growing capacity. Addus has not been immune to the labor headwinds plaguing the industry. This includes shortages tied to the COVID-19 variant surge that persisted through the first half of the year, as well […]
Hospices are leveraging expanded telehealth options to maximize access for hard-to-reach rural patients despite lingering regulatory uncertainties. Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. Thus far, the initiative has yielded positive results, but the process hasn’t always been easy, […]
Brent Guerisoli effective Aug. 1 will become CEO of The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG). Current CEO Daniel Walker will retire from the position but remain board chairman. Guerisoli joined Pennant in 2012 and, until August, served as the company’s president and COO. In that role, he has been involved heavily in leadership recruitment and […]
Hospice provider Care Dimensions has tapped Dr. Stephanie Patel as its new CEO, upon the retirement of previous top executive Patricia Ahern. Patel has been chief medical officer for the organization since 2006. Care Dimensions is the largest hospice provider in Massachusetts. As CMO, Patel worked to develop specialized patient programs, recruited and mentored clinical […]
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice will be pursuing geographic expansion from the moment it gets off the ground. The forthcoming spinoff from Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) has allocated $2 million to $3 million to fund de novo locations for the remainder of the year, according to 2022 guidance released today. Enhabit has also put aside […]
Physician burnout costs hospices — both literally and figuratively — whether it occurs among their own medical staff or with their referral partners. One of the most damaging effects is higher turnover. Burnout causes a sizable contingent of physicians to leave their jobs, and it has only grown more prevalent during the pandemic. This not […]
The Medicare Part A trust fund is still on track to run short of money before the decade is out, but not as quickly as previously anticipated. If its current trajectory holds, Medicare will see shortfalls beginning in 2028 — two years later than earlier projections, according to the 2022 annual report from the Social […]
As awareness and acceptance of advance care planning gains ground among health care providers and the general public, children with life-limiting illnesses are sometimes left behind. Some stakeholders have sought to improve access to advance care planning for pediatric patients. Among them is the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which recently released a set of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court may take up a False Claims Act (FCA) case involving Georgia-Based Bethany Hospice & Palliative Care LLC, despite indications from the U.S. Justice Department that such a review would be unnecessary. The case comes at a time when regulators are intensifying scrutiny on hospice providers, seeking to root out those who […]
If enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. But clinical education will need a much larger boost to ensure a sustainable workforce, according to many providers. The training issue is a serious impediment to hospice recruitment, as very […]
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