Hospice providers saw a great deal of change during 2021. The industry continued to reel from a global pandemic while enduring worsening labor pressure. The market saw shake-ups through massive mergers and acquisitions that reshaped the competitive landscape, as well as regulatory enforcement reform and the onset of the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — to […]
Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most pressing market forces and trends that will shape the space during 2022. Their comments carried some common threads, including rising demand for care in the home, continued labor pressures and industry consolidation, the involvement of hospice in Medicare Advantage and intensifying regulatory scrutiny. […]
AccentCare is unifying all of its business lines under the company’s main brand. This includes six subsidiaries as well as Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care. AccentCare and Seasons merged in Dec. 2020. The following brands are now consolidated under the AccentCare name: Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, Sta-Home, Gareda, HRS, Texas Home Health, Southeastern Health […]
Todd Stern came to Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, now an AccentCare company, in 2001 as the company’s CFO and managing principal. In 2005 he ascended to the CEO spot. In the intervening years, the company has expanded in size and scale to become the fifth largest hospice provider in the nation with a footprint […]
Racial divides have long-plagued the hospice field, rising to heightened levels of concern amid the coronavirus pandemic and events leading to civil unrest in the last year. Though hospices have taken deeper dives into improving access to care among underserved populations and addressing diversity and equity in their organizations, much work lies ahead to create […]
Value-based care programs could be bridges closing gaps to accessing hospice care among underserved populations. Several hospices are honing in on expanding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as the pandemic further illuminates disparities in the U.S. health care system, often based on race or socio-economic factors. In response, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) […]
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Minority Health Association (NMHA) are partnering to increase vaccination rates among the home health and hospice workforce. The combined $11.1 million effort, part of NMHA’s Flex for Checks program, aims to break down barriers preventing vaccination and curb the rising tide of COVID-19. […]
The cost of providing general inpatient care can be steep for hospices. Expenses run the gamut from staff wages and salaries to medications, as well as costs related to establishing and maintaining a physical facility. Medication management is a vital piece of both the clinical and financial puzzle when it comes to general inpatient care. […]
Rosemont, Ill.-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care recently began construction on a new inpatient facility in Phoenix aimed at making serious illness and end-of-life care more accessible to patients and families in the area. The 15-bed inpatient center will be located roughly 10 miles from the Seasons’ administrative office in Arizona, located near several Phoenix […]
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care and health system ChristianaCare have entered into a joint venture designed to expand in-home services throughout the state of Delaware. The JV is branded as Christiana-Care-Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care. The JV is not Seasons’ first collaboration with ChristianaCare. The two companies have worked together on joint initiatives a number […]
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