Half of patients admitted into hospice care are admitted only within the last two weeks of their life, according to a recent study from Yale University physicians. This timeframe undercuts the hospice benefit, which can extend for six months, and reveals some of the challenges related to seniors in the last stage of their life. […]
Owner of Multiple Home Health Agencies Sentenced for Fraud The owner of multiple home health care companies and a doctor were sentenced for their roles in a nearly $60 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced on August 18. Myrna S. Parcon, 62, of Dallas and Ransome N. Etindi, 57, of Waxahachie, Texas, […]
Home Health Care News perspective: With more patients dying at home than ever before and receiving care services outside of institutions, family members can add to the burdens of patients. Hospice patients at home are finding that family members are stealing their pain pills; though in some cases, the theft is done by a hospice […]
More hospice patients are being discharged before their death, raising a question about whether hospice companies are financially motivated to do so. One recent study found there is in fact a positive association between higher hospice margins and higher rates of live discharge. Over the last decade, the “live discharge” rate—the rate at which patients are discharged […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), one of the nation’s largest home health care providers, is setting its sights on a big deal in the hospice space according to CEO Paul Kusserow. After seeing strong gains in its hospice segment during the first quarter of the year, Baton Rouge-based Amedisys is hoping to find a bigger deal this year. “We’re hopeful […]
When a Florida-based hospice provider realized it could offer better care by throwing out the traditional five-day work week model, there were a number of issues standing in the way, including fear. Cornerstone Hospice wanted to switch to a 7-day model, but for Rhonda White, chief operations officer of the nonprofit hospice company, doing right […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule to update the hospice payment rates for fiscal year 2018, with an estimated $180 million overall increase. The rule also proposes new quality measures and provides an update on the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP). The Hospice Compare website will be released […]
Home Health Care News Perspective: Whether it’s through pre-hospice, pre-acute, or pre-hab services, there’s a rich opportunity for home care providers to get upstream in the health care continuum. Investors in the sector may already be onto this idea. By Anna Gorman, originally for Kaiser Health News Gerald Chinchar isn’t quite at the end of life, but the […]
Among Medicare-eligible patients, hospice utilization has been declining for years. Specifically, hospice utilization among Medicare-eligible patients nationwide totaled about 2.55% in 2015, down from 2.59% in 2014 and 2.67% in 2013, according to a new analysis from Healthcare Market Resources. The Pennsylvania-based health care market intelligence firm calculated hospice utilization by dividing the number of […]
Last year was a busy one for a variety of sectors in the health care services industry—and the home health and hospice sector was no exception. In fact, home health and hospice deal activity rose 12% year-over-year in 2016, according to the 23rd edition of Irving Levin Associates’ Health Care Services Acquisition Report, published Tuesday. Deal […]
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