Providers, patients would benefit from hospice telehealth extension, doc offers
By
Rachael Zimlich
Jul 31, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a lot of changes in healthcare, and not all were bad. In the years since the coronavirus forced worldwide lockdowns and limited access to care, the healthcare industry has...
Hospice bill’s information reporting provision raises industry concerns
By
Adam Healy
Jul 17, 2024
A couple provisions in a landmark piece of hospice legislation are cause for concern among hospice stakeholders. Providers, however, generally believe that, if passed, the bill would modernize the Medicare...
Worse care experiences reported at for-profit hospices
Feb 28, 2023
Caregivers of patients receiving hospice care report worse experiences at for-profit versus not-for-profit hospices.
Ordering palliative care consult by default increases rate of consultation
Jan 22, 2024
The findings were seen in older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia or kidney failure.
Electronic visit verification will become industry standard in near future, expert predicts
By
Adam Healy
Feb 07, 2024
Electronic visit verification, or EVV, will become industry standard soon, a marketplace executive predicts.
Work group tackles ‘smashing barrier’ to hospice for Medicaid-funded assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2023
A New York Department of Health work group recently began meeting to make recommendations on coordinating hospice care for residents living in the state’s Medicaid-funded assisted living program.
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...
ProMedica sells home health, hospice business to Gentiva for $710 million
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 03, 2023
Toledo, OH-based ProMedica entered a definitive agreement this week to sell the company’s Heartland brand home health and hospice care business to Atlanta-based Gentiva for $710 million.