DALLAS (June 10, 2019)—Home health care provider, Axxess has released Axxess Hospice, a software solution to address the unique needs of hospice providers. Axxess Hospice was custom-built by hospice professionals with decades of industry experience to offer unique and intuitive capabilities that help hospice professionals more easily deliver the highest quality compassionate care.
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DALLAS, Texas (April 24, 2019)—Homecare Homebase (HCHB) a provider of mobile home health and hospice software has become the EMR solution for Hosparus Health, a not for profit hospice and palliative care provider serving over 8,000 patients and families throughout Kentucky and Indiana.
A multifaceted approach to M&A activity
SHOREVIEW, Minn. (April 11, 2019)—Maxwell Healthcare Associates (MHA), a home health and hospice consulting firm, announced tremendous company growth led by tripling its year-over-year top-line performance. In the last year MHA doubled its customer base, more than tripled its consultant count, added new partners and broadened its service lines.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 3, 2019)—Encompass Health Corp., the fourth-largest provider of Medicare-certified skilled home health services, will buy the assets of the privately owned Alacare Home Health & Hospice.
The companies announced the deal on April 1; the terms were not disclosed. Birmingham, Alabama-based Alacare operates 23 home health locations and 23 hospice locations in Alabama and generated about $117 million in revenues last year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 18, 2019)—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), released its annual March report to Congress on March 15, 2019. MedPAC is required to produce this report; however, Congress is not required to act upon all the recommendations contained in the report and historically has not done so. Chapters 9 and 12 of the Report, Home Health Recommendations and Hospice Recommendations respectively, will be of most interest to NAHC members.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 7, 2019)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) invites you to join us at the in Washington, D.C. on April 1 and 2, 2019, for the annual March on Washington, two days of policy education and advocacy in the halls of Congress.
PHOENIX (January 24, 2019)—In just two decades, enrollment in hospice care has increased more than seven times from 210,000 to more than 1.5 million. To honor the countless professionals caring for those in hospice, Science Care has announced 10 Hospice Heroes, recognizing their commitment to the critical and exhausting vocation. The following 10 hospice professionals were selected by Science Care for upholding the highest standards while looking after the terminally ill:
CARY, N.C. (December 6, 2018)—Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has announced a new partnership with Imark Billing that allows Imark Billing customers to receive special pricing on ACHC’s home health, hospice and private duty accreditation services, as well as discounts on Accreditation University (AU) educational resources that help prepare association members for ACHC accreditation.
LENEXA, Kan. (October 4, 2018)—WellSky, a health and community care technology company backed by TPG Capital, launched an innovative new solution, WellSky Hospice Applied Insights.
According to WellSky, Hospice Applied Insights delivers the predictive intelligence that hospices need to ensure their patients are surrounded by their family and caregivers at the appropriate time.
ST. LOUIS (August 22, 2018)—Intalere announced in June a new Hospice and Palliative Care Consulting Solution and Program to assist health care organizations in developing specific programs to significantly lower patient care costs while improving quality of life.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 3, 2018)—On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized regulations first proposed in late April regarding the FY2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements (CMS-1692-F).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2018)—Registration for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice’s (NAHC’s) 2018 Financial Management Conference & Expo, the premier event for financial managers in homecare and hospice, is now open at the conference’s new website.
Rankings are based on claims and patient volume data.
ATLANTA (November 16, 2017)—LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced its LexisNexis 2017 Top 100 Home Health and Hospice Agencies Rankings. The rankings provide home health and hospice services companies with market landscape information to help them better understand their market position, dynamics and environment for potential M&A activity and growth for their businesses.
Hospice Compare joins other CMS websites designed to promote data transparency and quality care.
—Via CMS, WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 21, 2017)—Last week, as part of a continuing commitment to greater data transparency, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the Hospice Compare website. The site displays information in a ready-to-use format and provides a snapshot of the quality of care each hospice facility offers to its patients.
A past, present and potentially forward look at physician house calls and home health
Payment rates and wage index were included in the final rule.
—Via CMS, WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2017)—On August 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1675-F) that updates fiscal year (FY) 2018 Medicare payment rates and the wage index for hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries, and also updates the hospice quality reporting requirements.
Halamandaris was often called the "leader of the last great civil rights movement."
—Via NAHC, WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2017)—It is with great sadness that the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) announces the passing of its president, Val J. Halamandaris.