Hospice Insights Podcast - Bottom Line, Top of Mind: Compliance Checklists for Hospice and Home Health
Managing Complex Parent-Child Relationships with Karen Shepard
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: UPICs May Pick You for a Prepayment Review
Hospice Insights Podcast - High Risk Hospices Are in the Hot Seat Across Six States
Hospice Insights Podcast - What’s New? CMS Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight Application to “New” Hospices
Hospice Insights Podcast - PPEO Playbook: The High-Stakes Game Hospices Can’t Afford to Lose
Hospice Insights Podcast - Endings and Beginnings: Reflections on Meg Pekarske’s 25+ Years as a Hospice Advocate
Hospice Insights Podcast - Reimagining How We Navigate Change and Loss: A Conversation with Sonya Dolan and Bridget Sumser of Mettle Health
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospital to Hospice: Managing Referrals and Relationships
Hospice Insights Podcast - But Am I Set Up for Growth: Corporate and Governance Considerations for Growing Hospice
Hospice Insights Podcast - If Only I Knew… Avoiding the Most Common Mistakes with the 855
Hospice Insights Podcast - Making Palliative Care a Win-Win-Win: A Conversation with Dr. Bethany Snider, Chief Medical Officer, Hosparus Health
Hospice Insights Podcast - Let’s Face (to Face) It: Important Changes to Hospice Face-to-Face Attestation Requirements and Other Tidbits from the 2026 Hospice Final Rule
Hospice Insights Podcast - Where’s the Line: When Does Poor Quality Create False Claims Liability
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: Hospices Fare Well in Federal Court
Hospice Insights Podcast - AI in Action: Exploring How AI Is Helping Hospices Do Things in New Ways
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Hospice Insights Podcast - Still Number One: Healthcare Fraud Remains Central in DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Plan
Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: David Beats Goliath
On May 26, 2026, the White House published an update on key actions undertaken by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. The update highlights the March and April 2026 suspensions of more than 400 high-risk hospice...more
Kinderhook Industries has completed its acquisition of Enhabit, according to a news release. The deal was valued at approximately $1.1 billion....more
This five-part series examines current trends in home health and hospice M&A as the sector enters 2026, including valuation discipline, compliance and clinical risk, the role of artificial intelligence, and how deal structure...more
In hospice and home health, certain compliance problems can have a big impact on the organization’s bottom line—and ability to keep operating. Even seemingly minor issues can affect whether the organization will be fully paid...more
Key Takeaways - CMS imposed nationwide six-month moratoria effective May 13, 2026, barring new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health agencies as part of a broader program integrity initiative....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a nationwide, six-month Medicare enrollment moratoria for new hospices and home health agencies. The moratoria became effective May 13, 2026, and are part of a...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced nationwide enrollment moratoria for new home health agencies (“HHA”) and hospices, effective May 13, 2026, for an initial period of six months. CMS has...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), in coordination with Vice President JD Vance’s Anti-Fraud Task Force, announced a six-month, nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for hospices...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the imposition of a six‑month nationwide moratorium on Medicare enrollment for home health agencies (HHAs) and, in a separate but concurrent...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced six-month nationwide moratoria on new Medicare enrollments for hospices and home health agencies. CMS stated that the moratoria were needed due to...more
Healthcare providers, healthcare professionals, hospitals, investors, and private equity-backed healthcare platforms should prepare for increasing operational, transactional, reimbursement, compliance, and enforcement risks...more
On May 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a nationwide enrollment moratorium on new Medicare hospice and home health agency (HHA) participants. The announcement follows the introduction of Rhode...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release and a Federal Register notice announcing a nationwide moratorium on the enrollment of new home health agencies (HHAs) and hospices,...more
On May 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented two separate nationwide moratoria that halt the Medicare enrollment of new home health agencies (HHAs) and hospice providers. The moratoria took effect...more
Billed as an effort to combat fraud and protect program integrity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed six‑month nationwide temporary enrollment moratoria on new Medicare hospices and home health...more
Season 4 of?The Sandwich Generation Survival Guide opens with an extraordinary conversation as host Candace Dellacona welcomes celebrated novelist and essayist Karen Shepard. Widely recognized for her powerful storytelling...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed immediate nationwide moratoria on the initial Medicare enrollment of hospices and home health agencies (HHAs), including additions of new branch locations,...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a six-month nationwide moratoria on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health agency (HHA) providers, joining durable medical...more
On May 13, 2026, CMS announced an imminent nationwide six-month moratoria on the Medicare enrollment of new hospices and home health agencies (HHAs), citing concerns regarding rapid growth in enrollments, improper ownership...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed two nationwide, six‑month moratoria on new Medicare enrollments of hospice and home health agencies (HHAs). CMS states that the action, taken in...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a nationwide six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers and home health agencies (HHAs). The action follows a recent...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an aggressive nationwide crackdown on fraud—with the start of six-month moratoria on new Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
This five-part series examines current trends in home health and hospice M&A in 2026, including valuation discipline, compliance and clinical risk, the role of artificial intelligence, and how deal structure and preparation...more
On May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services imposed two separate 6-month nationwide temporary moratoria on the Medicare enrollment of hospices and home health agencies (HHAs), effective immediately. Under...more