In this episode of Hospice News Elevate, senior editor Jim Parker speaks with Katy Barnett, ,

director of home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge about the forthcoming

implementation of the 2026 final hospice rule and the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation

(HOPE) tool.

In this ELEVATE episode Hospice News explores the diverse challenges of establishing a strong foundation of volunteer-based services. Hospice Volunteer Association President and CEO Greg Schneider discusses how hospices can go beyond the minimum volunteer requirements to provide a wider bandwidth of support.

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In this episode of Hospice News Elevate, senior editor Jim Parker speaks with Mark Kulik,

senior managing director for The Braff Group, about consolidation occurring in the nonprofit

hospice space. A rising number of nonprofits are affiliating with one another or selling to for-

profit companies.

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The State of Family Caregiving Needs: Supporting Policies, Practices

This podcast episode discusses how a rising number of stakeholders are recognizing that in order to continue caring for terminally ill patients in the home, they will also have to take care of their family caregivers. In this episode, Hospice News Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with Steven Lee, co-founder and CEO of ianacare, about strategies to support patients’ families and help reduce their burden.

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In this episode of the Hospice News Elevate podcast, we’ll be talking about the growing demand for palliative care and the barriers that interview with providers’ meeting those needs with our guests: Dr. Rachel Jordan, director of legislative affairs and advocacy at Hospice of the Chesapeake and Dr. Christopher Paredes, a geriatrician specializing in home-based primary and palliative care.

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Chloe Bishop, Bereavement & Social Work Supervisor, Frederick Health Hospice by Hospice News

In this episode of Hospice News Elevate, Senior Editor Jim Parker speaks with Sue Murphy, a registered nurse and director of clinical education for BAYADA Hospice, about the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter and his impact on the hospice space.

Interest in the hospice space has broadened amid rising demand, a trend resulting in more transactions and collaborative relationships with other health care providers. In this episode, Hospice News Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with G. Scott Herman, founder and CEO of New Day Healthcare LLC, to uncover the scope of hospice assets currently in the market and the factors that are both fueling and challenging M&A activity.

In this episode, Hospice News Senior Editor Jim Parker speaks with Marianne Muzic-Lucenti, manager of one of the oldest pediatric palliative care programs in the nation, at St. Mary’s Healthcare System in Queens, New York City. The discussion profiles the program and looks at the outlook for palliative care for 2025.