Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and in most cases care is provided in the patient’s home, but may also be provided in freestanding hospice facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, or other long-term care facilities.
More than 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice care for one day or more in 2020. Total Medicare payments for hospice were approximately $22.4 billion in 2020. Alzheimer’s and Cancer were approximately half of the primary diagnosis of hospice cases in 2020.
The Social Security Act requires hospice programs to provide individuals under hospice care with drugs and biologicals related to the palliation and management of the terminal illness as defined in the hospice plan of care.
As the market grows, the relationship between hospice care and pharmacy continues to evolve with basically two types of providers: the independent local pharmacy direct, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) which allow hospice clients to utilize a preferred network of local pharmacies and provide reimbursement options.
There were more than 5,000 Medicare participating hospices in operation in 2020, with growth being driven by the increasing number of for-profit hospices.
AMI’s report, Pharmacy in Hospice Care 2023, identifies and provides profiles on the market leading PBMs serving the hospice market as well as the leading hospice pharmacies. The report also includes profiles on the top 15 hospice providers as well as background on the hospice market. Each company profile includes: address, phone, website, Key decision-makers including pharmacy when available, company background, hospice services and recent activities.
Table of Contents
Hospice Overview – pgs. 7-19
- Hospice Background
- Hospice – Medicare Statistics
- Payments
- Beneficiaries, Deaths, Length of Stay
- Hospice Type
- Hospice Diagnosis
- Hospice Trends
Top 15 Hospice Provider Profiles – pgs. 20-35
- VITAS Healthcare
- Kindred Hospice/Gentiva
- Amedisys, Inc.
- ProMedica Senior Care
- AccentCare, Inc.
- Compassus Hospice
- Chapters Health System
- Hospice of the Valley
- Enhabit Home Health & Hospice
- Trustbridge Hospice Care
- LHC Group/Optum
- Tidewell Hospice
- Silverstone Hospice
- Bristol Hospice
- Providence Hospice
Hospice PBMs offering Pharmacy Services – pgs. 36-66
- AvaCare Inc.
- Avantum Hospice Pharmacy
- BetterRx
- Care-Rx Health
- ClaritasPSM
- Delta Care Rx
- Elixir
- Enclara Pharmacia/Humana
- GoldStar Pharmacy Solutions
- HospisRx
- MCRx/ProCare HospiceCare
- OnePoint Patient Care/PharMerica
- Optum Hospice Pharmacy Services
- PDCRx
- PDMI
- PMC Pharmacy
- RxPreferred
- Spectrum Pharmacy Solutions
- Wise Hospice Options
Hospice Pharmacies – pgs. 67-102
- Advance Care Pharmacy
- Apothecare
- ASAP Pharmacy
- Carmichael’s Pharmacy
- Carvajal Pharmacy LTC
- Community Care Rx, Inc.
- Concierge Pharmacy
- Davila Pharmacy Inc.
- DeliverCareRx Pharmacy
- Dignity Hospice
- EP LTC Pharmacy
- Faith & Hope Hospice & Palliative Care
- FHP Pharmacy Services
- Forum Extended Care Services
- GPS Pharmacy Solutions
- Grove Park Pharmacy and Hospice
- Haller’s Pharmacy
- Hygeia LTC Pharmacy
- Intermountain Hospice Pharmacy Services
- Johnson’s Pharmacy Services
- MIX Pharmacy
- Lutz Pharmacy
- Ocoee Professional Pharmacy
- Paragon Healthcare
- PerroneRX
- Pharmcare Pharmacy
- Phoenix Home Care & Hospice
- Poly-Med Pharmacy
- Premier Pharmacy Group
- Prestige Hospice Pharmacy
- ProMed Pharmacy
- Select LTC Pharmacy
- Shrivers Hospice
- Skilled Care Pharmacy
- UnitedRx