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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP. This article is sponsored by CHAP.

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5 Numbers that Shaped Hospice in 2022

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Hospice leaders have kept their eyes on four key numbers as 2022 progressed: clinical capacity, length of stay, labor costs and utilization. The workforce shortage had an influence on each one of these indicators, making it perhaps the most significant, though unfortunate, hospice trend of 2022. Clinical capacity. Length of stay.

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

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This can put a strain on employee’s home life, which can cause them to leave their jobs, Shelley Henry, president of The Amity Group said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We NYSE: CHE). “We

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. Our team officially began towards the end of 2021 heading into 2022. We continue to grow and grow and partner with local organizations.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

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billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. Basically, there are gaps in need, and that both presents an opportunity for entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.” billion in 2030 from $34.5

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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We also explore additional COIs from the 2016 Guideline’s creation group before the final release of the updated CDC 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for pain, hereafter the 2022 Draft Guideline (6,7). The HHS Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices quietly faded into obscurity. opioid policy.

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