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The Value of Hospice-Emergency Department Collaboration

Hospice News

Fostering greater collaboration between hospices and hospice emergency departments can help reduce health care costs, generate revenue and improve patient outcomes. The health system during the pandemic began collaborating with the nonprofit hospice VIA Health Partners to help reduce capacity strains, according to Bowers.

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How Death Doulas Can Help Hospices Improve Health Equity

Hospice News

End-of-life doulas can help hospices’ efforts to improve health equity in hard to reach settings while also improving quality in the last days of life. The quantity and quality of patient visits during the last days of life is an important quality measure for hospice providers. That’s invaluable to a family.”

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Legacy Acquires HomeCare Hospice

Hospice News

Legacy Hospice has acquired Mississippi-based HomeCare Hospice for an undisclosed sum. HomeCare Hospice operates four locations that cover most of its home state. About 19,000 Medicare beneficiaries elected hospice in the state last year, according to the U.S. The deal expands Legacy’s footprint in the South.

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

Hospice News

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

Hospice News

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. For some rural areas, they’re not seen as financially feasible or sustainable to larger programs,” Kuhlman told Hospice News. “So,

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Hospices, Community Groups Team Up to Provide Care to the Homeless

Hospice News

A group of Wisconsin-based organizations, including hospices, are working to improve end-of-life care among homeless populations. Individuals who elect to receive hospice at the facility will receive care from local providers. We offer an alternative to dying alone on the street,” Deja said in a statement shared with Hospice News.

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Assessing Caregiver Burnout for Hospice, Palliative Patients

Hospice News

Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. Without assistance or relief, these difficulties can impede access to hospice and other types of home-based care. There’s a very high number of U.S.

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