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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which requires providers to acquire a building and design a center to house a PACE program. Founded in 2004, Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice is a service of Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton. This initiative reflects our 45-year commitment to serving with compassion, integrity, and innovation.”

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Why Patients with Lymphoma Are Less Likely to Receive Hospice

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2 Researchers analyzed Medicare records for 18,777 patients who died with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), aggressive NHL, or mantle cell lymphoma. Compared to all Medicare beneficiaries who died with cancer, patients with lymphoma proved 23% less likely to receive hospice, and they tended to have fewer days in hospice.

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How Hospice Supports Families

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In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Additionally, Medicare pays 100% for home hospice with no copays or deductibles. Bereavement Services. Medicare-certified hospices also provide at least six months of bereavement support. 2004 Dec 1;161(12):2257-62.

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