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Family Resource Home Care Expands with Companion Care Acquisition

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Established in 2004, the Washington-based personal care organization was founded by owner Merri Klein. More than 29,350 Medicare beneficiaries utilized hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Seniors 65 and older represent 16.8% Census Bureau.

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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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Trinity Health at Home Acquires Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice

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Above & Beyond has provided home health and hospice care across eastern Iowa since 2004. Iowa in 2018 ranked seventh for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 56.2%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Hospice utilization runs high in Iowa compared to other states.

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NHPCO Celebrates the Life of Dr. Bernice Catherine Harper

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The organization, which was a program of NHPCO from 2004 to 2017, is now known as Global Partners in Care. Dr. Harper’s advocacy also impacted hospice care domestically, particularly in her pivotal role in integrating hospice care benefits into Medicare.

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Lifematters Selects AlayaCare as a Home Care Software Partner

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Home care is seeing greater participation in Medicare Advantage Plans and Transitional Care programs for healthcare systems and skilled nursing facilities, which are also important programs for Lifematters. metropolitan area.

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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. Medicare-certified hospices also provide at least six months of bereavement support. 2004 Dec 1;161(12):2257-62. Now, there are between four and five thousand.

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