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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. Constructed in 2006 as the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, the facility was renovated after its closure in 2011. Apex Design Build began construction of the facility in 2023.

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Bartlett Regional Hospital Gets Green Light to Take Over Hospice Services, Executives Step Down

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HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure. The home health and hospice provider’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes.

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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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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

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The nonprofit hospice and home health provider became Medicare certified in 2006, and is operated by Catholic Community Service. HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Census Bureau. Census Bureau.

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