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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Back in 2019 we were really looking at how we could enhance our presences, and how using end-of-life technology could help guide us to being at the right spot at the right moment for our patients,” Arnold told Hospice News.

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Important Predictions for Home Care in 2019

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Many of these issues are ongoing and will continue to affect the landscape into 2019 and beyond. in 2009 to 65.7% Integration of Clinical Care with Personal Care A second trend for 2019 is the growing realization that, to improve patient outcomes, personal care is often as important as clinical care. In the U.S.,

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Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). So, having those conversations about what those improvements would be is going to be an important exercise in 2024.”

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Closure of Pennsylvania Hospice House Ignites Community Protests

Hospice News

” UPMC in 2019 merged with Somerset Hospital. The 10-bed In Touch Hospice facility opened in 2009, seeing declining patient admissions during the past seven years, according to local news. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Pennsylvania reached 48.4% Though this fell slightly under the national average of 50.3%

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

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This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). CDC issued another public warning against misapplication of the 2016 Guideline on April 24, 2019 (52).

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4 For-Profit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

Hospice News

Among the considerations behind that choice was his experience in working with payers outside of traditional Medicare. Historically, home-based care and hospice providers have operated primarily within Medicare fee-for-service models. As of autumn 2019, the hospice operated close to 30 locations throughout six Midwestern states.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed a law to develop its advisory council in 2009. While the availability of palliative care is improving, fewer than 5% of patients with serious illnesses who stand to benefit from palliative care actually receive it, according to a May 2019 report by the NASHP.