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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

“What we found with this tool is that we could transition patients in need quicker, identify declines faster and get the appropriate team members there to be with them in a timely fashion, especially during those last and important days of care.” Established in 2009, St. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

Egging will oversee operations of the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. She served as director of compliance for Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care from 2001 to 2009. In addition to hospice, Angelic Health provides palliative and memory care, as well as telehealth services.

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??Care Alternatives Returning to Court in FCA Case

Hospice News

Care Alternatives’ documentation deficiencies were pervasive; Care Alternatives was aware of the gravity of its noncompliance; and Care Alternatives’ patients were potentially ineligible, as a medical matter, for hospice care.” The case has been winding through the courts since 2008.

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Champion for Hospice, Will Not Seek Re-Election

Hospice News

Since then, he has sponsored a number of bills designed to improve the quality of hospice care as well as combat fraud in the space. He also wrote some sections of the Affordable Care Act. House of Representatives.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. With this new agreement, Care Synergy will be taking over those management functions. “We Care Synergy was one of several organizations that threw their hats in the ring to become the new national center for CAPABLE.

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Closure of Pennsylvania Hospice House Ignites Community Protests

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The 10-bed In Touch Hospice facility opened in 2009, seeing declining patient admissions during the past seven years, according to local news. Hospice patients will now receive inpatient care at the Somerset Hospital and also in the home.

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US Justice Department’s Spotlight on Hospice Sends ‘Powerful Message’ to Fraudulent Operators

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“The Health Care Fraud Unit and its partners are prioritizing the investigation and prosecution of schemes that affect vulnerable populations, including, but by no means limited to, sober homes fraud, illegal prescribing of controlled substances and hospice fraud,” Miller said. “In According to the U.S.

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