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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. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Pennsylvania reached 48.4%

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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Staff at the new office provide 24/7 services to help facilitate hospice admissions for hospital and physician referrals and facility-based patients. The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area.

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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. The company has come a long way since CEO Heath Bartness founded it in 2009. ” St.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. I think that there are for-profit hospices like VITAS that have been around for a long time that really have the resources to support people whose goals of care are less aligned with the traditional hospice philosophy.

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