Hospice News
JUNE 16, 2023
The mission and function of the Medicare program have evolved over time, and the agency that runs it also may need to adapt to the new ways that health care organizations are doing business, according to SCAN Group CEO Dr. Sachin Jain. billion nonprofit Medicare Advantage (MA) organization that covers more than 270,000 members.
Hospice News
AUGUST 22, 2022
“When someone is overwhelmed, it is impossible for them to provide quality care.”. On average, the tenures of more than a third of hospice chaplains in the United States lasted only one to two years between 2010 and 2019, according to research from Zippia. A shrinking labor pool.
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Daily Nurse
JUNE 30, 2023
NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. The ICAN Act is improving care and access to nursing.
Nurse.com
JULY 18, 2022
For Kapu, a holistic approach to patient care is basic to nursing practice at all levels, “taking into consideration…where [patients] live, where they work, their transportation, their access.” According to Kapu, 89% of new NPs are certified in primary care. This same holistic lens shapes the NP role.
1-800-HOSPICE
MARCH 21, 2023
Recently, Oreofe Odejide, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and colleagues published an analysis of hospice utilization among patients who died with lymphoma, and they made recommendations for improving patient care. Patients in hospice have fewer rehospitalizations, fewer intensive care unit admissions, and lower costs.
Hospice News
MARCH 21, 2024
Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Investigations have shown that potentially hundreds of newly licensed hospices have bilked Medicare of millions of dollars during the past several years, all while providing egregiously poor care or none at all.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The peeling process is much like the layers of patient complexity rehab professionals must strip away daily, essential for providing the highest level of quality patient care and supporting a health literate culture. In 2010, approximately 21.4 Let’s begin with a definition of health literacy.
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