Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation ran the project between 2011 and 2015 at 32 participating hospitals and health systems. Every hospice provider should be fluent, whether it’s those four questions or their own vernacular.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

The incidence of end-stage heart failure is expected to rise throughout the next decade, and hospices are preparing to serve those patients when they become eligible. However, hospice utilization remains relatively low for those patients. However, hospice utilization remains relatively low for those patients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice’s New Senior Living Inpatient Facility Michigan-based Angela Hospice recently unveiled plans to open a new inpatient center at a senior living facility. Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It was a grand slam if we just learn how to care differently, whether it’s supportive questions, your own vernacular …,” Ihrig told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We Hospice News / RoboToaster Hospice News / RoboToaster Dr. Timothy Ihrig, CEO, Ihrig MD & Associates. Hospice News photo.)

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1-800-HOSPICE

MARCH 21, 2023

The American Society of Clinical Oncology describes hospice as an essential component of end-of-life (EOL) care. 1 As such, hospice utilization among patients with hematologic malignancies merits scrutiny as an area where hospice utilization is traditionally lower than with solid malignancies. Overall, only 41.6%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The recent article by the New Yorker and ProPublica that branded “hospice” as a profiteering “hustle” was an outrageous misrepresentation of the provider community. The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. Even when a hospice plays by the rules, death does not.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

” Dr. Kotwal’s work showing how social isolation impacts end-of-life health care use , including hospice and acute care. ” I actually just had a woman that I care for on hospice who I asked, “Do you feel lonely?” I sometimes will ask them, “Do you feel lonely?” ” She said no.

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