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Bristol Names Nurse Melissa Broadway as New Chief Clinical Officer

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A registered nurse, Broadway was most recently the chief operating officer of hospice for Bayada Healthcare. Broadway entered the hospice field as a bedside nurse in 2011 at a Texas location of Gentiva-Kindred Hospice. The post Bristol Names Nurse Melissa Broadway as New Chief Clinical Officer appeared first on Hospice News.

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MA Beneficiaries More Likely than Fee-for-Service Patients to Enter Hospice from Community Setting

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More than 46% of MA beneficiaries who enrolled in hospice in 2018 did so while in their homes (rather than a hospital or nursing facility), compared to 38% who were covered by traditional Medicare, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found. “We ” For this study, researchers examined medical records for a cohort of nearly 3.2

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How Four Questions Can Reduce Costs, Boost Hospice Utilization

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation ran the project between 2011 and 2015 at 32 participating hospitals and health systems. Clinicians also did home visits with nurses on call 24/7. A key component of the initiative was a “Four Questions” framework for goals-of-care conversations.

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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

Hospice News

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. Older adults frequently utilize such services, often in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

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Across 150 different studies, white adults represented nearly two-thirds (65.1%) of roughly 800,000 individuals who had completed advance directives between 2011 and 2016. Currently, this includes only physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, along with clinical social workers. “If

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Lessons from nurses, reflections from the past

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

I am still in awe of the posts, shares and stories I hear about how the skilled nursing facilities embraced the day and found ways to allow those residing in their communities to experience this event. Nurses are passionate and gladly speak their minds to achieve the best outcomes. How fascinating was the solar eclipse this week?

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Constructed in 2006 as the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, the facility was renovated after its closure in 2011. To qualify for PACE, residents must be 55 and older, in need of nursing home-level care and able to safely receive community-based services in a home-based setting.

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