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VITAS Healthcare Strengthens Executive Team with Key Promotions in Hospice Operations, HME Department

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Starting out as a bedside nurse in 2006, Coronado has held multiple roles within VITAS, including team manager, inpatient unit manager and patient care administrator. Having joined the company in 2012, Cosma has steadily progressed through the ranks, leading teams across clinical and operations departments.

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St. Croix Hospices Opens Wisconsin De Novo

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“We have been serving the state of Wisconsin for many years, continuing our long tradition of exceptional patient care,” St. “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.” Capital, now has 200 interdisciplinary team members serving 65 Wisconsin counties.

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Studies: Virtual Reality Shows Promise in Palliative Care

Hospice News

A second study found that roughly 88% of palliative patients nationwide who have used virtual reality in the last decade reported improvement in their physical and/or psychological symptoms The journal Palliative Medicine published the research in May 2022. VR and AR represents an investment in optimizing patient care, according to Shega. “VR

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How Emerging Hospice Regulations Could Impact Providers

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The report rocked the industry when it found that roughly 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a deficiency that posed a serious safety risk. That can reach the next level of getting additional parties involved to protect these organizations’ interests in patient care.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

Daily Nurse

The HWE standards are the cornerstone of AACN’s comprehensive HWE initiative, a long-term commitment to creating environments where nurses can provide the highest standards of safe, compassionate patient care while being fulfilled at work. We aim to change that.” The program has touched over 1.2

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OIG’s Hospice GIP Audit Fueled by Inappropriate Billing; Nearly One-Third of Claims Have Errors

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“The hospital may no longer have an incentive for the patient to remain in an inpatient stay and, therefore, may want to admit them to hospice when that may not be the appropriate setting.” In other instances, billing errors occurred when GIP services were provided when patientscare needs could have been managed in a home setting.

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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

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Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care.