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Ohio’s Hospice Expands Partnership with Senior Living Provider United Church Homes

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Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013. “We expect this strategic alliance’s impact will transform health care and provide value and improve the quality of many lives in which we are privileged to serve.”

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

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million patients who elected hospice in the last 90 days of life during the years 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018. .” For this study, researchers examined medical records for a cohort of nearly 3.2 Years prior to 2018 showed similar patterns.

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AACN Statement Addresses Evolving Tele-critical Care Nursing Practice

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After issuing the first authoritative document to define practice guidelines specifically for the emerging telenursing practice in critical care in 2013, AACN’s update, “AACN Tele-critical Care Nursing Practice: An Expert Consensus […].

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Agape Expands to Alabama, Louisiana with Journey Hospice Deal

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million by 2040, up from 721,166 in 2013, according to data from the University of Alabama. Currently, seniors represent 17.3% of Alabama’s overall population, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. Statewide, this age group is expected to reach 1.2 Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4%

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Pennant Group Acquires Ardent Hospice

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The company received its Medicare certification in 2013. “We Ardent, which also offers home health care, serves between 20 and 50 hospice patients per day, according to National Hospice Locator. We are very excited to expand the reach of our hospice operations in California,” said Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli in a statement.

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Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates

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For the Health Affairs study, researchers examined 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients who had been hospitalized between 2013 and 2019 for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.

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Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare Expands EMT Training Program to Help Grow Workforce

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The statewide alliance formed in 2013 with three hospice members. Established in 1982, Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is an affiliate of nonprofit providers in the Ohio’s Hospice collaborative serving 58 counties in the northeast region of the state.

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