Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed’s New SVP of Growth, Strategy Tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed has named Ryan Malone as its new senior vice president of growth and strategy. Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Agape Care Group has expanded into Alabama and Louisiana with the acquisition of Journey Hospice. Both [Alabama and Louisiana] are tremendous markets with compelling demographics and strong workforces,” Agape CEO Troy Yarborough told Hospice News. “We Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4%

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

We remain semi-autonomous as an organization, uphold our own legacy and history and business operations,” Daniel told Hospice News. Metta Healthcare is the parent company of Ohio’s Hospice and the palliative care provider Pure Healthcare. Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013.

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

More palliative care and hospice companies are developing programs to meet the specific concerns of these patients to improve access to care. million by 2030, up from 641,860 in 2000, according to 2013 research from the University of New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine. “I

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are more likely to enroll in hospice from a community setting than patients in traditional fee-for-service programs. million patients who elected hospice in the last 90 days of life during the years 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018. Medicare Advantage currently does not cover hospice care.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Hospice of Morrow County has joined forces with Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio, a member of a regional partnership of providers in the state. . Hospice of Morrow County has joined forces with Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio, a member of a regional partnership of providers in the state. Seniors currently represent 17.5%

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2022

CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) subsidiary Aetna has selected Ohio’s Hospice and Pure Healthcare as part of the insurance company’s hospice and palliative care preferred provider network for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) in the Buckeye State. The collaborative began with three hospice members and now includes 11 organizations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare has partnered with a local college to grow its workforce through an emergency medical technician (EMT) internship program. The hospice began offering the EMT certification program to staff in January before recently expanding it as an internship through a collaboration with The College of Wooster.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The widespread labor shortage in hospice is one of several barriers to patients’ receiving CHC, according to Sarah Simmons, director of quality at NHPCO. and the hospice provides continuous in-home care until 4 a.m.,

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The home health and hospice provider recently announced the leadership changes in a filing with the U.S. The company in June announced plans to acquire the massive home health and hospice provider Amedisys for $3.3 She also served as COO of Camellia Healthcare’s hospice division before leaving the organization in 2013.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2023

The creation and subsequent partnership with Radiant Alliance will bring a hospice and palliative care company and senior living operator under the auspices of a payer. Metta Healthcare is the parent company of Ohio’s Hospice and the palliative care provider Pure Healthcare. We are the first to actually do it.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

in 2012–2013. The availability of palliative care, inclusive of hospice, also played a role. “A The post Deaths at Home Rose Globally During COVID Pandemic appeared first on Hospice News. The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. Worldwide, the percentage of home deaths rose to 32.2%

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Though evidence shows that longer hospice stays reduce costs, providers are still walking a regulatory tightrope. On one hand, longer hospice stays can lead to improved patient and family satisfaction and greater cost saving opportunities. Young told Hospice News. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Though nonprofit hospices now represent a smaller slice of the industry than in years past, they continue to care for more than half of patients in the United States who elect the benefit. The number of hospices operating nationwide rose to 5,3,58 in 2021, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. The recently proposed 2024 hospice payment rule contained a 2.8% of hospice days and 93.7% In Fiscal Year 2022, routine home care accounted for 98.8%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Founded in 1980, Samaritan is a New Jersey-based hospice, primary and palliative care provider. Samaritan in 2013 also launched a hospice and palliative care fellowship program in concert with the Rowan University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2022

Building up clinical ranks through education, training and tuition reimbursement programs is an increasingly common thread that hospices are weaving into their recruitment and retention initiatives. Building career paths for hospice clinicians. Heath will become the organization’s CEO effective October 1.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Prior to Envision, Rechtin was president of OptumCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and a major home health and hospice provider. The company also has the highest number of plans that are participating in the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model demonstration. billion deal.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While private residences are the most frequently occurring location of care for hospice patients, long-term care facilities come in second, followed by assisted living facilities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Friedman, president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

According to statistics cited in the study, 23% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were discharged to a post-acute care facility in 2013. The post How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

The availability of post-acute resources, including hospice and palliative care, has a significant impact on hospital readmissions, but greater coordination among providers could drive improvement. Then you increase your likelihood of being bounced back to the hospital as your health declines.”.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

As we’re looking to value-based care, ultimately, everyone is tasked with providing improved outcomes and in doing so at a reduced price point,” Ladabaum told Hospice News. “If In addition to traditional Medicare, Ohio’s Hospice has several contractual population health management arrangements.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 15, 2022

(Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the 2022 edition of NHPCO Facts and Figures , an annual report on key data points related to the delivery of hospice care, including information on patient characteristics, location and level of care, Medicare hospice spending, and hospice providers.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

times higher among 1,822 patients without cancer who received palliative care services at an academic tertiary hospital in Toronto, Canada, from 2013 to 2019, according to a study published in Palliative Medicine. The post Research Finds Higher Hospital Mortality Rates Among Non-Cancer Palliative Patients appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The needs of today’s seriously ill patients necessitates the development of new, longitudinal care models that integrate the patient-centered principles of hospice and palliative care, Dr. Darren Schulte, CEO of VyncaCare, told Hospice News. million since its formation in 2013, according to the online startup database Crunchbase.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. hospice leaders. hospice leaders went on this trip, saw the need and felt like more could be done to help the situation.” So, these U.S.

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The Heart of Hospice

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Hospice social worker Nathan Yemane is meeting the needs of his community by opening the first black-owned hospice agency in Washington State and carrying on his father’s legacy of service. Nathan grew up in Washington, has his masters in Social Work, and in 2013 obtained his clinical license in social work.

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NHPCO

MARCH 8, 2022

(Alexandria, Va) – In recognition of a lasting legacy of leadership and innovation in the field of hospice and palliative care, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) today honors Rafael J. Sciullo is a longstanding leader in the hospice community. Sciullo with the Galen Miller Leadership Award.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 18, 2023

Here’s a roundup of the 6 most-read Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) articles of the past 30 days, documenting key concerns, emerging trends, and topics of interest that were most relevant to the hospice and palliative care community. Opioids in renal failure and dialysis patients Mervyn Dean, MB, ChB, CCFP 3.)

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

The study looked at claims data from January 2013 to December 2017 among 146,329 older patients with metastatic breast, colorectal, lung, pancreas, or prostate cancer. We can ask patients and families what matters to them to that we make sure that what we’re doing clinically is really helping them achieve their goals.

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Palliverse

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In 2013, when I engaged with online learning companies I was quoted $ 100,000 for the production of four 15-minute modules. It has further opened my mind to new possibilities for student engagement and to consider that my teaching needs a wider audience than people who work in the hospice. Many people are still afraid of hospice.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

MARCH 4, 2023

Kross, MD Drugs Used for Euthanasia: A Repeated Population-Based Mortality Follow-Back Study in Flanders, Belgium, 1998-2013 Sigrid Dierickx, PhD, Joachim Cohen, PhD, Robert Vander Stichele, PhD, Luc Deliens, Phd, Kenneth Chambaere, PhD Articles were identified by Elsevier and David Casarett, MD MA, Editor in Chief, JPSM. Merel, MD, Erin K.

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Hospice Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Last week, the 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment given to AseraCare in its hospice false claims case, setting up more litigation on the question whether AseraCare’s certifications were made in good faith. This holding should be the death knell for most hospice false claims cases.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

APRIL 3, 2023

Campbell, PhD, RN, FPCN, Hossein Yarandi, PhD, Emily Dove-Medows, RN, MSN, CNM Opioid-Induced Itching: Morphine Sulfate and Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Jerald Katcher, MD, Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP Drugs Used for Euthanasia: A Repeated Population-Based Mortality Follow-Back Study in Flanders, Belgium, 1998-2013 Sigrid Dierickx, PhD, Joachim Cohen, PhD, (..)

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