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

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According to statistics cited in the study, 23% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were discharged to a post-acute care facility in 2013. According to statistics cited in the study, 23% of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were discharged to a post-acute care facility in 2013.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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In 2013, CHC won the Global Partnership Award presented for a model partnership that others should look at.” 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. So, these U.S.

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Deaths at Home Rose Globally During COVID Pandemic

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in 2012–2013. If so, it should inform health policy and planning.” Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1%

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3 Reasons Continuous Home Care Utilization is Falling

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More recently, CMS included requests for information (RFIs) in its proposed 2024 hospice rule around access barriers to these higher-acuity services, pointing towards claims data that reflected underutilization. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% This is down from 1.8%

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Untangling the Hospice GIP Conundrum

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of hospice care days in 2013, CMS reported. Alongside a small bump in GIP reimbursement, CMS included requests for information (RFIs) in its proposed 2024 hospice rule around access barriers to these services, pointing towards claims data that reflected underutilization. Utilization overall has been declining. GIP represented 1.8%

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

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Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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U.S. Senate Takes Up Supporting Our Seniors Act

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This bipartisan legislation will create a commission to further examine challenges and needs in long-term care services, as well as provide specific recommendations so that Congress can make informed decisions on behalf of our seniors and others in need of quality, affordable long-term support and care.”.