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AlayaCare Embraces Digital Health Week 2019

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It’s also close to our hearts here at AlayaCare, as not only are we invested heavily in digital health, but this awareness week began in 2014 – the same year we did. The post AlayaCare Embraces Digital Health Week 2019 appeared first on AlayaCare. Register here to join us for this informative discussion.

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How Medicaid Boosted Palliative Care Utilization

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1, 2014, according to American Cancer Society research recently published in Health Affairs. The study included patients between the ages of 18 to 64 who were newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancers between 2010 and 2019. More cancer patients have been receiving palliative care since the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid. About 18.9%

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Hospice Regulations May Be Adversely Affecting Dementia Patients

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These include the audit system created by Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, and the two-tiered reimbursement for routine home care that reduced payment amounts after 60 days. The 2019 average for dementia patients was 126 days, compared to 92.6

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Hospices Welcome Expanded Chaplain Services Codes, Seek Clarity on Applicability

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The three HCPCS codes were initially rolled out for the VA in 2019 after previous spiritual care billing codes were discontinued in 2014. This validation will also assist in bringing top talent into these roles.” Without those codes, it had become difficult for VA facilities to hire chaplains.

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019. McClasky joins Elara after serving as vice president of sales at Signify Health since 2014. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp.

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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

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A total of 109 transactions in the hospice and home health space involved a hospital and health system from 2014 to 2021, according to market analysis data that The Braff Group shared with Hospice News. There were 12 total divestitures where hospitals and health care systems sold hospice and home health assets between 2014 and 2022.”.

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The Case for Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

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Home-based palliative care could reduce societal health care costs by $103 billion within the next 20 years, the nonprofit economic research group Florida TaxWatch indicated in a 2019 report. The health system in 2014 launched initiatives to reduce food insecurity among their patient that generated $4.8