Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay Health in 1996, then named Hospice of Marin, taking on various roles in clinical leadership throughout her more than 27-year tenure. “It Previously known as Hospice by the Bay, the organization rebranded in 2021 to reflect a broadening scope of services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

When retiring hospice nurses are ready to pass the torch, often no one is there to take it. A dearth of nursing educators is contributing to hospice workforce shortages, leading providers to compensate by expanding in-house training programs. Currently, nursing schools and hospices are experiencing some of the same difficulties.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reduce the aggregate cap for hospice payments by 20% in 2024. The commission has recommended the hospice cap be wage adjusted and reduced by 20%,” Kim Neuman, principal policy analyst at MedPAC, said at the group’s recent meeting. of hospices exceeded the cap, MedPAC estimated.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice’s New Senior Living Inpatient Facility Michigan-based Angela Hospice recently unveiled plans to open a new inpatient center at a senior living facility. Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Croix Hospice has been on a quest to conquer the Midwest through acquisitions and de novos. The company today announced its purchase of Adaptive Hospice from Help at Home, which brings St. The hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Croix Hospice President and CFO Stephen Phenneger. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. There’s going to be so much change around value-based care coming in some way, shape or form for hospices,” Kudner told Hospice News.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

By the Bay Health and Mission Hospice & Home Care recently signed a letter of intent to merge the two California-organizations. The new organization – combining two of the longest-standing not-for-profit hospices in California – would be uniquely positioned to serve more patients and families.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 16, 2023

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has once again recommended a 20% cut to the aggregate cap for hospice payments. of hospices exceeded the cap, MedPAC estimated. In 2015, for instance, 12.5% In 2015, for instance, 12.5% For example, hospice per diems are larger in California due to the higher labor costs.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC ) conducted the research on public perceptions of palliative care. The results show that people were less inclined to discuss palliative care than they were in previous surveys in 2015 and 2016. The survey polled 1,000 people in the Republic of Ireland throughout July 2023.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. . As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program?

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in hospice and palliative care have been persistent problems in the field for decades, including among communities of Asian origin. To help providers close some of those gaps, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released a new Chinese American Resource Guide. .

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Messina co-founded Contessa in 2015, remaining with the company in a leadership capacity during its transition into Amedisys Inc. The post Regent Surgical Health Names Contessa Co-Founder Travis Messina CEO appeared first on Hospice News. Nasdaq: AMED), which purchased Contessa in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bill builds upon the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, designed to speed transitions to patient-centered, value-based care. After a performance year goes by, a hospice may wait six months or longer to receive their portions of the shared savings, according to Silvers. According to Sen.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. Countering this however, is the need for greater education for all stakeholders on the nature of these services and how they are distinct from hospice. The post Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024 appeared first on Hospice News. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2023

Maryland is among the states with the highest volume of legislation, having introduced 29 palliative care bills between October 2015 to October 2021, the most current available data on Yale’s policy tracker. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. Nine of these bills were passed.

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Solace

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On February 18th, the Carter Center announced former president Jimmy Carter was entering hospice and spending time with his family at home. Carter is perhaps the most prominent American to publicly announce his choice of hospice and with it, has publicized this important resource which is often misunderstood.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospices are leveraging expanded telehealth options to maximize access for hard-to-reach rural patients despite lingering regulatory uncertainties. ” Washington-based Providence Health System provides a range of facility- and home-based care, including senior services and hospice. We have to blast through these biases.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Egging will oversee operations of the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. She served as director of compliance for Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care from 2001 to 2009. YoloCares is among the nonprofit hospices that make up the California Hospice Network, joining the coalition last year.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It was a grand slam if we just learn how to care differently, whether it’s supportive questions, your own vernacular …,” Ihrig told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We Hospice News / RoboToaster Hospice News / RoboToaster Dr. Timothy Ihrig, CEO, Ihrig MD & Associates. Hospice News photo.)

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Two major shifts are transforming the landscape of hospice. First, private equity firms are gobbling up hospices. Thus, they have little in the way of long term vision for hospices, instead focused on cutting costs and maximizing profits. . People with dementia make up about half of hospice admissions. AlexSmithMD.

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Hospice Red River Valley

JUNE 16, 2023

On Friday, August 11 th and Saturday, August 12 th , join us for the 8 th Annual JJ’s Hog Roast for Hospice. All events are free-will donation with all proceeds benefiting Hospice of the Red River Valley. JJ’s Hog Roast for Hospice began as a celebration of life for Jeffrey “JJ” Bruns, Jr., Mark your calendars!

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). We also had the pleasure to take a walk through the hospice unit garden with Mr. Gerald Hite. Eric: And Alex, last week we did episode one of Hospice in Prison. So take a listen.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care,” Leonard told Palliative Care News in an email. There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care. Each year an estimated 2.5

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Home Care Pulse

MARCH 15, 2023

R exburg, Idaho, March 15, 2023—HCP, the leading provider of experience management, training, and reputation management in the post-acute industry, has partnered with Hospice pioneer Barbara Karnes to provide exclusive online courses based on her library of renowned end-of-life materials.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hospice sends nurses, aides, and other caregivers to the homes of patients with advanced, terminal illnesses. Expert consensus holds that people should receive hospice for three to six months. families, time in hospice falls short of recommendations. families, time in hospice falls short of recommendations.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

AUGUST 7, 2023

She founded and co-directed the Transforming Chaplaincy Project from 2015-19, and in 2018 launched the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. […] She is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Hospice News: Jason has an incredible background in post-acute care that we’re going to talk about today. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

For example, in late 2015, Washington Legal Foundation alleged that one of the members of CDC’s Core Expert Group (later identified as PROP member, Jane Ballantyne) had “served as a paid consultant to a law firm planning multi-district litigation against opioid manufacturers (4, 33, 34).” March 25, 2015. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.

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1-800-HOSPICE

MAY 24, 2023

2015 Aug 1;138:257-64. link] The post Tiredness of Life: A Growing Phenomenon Among the Elderly appeared first on 1-800-HOSPICE™. References Van Wijngaarden E, Leget C, Goossensen A. Ready to give up on life: The lived experience of elderly people who feel life is completed and no longer worth living. Social science & medicine.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Data have shown that of the top 5% of healthcare utilization in the US, only 11% are at the end of life (Aldridge & Kelly, 2015). Center to Advance Palliative Care (2015). media.capc.org/filer_public/0f/2f/0f2f8662-15cf-4680-baa8-215dd97fbde6/payer-providertoolkit-2015.pdf References: Aldridge MD, Kelley AS. 2015.302889.

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Pallimed

MAY 3, 2021

Ultimately, PROP identified a more accommodating regulatory agency than the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which revealed via engagement webinars on September 16 and 17, 2015, that it had been drafting its own Opioid Prescribing Guidelines (21). Pain News Network, September 22, 2015. They make Lysol (48)."

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1-800-HOSPICE

MARCH 28, 2023

The Optimism of Hospice Care Hospice care can give patients hope. The post The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps appeared first on 1-800-HOSPICE™. Enzinger A, Zhang B, Schrag D, Prigerson H. J Clin Oncol. 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.9239. 2015.61.9239. Fried T, Bradley E, O’Leary J. Journal of the American Geriatric Society.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The lines of communication between hospice leaders and compliance executives need to be open and transparent in today’s regulatory environment. The complexities of hospice regulation alongside increased oversight in the space have led providers to zero in on compliance.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This study aimed to project where people will die from 2015 to 2040 across all care settings in England and Wales. All deaths (2004–2014) from death registration data and predicted deaths (2015–2040) from official population forecasts in England and Wales. and 88.6%, with care home the most common place of death by 2040.

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