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 McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting.

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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

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. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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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

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

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

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospices are leveraging expanded telehealth options to maximize access for hard-to-reach rural patients despite lingering regulatory uncertainties. Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. care services for?patients

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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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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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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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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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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 ). On today’s podcast we talk with three of these Pastoral Care Workers, Jerry Judson, Jeffrey Maria, and Allan Krenitzky. Eric: And Alex, last week we did episode one of Hospice in Prison.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. We additionally discussed hospice care as an option for care that might follow the trial of rehabilitation. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. Ann, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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1-800-HOSPICE

MARCH 28, 2023

The Optimism of Hospice Care Hospice care can give patients hope. Palliative care focusing on comfort, dignity, and emotional support has been shown to correlate with greater longevity, improved pain control, greater quality of life, improved bereavement status among family, and greater satisfaction with care.

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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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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

De novos have propelled recent growth among some hospice providers. Hospice of the Midwest expands with de novo Hospice of the Midwest recently opened a de novo in Marshalltown, Iowa, adding a fifth location to its footprint in the state. The hospice provider also has two locations in Minnesota and one in Nebraska.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The recent article by the New Yorker and ProPublica that branded “hospice” as a profiteering “hustle” was an outrageous misrepresentation of the provider community. The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. days for the overall hospice population.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Coupled with the entry of more payers into the space, the influx of health systems into home health, hospice and community-based palliative care stands to change the competitive dynamics in markets nationwide. This is the last of three articles that explore some of health care macro-trends that could impact hospices.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

LGBTQ+ communities have been historically underserved by hospice, often due to mistrust of the health care system as well as discrimination. He is a board member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and has served as vice-chair and member of the Public Policy Committee and chair of the Palliative Care Council.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

And to do that, we’re joined by hospice pioneer, Barbara Karnes. She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year. She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year.

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