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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

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Palliative care has become a more sought-after treatment plan in recent years, and one agency in California has led the charge in advancing palliative care support among its population. The program is funded strictly out of savings in hospitals’ utilization, so we needed to test that,” he recalled.

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NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health Expands Partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice

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NorthShore folded its in-house hospice and community-based palliative care programs into Residential in 2023, a transition that is expected to be completed this month. of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Regent Surgical Health Names Contessa Co-Founder Travis Messina CEO

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Messina co-founded Contessa in 2015, remaining with the company in a leadership capacity during its transition into Amedisys Inc. Contessa’s palliative care JVs include deals with Mount Sinai Health System, Memorial Hermann Health System and Baylor Scott & White Health, among others.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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PACE Center, we embark on a new chapter to revolutionize health care accessibility and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve,” Cook said in an announcement. The personalized care provided by PACE could be the solution many older adults and their families are looking for.

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Nursing Educator Shortage Contributing to Hospice Labor Pressures

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between 2015 and 2016, according to a report from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Whether it be our personal care services and care partners, our hospice aides, we’re trying to retain them internally to help provide them opportunities for increasing education.” respectively. “One

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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The organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015. By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support.

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Rural Providers Weigh Telehealth Investment Against Regulatory Uncertainty

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Fratkin founded palliative care provider ResolutionCare in 2015. Advanced care planning technology company Vynca acquired the company last year in its first move into the clinical care space. Many rural residents place a lower value on telehealth services compared to the in-person care they are used to, said Fratkin.

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