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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

Hospice News

As health care stakeholders work to improve care coordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016.

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HHS: Hospice, Post-Acute Providers Lag on EMR Interoperability

Hospice News

“This has led to capability gaps between the LTPAC settings and other parts of the United States health care system, resulting in missed opportunities to share patient data and coordinate care among providers and caregivers in LTPACs, primary care, and hospitals,” the report indicated.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

Hospice News

“As a country, we really need to get formalization around what palliative care is going to mean in a community-based setting, the services, and who is going to provide those services.”. CMS launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

Hospice News

Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. Mark Marjala is a proven leader who we are excited to bring on board to support and grow the best hospice caregiving team in the industry. Cottrell joined the hospice in 2016.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. 2015, 2016.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

With over 25 years of experience in the post-acute care space, she’s worked with many top regional healthcare and home care facilities in Texas, as well as some of the best known agencies nationwide. Laura is passionate about providing quality care and focuses on company culture, organized processes, and strategic growth.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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Wait, first of all, what’s the incidence of calling EMS for falls over almost a decade, I think like 2007 to 2016, and what happens to people afterwards? Katie: Help pay for them to go and do the evaluations and provide the resources and care coordination as part of the healthcare team. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.