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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

Hospice News

Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.

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Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). What was this group’s aim you ask? Project Overview.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? She asks If you were the Czar of Geriatric care and were handed $7 trillion- Alex: Whoa, $7 trillion Anne: To improve the health of seniors in the United States, how would you spend it? Eric: Not on amyloid drugs.

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

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” 2015, 2016.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. The Oregon advisory group began producing a website to inform health care providers about palliative care, with a particular focus on long term care organizations.

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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. Now, for those of us in home care, you know, we know original Medicare is not a payer for us.