Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

Cancer patients in states with laws that require health care providers to provide palliative consultations were more likely to die in the home or in an inpatient hospice setting versus the hospital, a JAMA Network Open study found. The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2022

Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated. One potential factor is that historically MA does not cover hospice care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Valley Health System’s services include inpatient and outpatient programs, along with home care services such as hospice, palliative, skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapies, among others. Prior to joining Agrace, he was an internal medicine physician and hospice medical director at the Marshfield Clinic Health System.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

“I am excited to join the executive team at Hospice of the Chesapeake and support future growth of the organization as well as continue to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality supportive and hospice care to the community,” Fetzer said. Dr. Howe has more than 14 years of experience in hospice.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

As a nurse practitioner, what led you to begin a hospice program? I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. I practiced in men’s and women’s health before deciding to start Blue Monarch Hospice. It’s just a matter of time before the need for hospice rises.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

The nonprofit provider in 2017 originally set a $24 million goal to expand its hospice and palliative care services across 41 counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, reporting last year that it surpassed this with a $28 million fundraising campaign. “In The people of Caroline County deserve a hospice facility,” said Porter.

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1-800-HOSPICE

APRIL 11, 2023

Palliative medicine grew out of the hospice movement and was recognized as its own medical subspecialty along with hospice in 2006. This fact leads many to conflate palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care. All hospice is palliative, but not all palliative medicine is hospice.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“I’m deeply honored to receive the 2022 Hospice Action Network Angel Award and remain committed to enhancing access to palliative and hospice care services to help improve the quality of life for the millions of Americans managing serious illnesses.”. “I I have experienced hospice care as both a doctor and family member.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. What drew you to the hospice industry? If you could change one thing about hospice, what would it be?

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, as one of our home hospice patients, he recently talked with his Hospice Care Plus chaplain, Sally Shepherd, about the adventures in his life. Because you never stop dreaming and hoping, even, or maybe especially, when you know you’re in your final months of life. “That was so much fun!”

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