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The Barriers Creating Pediatric Palliative Care Inequities

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

1, 2017, to July 31, 2022, and examined inequities among pediatric palliative populations. Recent research has uncovered some of the leading barriers preventing greater pediatric palliative care utilization across underserved communities. The research data spanned from Jan. The legislature is currently awaiting Senate approval.

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Emergency Department Residents Lack Training in Palliation

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Between 2014 and 2017, these patients accounted for more than 20% of all emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, according to the U.S. The post Emergency Department Residents Lack Training in Palliation appeared first on Hospice News.

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How Providers Can Develop a Culture of Integrative Palliative Care

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Case in point, in a 2017 study of 1,321 hospice patients in the United Kingdom, patients reported significant improvement in symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath, anxiety and nausea after receiving complementary therapies. However, patients did not report improvement in relation to their constipation, fatigue, insomnia or appetites.

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Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Palliative care in general can reduce health care costs by more than $4,000 per patient, according to a July 2017 study in Health Affairs. Palliative care in general can reduce health care costs by more than $4,000 per patient, according to a July 2017 study in Health Affairs. Palliative care is an evolving field.

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The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Between 2014 and 2017, these patients accounted for more than 20% of all emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, according to the U.S. Patients and clinicians can benefit from having palliative care consults available in hospital emergency departments, though currently few providers have done so. ROI,” the authors found.

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Bilingual Patient Navigation Can Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Hispanic Patients

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The study compared two groups of Hispanic patients across Colorado-based community health care systems, nonprofit providers and academic settings from January 2017 to January 2021. Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today !

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The Benefits of Palliative, Home-Based Primary Care Integration

Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A 2017 analysis of Northwestern’s program showed significant cost reductions, reduced hospital readmissions and increases in hospice enrollment and length of stay, Chiang said at the symposium. How can we bring the circles together closer to help our patients?”

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Global Partners in Care became an affiliate of CHC in 2017, but the program’s roots were planted in 1999. So, in 2017 Global Partners in Care moved from NHPCO and is now affiliated with the Center for Hospice Care.” Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC. So, these U.S.

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From Access Barriers to Educational Gaps: The Research Trends Impacting Future Palliative Care Delivery

Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Already, 2024 has brought a growing body of research in palliative care covering more ground on challenges linked to utilization and access, health disparities, lagging clinical awareness, and other aspects impacting quality and care delivery. This year has kicked off with a host of palliative care studies at global and national levels.

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How Palliative Care Drives Change in the Health Care System

Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Palliative care in general can reduce health care costs by more than $4,000 per patient, according to a July 2017 study in Health Affairs. Palliative care and its core principles may be driving incremental change in the larger health care system. That’s a political risk that we have. Everybody wants to innovate.

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State Palliative Care Laws Impact Where Patients Die

Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5 The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5 Recent research has found that varying state laws around palliative care can impact cancer patients’ place of death.

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Hospices Leverage Partnerships to Scale Palliative Care Programs

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Tennessee-based Contessa and Mount Sinai first partnered in 2017 to provide these services, adding Mount Sinai’s home health agency into the fold with the expansion. Tennessee-based Contessa and Mount Sinai first partnered in 2017 to provide these services, adding Mount Sinai’s home health agency into the fold with the expansion.

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Forks Community Hospital Launches Palliative Care Program Amid Financial Struggles

Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Atlantic General Hospital in Maryland saw costs fall by almost a third after implementing a similar program, according to a 2017 report in Mathematica Policy Research. Amid a rash of financial headwinds, Forks Community Hospital is investing in a palliative care progam. Nevertheless, Forks is all-in on palliative care.

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New Research Proposes ‘Sustainable’ Palliative Care Payment Model

Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in 2017 proposed that the U.S. A group of researchers have modified a proposed reimbursement system for palliative care that they say would improve access for patients and make the service more lucrative for providers.

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2017, the U.S. Increasingly, this factors into compliance. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded a Condition of Participation pertaining to disaster preparedness planning. Last year, The Joint Commission implemented similar requirements for hospices.

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Through Education and Collaboration Hospices Can Help Shape Value-Based Palliative Care

Hospice News

MAY 16, 2022

Palliative care packs a small but meaningful punch in the value-based payment arena. . To successfully negotiate value-based contracts, hospices will need to educate payers about the value of palliative care, according to J. Cameron Muir, M.D., chief innovation officer of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI).

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

More than $200 million SIA payments were distributed in 2021, compared to less than $100 million in 2017, according to the Abt research. In terms of patients, that’s more than a million beneficiaries receiving SIA services in 2021, versus under 850,000 beneficiaries in 2017, the data found. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Ep. 27 - Racial and Cultural Competence in Palliative Care

HPNA podcast

JANUARY 15, 2024

She is a Robert Wood Johnson, Future of Nursing Scholar (2017-2020) and Jonas Scholar for Chronic Health (2017-2020). She is a Robert Wood Johnson, Future of Nursing Scholar (2017-2020) and Jonas Scholar for Chronic Health (2017-2020). She received her BSN from the University of St.

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Partners in Care Sues HHS Over Claims Denials

Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

“We were given a mostly favorable decision by the administrative law judge, and CMS appealed that decision to the CMS panel,” Hagfors told Hospice News. “We’ve We’ve exhausted all of the administrative avenues, and this is the logical next step.” OIG, on behalf of CMS, informed the hospice that it would be audited in a May 2018 letter.

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Facility-Bound Hospice Patients Less Likely to Get SIA Visits

Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2023

More than $200 million SIA payments were distributed in 2021, compared to less than $100 million in 2017, according to the Abt research. In terms of patients, that’s more than a million beneficiaries receiving SIA services in 2021, versus under 850,000 beneficiaries in 2017, the data found.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ginn served in that same role before being promoted to CFO in 2017 and executive vice president in 2021. Ginn began leading financial teams at Amedisys in 2007, while Guidroz previously served as senior vice president of accounting at Amedisys since June 2018. CEO Switches at AMOREM DeSha McLeod has become CEO of North-Carolina based AMOREM.

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Hospices Seek Congressional Action on Staffing Constraints

Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

PCHETA was first introduced in 2017. Years after it was first introduced, hospice leaders are calling on Congress to move forward legislation that would bolster their dwindling workforce. The bill’s most recent go around was last May, reintroduced by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

The legislation has taken a circuitous route through Congress in recent years, repeatedly reintroduced without passing since 2017. There is a strong financial incentive and the benefits of allowing beneficiaries to access care in their community to invest in and support rural providers.”

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Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

About 845 hospices provided care in rural-based regions in 2021, a drop from 878 organizations in 2017, the MedPAC report found. Today’s reimbursement rates are insufficient to sustain hospice care delivery in rural regions, according to Sandy Kuhlman, executive director at Hospice Services of Northwest Kansas.

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Foundation since 2017, serving as its president from 2019 to 2021. Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Their affiliate CVNA has participated in the program since 2017, and they first brought up the prospect of taking up the banner following a request for proposals from Johns Hopkins earlier this year, according to Ford. After considering the idea and assessing their capabilities, Care Synergy reached out to Johns Hopkins.

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Health Plan Participation in Hospice VBID to Shrink in 2024

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Launched in 2017, the VBID demonstration is testing new approaches to reimbursement across a variety of health care settings. This year, 1,367 plans offered coverage through VBID. The 2024 participants will cover a combined 12.4 million Medicare beneficiaries next year, up from 9.2 million in 2023.

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Contessa, Mt. Sinai Expand Joint Venture, Expand Care Continuum

Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Sinai in 2017 to provide hospital-at-home services. Contessa, a subsidiary of Amedisys, Inc., NASDAQ: AMED) and Mount Sinai Health system have expanded their joint venture to form a new entity offering a larger continuum of care, branded as Mt. Sinai at Home. Tennessee-based Contessa first partnered with Mt.

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Former NHPCO CEO Edo Banach to Bring ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Approach to Health Care Law at Manatt Health

Hospice News

MAY 4, 2023

Prior to joining the Los Angeles-based law practice, Banach was at the helm at NHPCO since 2017. Edo Banach, former president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), has stepped into a new role as partner at Manatt Health, a division of the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

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VNA Health Group Appoints New Board Leadership; Blue Ridge Taps New COO

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

2017 and was promoted to CEO in early 2021. .” Blue Ridge Hospice Taps Altonia Garrett as COO Altonia Garrett has been tapped to become chief operating officer of Blue Ridge Hospice. As COO, Garrett will oversee all day-to-day operations and service delivery for the Virginia-based hospice and palliative care provider.

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Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Jimmy Panetta (D-California) first took office in 2017 and currently also serves on the Ways and Means Committee, which is among the most important congressional bodies to watch for hospices, according to Hoover and Baird. We are severely concerned with the direction that CMS has taken on this program. Jimmy Panetta Rep.

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New Contessa, UAMS JV to Provide ‘Full Spectrum’ of Home-Based Care

Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tennessee-based Contessa in 2017 launched a JV with Mount Sinai Health System to provide hospital-at-home services, which later expanded to include community-based palliative care. The JV will offer each of these services in the home setting. The JV’s patients will have access to Contessa’s Palliative Care at Home services.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017. 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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Chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative: All Med School Students Should Learn Serious Illness Communication

Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The collaborative launched in 2017 as a combined effort of faculty, staff and students at UMass Chan Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. It’s part of a growing movement across the U.S. to train more doctors in palliative care.

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LifeTouch to Merge with Arkansas Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000. . “LifeTouch Hospice has a wonderful reputation for providing high quality, patient-centered care, and we look forward to learning, growing and serving together for many years to come.” But the following year, it reported a more than $1.5

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VNA Health Group Gets New CEO; Aveanna CFO Resigns

Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Rinn has been CEO of VNA of Central New Jersey Community Health Centers (CHC) since 2017. Christopher Rinn Named CEO of VNA Health Group Christopher Rinn this August will become president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNAHG), succeeding Dr. Steven Landers.

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hensley was previously the national vice president of managed care at Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC), serving in the role since 2017. Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years. As Bigiarelli takes the helm, she will be focused on growth, she said in an announcement. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said.

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CMS Issues Final Rule for MA Risk Adjustment Audits

Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

The agency will continue to collect only non-extrapolated overpayments for 2011 through 2017. Many hospice providers rely on Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursement to support palliative care, PACE and social determinants programs, among others. In a final rule issued today, the U.S.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Sharma first joined VMG in 2017 as director of palliative care before becoming chair of medical specialties in 2019, where she oversaw areas such as pulmonary critical care and rheumatology, among others. Agrace Expands Medical Team. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies.

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LHC Group Remains an Active M&A Buyer Following Optum Deal

Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

Q4 2022, for example, saw the slowest volume of PE acquisitions since late 2017, the M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart reported. PE firms tend to finance their acquisitions by taking on debt, meaning that the flow of dollars may slow as borrowing gets more expensive.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Fewer than half of 143 respondents to Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase, reported that their hospice organizations would pursue new care types this year.

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Bristol Acquires Texas-Based Hospice Select

Hospice News

APRIL 20, 2022

Bristol is a large multi-regional player that has grown seven times larger since private equity firm Webster Equity Partners purchased the company in 2017. Bristol Hospice has acquired Hospice Select in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for an undisclosed sum. M&A advisory firm Agenda Health represented Hospice Select in the transaction.

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Primary Care Clinicians Provide Palliative Care Without Realizing It

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2017 Feb 28; (Vol. Writing for the Mayo Clinic, Mary K Buss, MD, MPH made an interesting observation: “Many PCPs already engage in primary palliative care but may not recognize their actions as palliative care.” 1 In fact, general practitioners, not hospice or specialists, provide most palliative care. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 280-286).

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In this episode of Palliative Care Chat, Dr. McPherson interviews Dr. Meera Agar and they discuss Dr. Agar’s published work entitled ‘Efficacy of Oral Risperidone Haloperidol or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care.'

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The Barriers Creating Pediatric Palliative Care Inequities

Emergency Department Residents Lack Training in Palliation

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How Providers Can Develop a Culture of Integrative Palliative Care

Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024

The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

Bilingual Patient Navigation Can Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Hispanic Patients

The Benefits of Palliative, Home-Based Primary Care Integration

Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

From Access Barriers to Educational Gaps: The Research Trends Impacting Future Palliative Care Delivery

How Palliative Care Drives Change in the Health Care System

State Palliative Care Laws Impact Where Patients Die

Hospices Leverage Partnerships to Scale Palliative Care Programs

Forks Community Hospital Launches Palliative Care Program Amid Financial Struggles

New Research Proposes ‘Sustainable’ Palliative Care Payment Model

Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Through Education and Collaboration Hospices Can Help Shape Value-Based Palliative Care

Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Ep. 27 - Racial and Cultural Competence in Palliative Care

Partners in Care Sues HHS Over Claims Denials

Facility-Bound Hospice Patients Less Likely to Get SIA Visits

Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

Hospices Seek Congressional Action on Staffing Constraints

Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Health Plan Participation in Hospice VBID to Shrink in 2024

Contessa, Mt. Sinai Expand Joint Venture, Expand Care Continuum

Former NHPCO CEO Edo Banach to Bring ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Approach to Health Care Law at Manatt Health

VNA Health Group Appoints New Board Leadership; Blue Ridge Taps New COO

Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

New Contessa, UAMS JV to Provide ‘Full Spectrum’ of Home-Based Care

New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

Chair of the Massachusetts Medical School Collaborative: All Med School Students Should Learn Serious Illness Communication

LifeTouch to Merge with Arkansas Hospice

VNA Health Group Gets New CEO; Aveanna CFO Resigns

Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

CMS Issues Final Rule for MA Risk Adjustment Audits

Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

LHC Group Remains an Active M&A Buyer Following Optum Deal

How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Bristol Acquires Texas-Based Hospice Select

Primary Care Clinicians Provide Palliative Care Without Realizing It

Palliative Care Chat Episode 4_Interview With Professor Agar March 20, 2017

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