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Top 10 Reasons to Attend Better Outcomes 2018

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Speaking of having fun, here are the top-10 reasons why you should register for Better Outcomes 2018: Learn from the best: Here you will absorb up-to-the-minute insight from established professionals in the industry. We can’t wait to welcome you to Better Outcomes 2018! Grab early-bird rates and register before May 31st.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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Below are 10 of this year’s “hidden gem” stories that didn’t quite make our top 10 most read. Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Hospice News Editor Jim Parker contributed to this report.

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Automated Orders Improve Palliative Care Access

Hospice News

The study took place between March 2018 and November 2018. If necessary, a physician would have the option to cancel the automated order, but this occurred in fewer than 10% of the patients involved in the study.

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Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Hospice News

Beginning in 2018, WellSpan began to test that theory by examining financial metrics associated with its palliative care services, with a focus on cost savings. This hospital was at 10%.” Palliative care is often viewed as a cost center in health care, rather than a revenue generator.

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MedPAC to Congress: Freeze Hospice Rates in 2025

Hospice News

Continued growth in the number of for-profit providers (an increase of at least 10% in 2022) and reports of strong investor interest in the sector suggest that capital is available to these providers,” MedPAC indicated in its report. decline from 2018. Also, estimating providers’ access to capital requires some guesswork.

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Vermont, Utah Ranked ‘Best Places to Die’ by PolicyGenius

Hospice News

Incidentally, as of 2018 Utah also had the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 60.5%, compared to that year’s national average of 50.3%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). For deaths at home, for example, the report included numbers from 2018 to 2021.

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Jet Health Acquires Trio Home Health and Hospice

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With the Trio purchase, Jet Health will now operate 10 locations in Texas and employ a staff of 500 full-time professionals across the state. in 2018, which tipped above the national average of 50.3% Texas-based Jet Health, Inc., Financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed. currently, according to the U.S.

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