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Memory Care Residents See Higher Mortality, Hospice Utilization Rates

Hospice News

Patients in assisted living-based memory care facilities have higher mortality rates and are more likely to enroll in hospice, a new study indicates. We find a higher mortality rate and higher rate of hospice use among memory-care residential care/assisted living residents,” the study authors wrote. This is compared to 4.3%

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

Hospice News

The move toward risk-based reimbursement systems is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2 Patients in the United States received more than 2.2

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EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

Hospice News

EdenHill Communities, established in 1906, offers a continuum of care that includes independent and assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, caregiving and now hospice services. in 2018, rising above the national average of 50.3% Today it serves more than 300 residents daily.

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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

Hospice News

The gradual move of reimbursement systems to value-based care models is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2 Patients in the United States received more than 2.2

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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

Hospice News

Founded in 1984, CommuniCare Health Services is a family-owned company that provides post-acute services including skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care. in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

Hospice News

Though D-SNPs have existed in one form or another since 2003, Congress made the programs permanent through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. This can include payment for long-term care or some services provided in assisted living facilities. “In

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

Hospice News

The gradual move of reimbursement systems to value-based care models is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2 Patients in the United States received more than 2.2

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