Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.
Hospice News
MAY 19, 2022
The analysis also took into account the ratio of Medicare-certified health care providers to eligible patients, as well as probate processes. The analysis cited data for each metric ranging from 2018 to early 2022, depending on the individual indicator. For deaths at home, for example, the report included numbers from 2018 to 2021.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 9, 2023
The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. Payne founded the company in 2018 after selling her house for startup capital. The 13-month timeframe corresponds with the U.S.
Hospice News
APRIL 22, 2022
Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. The Sunshine State in 2018 ranked third nationwide for hospice utilization at 57.9% among Medicare decedents, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Only Utah and Arizona saw higher rates at 59.4%
Hospice News
APRIL 28, 2022
.” Hospice of the Chesapeake has cared for patients since 1979, prior to establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The organization in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement. Census Bureau, and represent 15.9%
Hospice News
JANUARY 4, 2024
This standard has been at the top of the noncompliance list among all since at least 2018, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For the latter, many deficiencies occur because social work and bereavement care assessments are not conducted within the required time frame.
Hospice News
JULY 6, 2022
The state in 2018 ranked sixth nationally for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents, reaching a rate of 56.7%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Commonly called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in , the demonstration took effect Jan. Seniors currently represent 17.5% Census Bureau.
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