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Research: Patient Assessment Initiatives Boost Palliative Care Referrals in Cancer Centers

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Oncology nurses at cancer centers across the country are developing ways to improve palliative care referrals for seriously ill patients and families who could benefit from these services. A common thread woven through these referral strategies is expanding palliative care awareness among clinicians across the continuum.

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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

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As health care stakeholders work to improve care coordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Organizations that are delivering hospice and palliative care now are looking to the future and wanting to provide more of a full-service solution for seriously ill patients,” Singleton told Hospice News.

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem. Primary care is where it’s at.” Alivia Care came into existence in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services.

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Frontline Hospice Staff Need to Understand New CMS Survey Methods

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In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! These include rules pertaining to patient rights, initial comprehensive assessments, interdisciplinary care planning and care coordination.

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Avera at Home Gets Personal with Kore Cares Joint Venture

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Its services include nursing care, meal preparation, companionship, housekeeping, transportation, assistance with activities of daily living and companionship, and a senior care coordination program. “By Hospice utilization in the Mount Rushmore State ranked low in nationwide comparisons during 2018, reaching 43.2%

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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

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“The investment in Uintah Basin Home Health and Hospice will allow us to enhance the care coordination with Uintah Basin Medical Center and provide better health outcomes for the patients and clients we serve in the Uintah Basin area.”. in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

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Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. Marcantonio is COO and interim CEO at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The nonprofit offers home- and facility-based hospice, skilled nursing and home health care. Pope has been at St.