Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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. 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.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Kathy Hochul has signed a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice, and palliative care. The campaign must include education about hospice and palliative care, according to the newly approved legislation. Historically, hospice utilization has been low in New York relative to other states.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice rule contained requests for information (RFIs) that could signal changes in the agency’s thinking on key issues. Through RFIs, CMS tries to take the pulse of providers’ positions on certain questions that could impact the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. Only 7% of community-based palliative care programs are operated by home health organizations, compared to about 50% for hospices and 7%, according to 2019 data from the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

NYSE: HCA) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently added a new graduate fellowship in hospice and palliative care medicine to their existing repertoire of training programs. Demand for culturally diverse hospice and palliative care in Florida is growing as minority aging populations swell. Utah held the highest rate at 60.5%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The home health and hospice provider recently announced the leadership changes in a filing with the U.S. Ginn began leading financial teams at Amedisys in 2007, while Guidroz previously served as senior vice president of accounting at Amedisys since June 2018. VITAS Names New VP of Hospice Chemed Corp.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

The seeds of the plan were planted in 2018 when the legislature established the state’s Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. Improving the state’s understanding of palliative care and how it differs from hospice. and then realizing we have a lot of work to do,” she told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. The hospice received a $60,464 grant from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to fund the rebuild, part of a statewide water quality improvement project.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A 2018 study showed that most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life. In response to growing need, more educational and academic institutions have been creating new pathways for hospice and palliative care clinical training. Regional programs cropping up.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in 2017 proposed that the U.S. We did raise that concern, and they proposed a mechanism for dealing with it,” Harold Miller, president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, said at a public HHS meeting in 2018.

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Hospice News

APRIL 5, 2024

Patients in assisted living-based memory care facilities have higher mortality rates and are more likely to enroll in hospice, a new study indicates. million hospice recipients were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, 6.8% Hospice utilization was 8% and 10.6% Hospice utilization was 8% and 10.6% of the nation’s 1.7

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

ID-PALL was piloted in a study among seven internal medicine units at hospitals in Switzerland between January and December 2018. 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.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

New research is carving out the case for palliative care investment as more hospices dive into this growing market. Researchers compared health outcomes among 183 patients with incurable, advanced types of cancers from 2014 to 2018 to determine an association between palliative care and health utilization metrics.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The decision sparked outcries in some communities, including donors who in 2018 contributed a combined $2 million to launch the program, the Cascadia Daily News reported. Joseph Medical Center to Relaunch Shuttered Palliative Care Program appeared first on Hospice News. The PeaceHealth St. The post PeaceHealth St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In its annual report to Congress, MedPAC urged policymakers to eliminate hospice base-rate increases for 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

The online clinical training platform CareAcademy has developed a hospice care curriculum. The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

We started this about a decade ago, seeing a lot of children on waiting lists to get pediatric palliative care in local hospitals,” DiDomenico told Hospice News. “A million allocated in the state’s budget during 2018. Massachusetts legislators recently allocated more than $8.7 Massachusetts State Sen. Funding was an issue all along.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As the need for palliation grows, outcomes and experiences vastly vary – with payment often at the crux of inconsistencies in quality and care delivery approaches. The topics range from unmet staff and patient needs, financial and operational headwinds and research fueling innovative care delivery approaches.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

On June 1, LifeTouch Hospice will merge with Arkansas Hospice. Both hospices are owned and operated by the SHARE Foundation, a nonprofit, faith-based organization. The hospice last year served 430 patients in a five-county region of Arkansas. Meanwhile, Arkansas Hospice has fared better.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Hospice of Cincinnati Unveils New Hospital-Based Inpatient Unit Hospice of Cincinnati has opened a new inpatient unit at The Christ Hospital. Auburn, Ohio, with the new inpatient hospice unit featuring 10 patient beds, a chapel and a family gathering space. The hospital is located in Mt.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A research team led by Qinjin Fan, senior scientist, health services research at the American Cancer Society, examined National Cancer Database data for more than 333,000 adults who had been newly diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2018 and 2019 in the contiguous United States. Health outcomes are unequal. The post U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2023

Broadly, MA plans have been expanding supplemental benefits to include palliative care since 2018, when the U.S. I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care,” Tyler Overstreet Cromer, principal of ATI Advisory’s Medicare Innovation Team, previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. Our review found that Black patients with serious illness report poor-quality clinician-patient relationships and communication,” Chambers told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

Justice Department has sentenced two individuals linked to California hospices on alleged False Claims Act violations, among other charges. Gayk Akhsharumov, manager and owner of San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care and Broadway Hospice, received a sentence of one year and one day in prison and was ordered to pay close to $9.2

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2018 designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for major depressive disorder, which paved the way for expanded clinical trials. The post Palliative Care Psychedelics Firm Psyence Completes Newcourt Merger, Goes Public in US appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Residential Hospice has acquired Illinois-based Safe Haven Hospice from the senior living provider Christian Horizons for an undisclosed sum. More than 57,000 Illinois residents enrolled in hospice during 2021, a utilization rate of about 47%, according to the U.S. Graham went on to acquire Residential Hospice in 2014.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2022

Physician burnout costs hospices — both literally and figuratively — whether it occurs among their own medical staff or with their referral partners. This not only contributes to hospices’ own labor shortages, but disrupts relationships with other providers. A ripple effect on hospice. Burnout takes a heavy toll.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Recent research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey has revealed gaps in hospice referrals and palliative care consultations among underserved patient populations in the state. Racial divides have proliferated access to hospice services nationwide. were Hispanic; 1.8% were Asian; and only 0.4% were Native American.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

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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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

Hospice leaders and lawmakers are meeting on Capitol Hill today to address the pressing issue of program integrity, among other policy priorities. Thus far, California is the only state to take action on the issue, beginning with a moratorium on new hospice licenses and an extensive audit of California’s oversight processes.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The bottom line is, what we have right now is insufficient,” Edo Banach, president and CEO of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), told the audience at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Chicago. The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care, and I think there are other vehicles,” Tumlinson told Hospice News. I think Medicare Advantage plans are very interested in palliative care, and I think there are other vehicles,” Tumlinson told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Agape Care Group has expanded into Alabama and Louisiana with the acquisition of Journey Hospice. Both [Alabama and Louisiana] are tremendous markets with compelling demographics and strong workforces,” Agape CEO Troy Yarborough told Hospice News. “We Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2022

A community health worker — when integrated as part of the health care team or ancillary to the health care team — is extremely important,” Johnston told Hospice News. Four academic institutions are collaborating to test the ways community health workers could enhance palliative care for African American cancer patients.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

When retiring hospice nurses are ready to pass the torch, often no one is there to take it. A dearth of nursing educators is contributing to hospice workforce shortages, leading providers to compensate by expanding in-house training programs. Currently, nursing schools and hospices are experiencing some of the same difficulties.

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