Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Kauai Hospice Recruits Retired Emergency Doc as Medical Director. Dr. William “Monty” Downs is stepping into a new role as medical director of Hawaii-based Kaua‘i Hospice after retiring from 50 years in the emergency department at Wilcox Health Medical Centert. Wilcox Health is part of Hawaii Pacific Health.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Ginn began leading financial teams at Amedisys in 2007, while Guidroz previously served as senior vice president of accounting at Amedisys since June 2018. He joined the hospice provider in 2015 as director of market development before moving up the ranks to general manager in 2018 and senior general manager in 2022.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 30, 2023
The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. The dollar amount was undisclosed. Patients in the United States received more than 2.2
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. The Maryland-based hospice suspended the program in 2018. according to Chesapeake Life Center Director Brian Berger. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News.
Hospice News
JULY 15, 2022
The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. in California during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Hospice utilization reached 46.1% This trailed behind the national average of 50.3%
Hospice News
MAY 22, 2023
Understanding these perspectives can drive conversations about management of these symptoms, according to VITAS Medical Director Robert Nguyen, who worked on the study. of Medicare decedents who used hospice in 2018, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. and 20%, respectively.
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. Piromalli is also co-medical director of Project ECHO. A key barrier to building that workforce is that most clinicians receive little to no exposure to those types of care during their training.
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