Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Even during the record-high flurry of M&A activity between 2019 and 2022, the company abstained from making deals. Only three hospice deals took place in the third quarter of this year compared to 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021, according to data from the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Clinical practice guidelines are more clear regarding the initiation of medications, but often unclear about when discontinuation is safe and appropriate, a 2019 study in the journal Clinical Medicine indicated. But those with stays of six months or more yielded the highest percentage of savings at 11%.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Though each of the 23-hospice specific CoPs will continue to have equal weight when it comes to Medicare certification and enforcement decisions, CMS is giving “special attention” to 11 CoPs. CMS developed the SFP in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The ages of the children ranged from 11 hours to 16 years, and the time between death and interview ranged from 11 months to 11 years and 9 months. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 60(1) pp106-115 DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.370

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 22, 2024

Interestingly, only one profession, labor union leaders, has managed to maintain its standing since 2019. However, that is down seven percentage points from 2019 and 11 points from its peak in 2020. Surprisingly, a mere 25% of respondents consider their honesty and ethics to be "very high" or "high."

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While the slowdown applies to all buyers, the decline in private equity transactions is particularly noteworthy because they were among the most aggressive acquirers in the space between 2019 and 2022. This is down from 11 in Q3 2022 and 18 in the same period in 2021. They’re being more selective in what they’re buying.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

On average, the tenures of more than a third of hospice chaplains in the United States lasted only one to two years between 2010 and 2019, according to research from Zippia. Only 13% stayed in the field for 11 years or more during that decade.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

million Medicare decedents who elected hospice in 2019,, nearly half (49%) received care in private homes, reported the Center for Medicare Advocacy. The other half was provided in nursing homes and at assisted living facilities (21% and 11%, respectively), according to the report. Among the 1.6

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

About 41% of adults reported symptoms associated with anxiety and depressive disorder in 2021, compared to 11% during 2019, reported the Kaiser Family Foundation. Adults nationwide have experienced increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression since COVID-19’s onset. last year, up from 9.2%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Apple offers home health, skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapy services to 450 patients daily across 11 counties in and around the Chicago area. Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Essentia Health initiated the telestroke program in the fall of 2019, with coverage provided by four interventional neurologists, three of whom work in the system’s Comprehensive Stroke Center in Fargo, North Dakota.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

Home-based palliative care could reduce societal health care costs by $103 billion within the next 20 years, the nonprofit economic research group Florida TaxWatch indicated in a 2019 report. In the VBID palliative care design, they’ve got 11 elements of a palliative care model. For example, 2016 research found that close to 3.6

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. But research shows that providers that focus on health equity outperformed others in profitability by 36% during Q4 2019, according to a global study by McKinsey & Company. The 2019 average length of stay for dementia patients was 126 days, compared to 92.6

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

11, 2023, but will likely be extended through at least April. In 2019, the nation’s 420,000 trained hospice volunteers generated more than $469 million in annual savings, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. The PHE is currently set to expire on Jan. Volunteers help to fill gaps in patient support.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Despite global recommendations that preterm infants should receive their vaccines at the same time as their full-term counterparts, empirical evidence undertaken outside of the UK suggests that they face unwarranted delays, with infants of the lowest gestational ages facing the longest delays (11, 12). Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Two OIG reports in 2019 shook the industry with findings that condition-level deficiencies posed safety risks to patients. In response to the 2019 OIG reports, Congress included hospice quality checks amid the requirements established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. As part of the legislature’s requirements, the U.S.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Sept. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MH struggles of essential workers and health care professionals were pushed to the forefront. However, issues related to MH/SUD have continued to escalate. 2020), [link]. [2]

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JULY 28, 2023

billion in Medicare savings in 2019, while also providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. Hospice is associated with lower Medicare end-of-life expenditures when hospice lengths of stay are 11 days or longer. In other words, earlier enrollment in hospice reduces Medicare spending even further.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported. Recent data show that hospice stays of six months or longer can reduce health care costs in a patient’s last 12 months by as much as 11%. That number reached 92.5 billion annually — a 3.1%

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2022

These numbers don’t include Pennant’s 11 transactions in 2021. . Pennant, which owns and operates hospice provider Cornerstone Healthcare, was spun off in 2019 from The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG). Case in point, the 15 deals the company completed in 2020 collectively grew EBITDA by 51.7%

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MAY 1, 2022

The AAO-HNSF (2019) advise prompt diagnosis and steroid treatment within 2 weeks to ensure recovery and improved quality of life. 2019) Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update). European Archives Otorhinolaryngology 273(11): 3699-3711 Available online: [link] [03/04/2021] 6. Chandrasekhar, S., Tsai Do, B.,

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

JULY 23, 2023

Research reports from Women in Sport have highlighted that only 49% of 5–11-year-old girls took part in a team sport compared with 70% of boys [2], that 61% of teenage girls felt judged when doing sport [3] and almost a quarter of women aged 45-54 are inactive [4]. of first choices) compared to males (30.9%

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MARCH 21, 2023

billion in savings for Medicare in 2019, while providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 Hospice stays of six months or more result in savings for Medicare.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CV 15-2101 (JRT/TNL), 2019 WL 4897191, at *11 (D. May 28, 2019). 18, 2015) (concluding that treating physician was adequately disclosed where party produced medical records of the party’s only visit with physician). [4] 4] City of Mankato, Minnesota v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. ,

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Pallimed

MAY 3, 2021

Published on February 12, 2021, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), it observed that the “age-adjusted overdose death rates involving synthetic opioids, psychostimulants, cocaine, heroin, and prescription opioids during 2013–2019” have increased a whopping 1,040% (1).

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The Nurse Break

JUNE 28, 2022

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021). Aust Emerg Nurs J, 11, 20-27. NMBA (2016). Registered nurse standards for practice. Wu, A.W. &

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Written by Dr Ruth E Barker, Dr Nicola Roberts, Ms Lisa Dow & Mr Russell Winwood Ruth Nicola Lisa Russell Back in 2019, Nicola wrote a blog about World COPD Day 1. 2023 Oct 11. Since then, World COPD Day efforts have grown, and the national day has become gradually more supported on social media and more widely.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

2019 Dec;160(12):2655-2660. Kollas MD, dated September 17, 2022, at 2:11 PM. Epub 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33355099; PMCID: PMC7800754. Ballantyne JC, Sullivan MD, Koob GF. Refractory dependence on opioid analgesics. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001680. 0000000000001680. PMID: 31408053. E-mail to Chad D.

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Nurse.com

MAY 11, 2022

A 2019 survey of 892 nursing schools with baccalaureate and/or graduate degree programs uncovered 1,637 faculty vacancies, according to AACN’s Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions. DNP nurses also can join the ranks of much-needed nurse faculty. AACN went so far as to set a goal that U.S.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The 2022 State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care will also be taking place in-person in Nashville, TN, February 11-13, co-located with the Annual Assembly. AAHPM was represented by Nate Goldstein, Wendy-Jo Toyama, Rebecca Aslakson, and Katherine Ast, along with 10 AAHPM Research Scholars from 2019 and 2020.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 20, 2022

Of the 13 studies that met our criteria for inclusion, 11 showed no association between UV exposure and melanoma. This is an updated version of a piece that was published on May 14, 2019. This includes those of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous and Hispanic descent.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From 2019 to 2034. Prev Chronic Dis 2014; 11: 130175. - The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From 2019 to 2034. IHS Markit Ltd. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2021. Smiley, R.A., Bienemy, C., Shireman, E., Reneau, K.A., & & Alexander, M.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mayo Clinic , 89 (11), 1572-1578. Further to physical examination, it is important that full vital signs, urine output, mental status, lactate, and fluid balance are closely monitored. Initiation of sepsis pathways depending on local policies and procedures (Ferguson et al., 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.07.009. 2014.07.009. Chousterman, B.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2023. . Renee Kinder.

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Hospice of the North Coast

JULY 14, 2023

This type of spiritual challenge often occurs in sudden deaths, especially in massive shootings or the event of September 11, 2001. The spiritual adjustment in Worden’s model refers to re-adjusting one’s basic beliefs and one’s fundamental life values. The survivors’ sense of their familiar and benevolent world is shattered. Worden, J.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Data have shown that of the top 5% of healthcare utilization in the US, only 11% are at the end of life (Aldridge & Kelly, 2015). The waste in the healthcare system in the United States has been estimated to reach as much as $935 billion, with 25 percent appearing to be avoidable (Shrank, et al. Shrank WH, Rogstad TL, Parekh N.

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