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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

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In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses.

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CMS Unveils Dementia-Focused Payment Model with Interdisciplinary Care Approach

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The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model is designed to improve the quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing behavioral health and functional needs, as well as better coordinating care and improving care transitions between community, hospital and post-acute settings.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Death doulas can help facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discussing advance care planning, hospice election and advocate for the patient’s wishes in their final days. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

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million Medicare decedents who elected hospice in 2019,, nearly half (49%) received care in private homes, reported the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Data are not available for how any of these patients were cared for by a freestanding hospice entering those settings versus an in-house service. Among the 1.6

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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. “A

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