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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

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

Hospice News

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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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

Case in point, the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) currently has roughly 1,300 members across 49 states, the District of Columbia and 12 additional countries. In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Physician, Legislator Morhaim: Hospices Should Be Vocal About Advance Care Plans

Hospice News

Effective documentation of end-of-life choices has been associated with higher likelihood of hospice enrollment and lower incidence of intensive therapies, even during hospital stays, a 2019 JAMA Network study found. If there was a way for hospice and palliative care to connect with people, that would be a big step forward.”.

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Population Health, Quality, and Palliative Care: The Role of Public and Private Payors

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

By Lama El Zein There is an increasingly broad push for a movement towards improving the quality of care at a lower cost for everyone, but especially for patients with serious illnesses, given the historically high cost of their care. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care. Am J Public Health.