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

Hospice News

“If you think about how they’ve taken on strains in their capacity, these post-acute services – home health and hospice – they can get patients out of very expensive settings,” Klementz told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 Conference. 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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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.