Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. The home health and hospice provider is part of the home care service line of Uintah Basin Healthcare.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have been joining the mix, taking varied routes to growth into home-based hospice care. Among the 1.6

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged. The utilization rate did take an uncharacteristic dip in 2020, to 47.8%

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. About 10% of hospice patients were enrolled for only two days or less during 2019, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Staffing Constraints Limit Growth.

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