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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

Hospice News

Utah-based Canyon Home Health & Hospice recently acquired Uintah Home Health and Hospice for an undisclosed amount, growing its footprint in the Beehive State state. Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month.

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

Hospice News

Offering hospice can be a gamechanger for skilled nursing and assisted living operators looking to stand out from competitors and improve patient reach. Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Among the 1.6

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

These cover the innovative partnerships, new technologies, pediatric care, health equity and other key developments in the hospice space. Pandemic Pushes Death Doula Awareness, Hospices Seek Strengthened Ties. In 2019, the organization had just 200 members.

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Hospice the Next Generation: How the Benefit Could Change

Hospice News

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.

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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. Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings. 2019.13978

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions Michelle Cone and Laura Coyle of HomeWell Care Services address why home care plays a crucial role in reducing hospital readmissions, how they're prioritizing this at HomeWell, and what they would suggest as the first step to improving outcomes.