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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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Frontline Hospice Staff Need to Understand New CMS Survey Methods

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In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! These include rules pertaining to patient rights, initial comprehensive assessments, interdisciplinary care planning and care coordination.

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CMS Unveils Dementia-Focused Payment Model with Interdisciplinary Care Approach

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Participating operators may also receive payment for respite care. However, hospice and palliative care providers that offer upstream services may be uniquely suited to implement such a model, either directly or through a partnership. Patients who have elected the Medicare Hospice Benefit are not eligible for the program.

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

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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. I think everybody in hospice and palliative care has to be really vocal about this. That’s hard to do.

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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.

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