Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

. “We have been serving the state of Wisconsin for many years, continuing our long tradition of exceptional patient care,” St. “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.” of Wisconsin’s overall population during 2019, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This marks the home health and hospice provider’s fourth acquisition since it became a portfolio company of private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners in 2019. Symmetries workplace culture and care delivery between the two companies were among the key draws in the deal, according to The Care Team CEO Dan Shoemaker.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2022

With many more patients receiving care in their homes, we will continue to enhance our services to meet this need.” ” UPMC in 2019 merged with Somerset Hospital. A petition was signed urging UPMC to keep the facility open with a reduced number of patient beds. I understand.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Roughly 78% of hospice and palliative care providers around the globe indicated “less or much less” use of volunteers since the pandemic’s onset, according to a 2022 study in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Providers’ efforts to recruit volunteers could take on renewed urgency when the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When I think about patient care and clinicians in the field, quality training, processes and technology are my top priorities. Additionally, the final rule delayed the OASIS for all patients, regardless of payer, and it changed the VBP modeling years from 2019 to 2022. It also provided a payment update of 4.1%

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2022

Compared to other health care settings, hospices lack diversity in revenue streams such as private insurers and Medicaid funding. Through the hospice benefit, Medicare covers nearly 90% of a provider’s patient care revenue. Hospice and home care sector multiples have reached record highs in recent years.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. However, aging service facilities need more staffing to meet regulatory and quality of care standards.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 24, 2019

There’s little debate any longer in the home care community that when the full spectrum of a client’s health-care team works in tandem, they foster better patient outcomes. The challenge: to deliver such change in a world where fragmented care continues to be a roadblock. In the U.S.,

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JUNE 23, 2022

Social determinants of health, understanding what they are, their impact on patient care, and their influence on effective transitions across care settings are all essential for rehab providers.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2023. . Renee Kinder.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have published the inaugural report for the Hospice Care Index. Be careful to avoid accusations or blame. Going Forward.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The peeling process is much like the layers of patient complexity rehab professionals must strip away daily, essential for providing the highest level of quality patient care and supporting a health literate culture. Let’s begin with a definition of health literacy. In 2010, approximately 21.4

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

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.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 14, 2022

An analysis conducted in June 2019 by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) confirmed this fact with metrics that projected a shortfall of up to 139,000 physicians by the year 2033. The physician shortage is real and growing, and NPs can help fill the gap.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

Among the considerations behind that choice was his experience in working with payers outside of traditional Medicare. Historically, home-based care and hospice providers have operated primarily within Medicare fee-for-service models. As of autumn 2019, the hospice operated close to 30 locations throughout six Midwestern states.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. I think that there are for-profit hospices like VITAS that have been around for a long time that really have the resources to support people whose goals of care are less aligned with the traditional hospice philosophy.

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Hospice News

JUNE 23, 2022

With this growing influence comes renewed scrutiny about their impact on patient care, federal policymakers have indicated. Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and expect.”. That ends on my watch,” Biden said. Congress also asking questions.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MARCH 3, 2022

We also know that our skilled care, its impacts and the patients’ ability to maintain functional abilities extends well beyond the time during which direct care provision is provided. With patient care and rehab, like raising children, it takes a village. The rehab is never just about therapy alone.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

Amanda Sternklar ( 01:03 ): Since 2019, homo has achieved over 90% unit growth and expanded its footprint into more than 30 new states. Laura is the executive Vice President of Home Well Care Services. Now, for those of us in home care, you know, we know original Medicare is not a payer for us. We hear that all the time.

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