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Why Hospice Providers Are Ready to Spend Big on Technology

Hospice News

Hospice providers have increasingly turned to technology to connect with hard-to-reach patients, streamline back-office functions and stay ahead of the curve on worsening health conditions. The year ahead is likely to bring significantly more technology investment as well, the 2023 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report suggests.

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Hospices Expect Forward Momentum on Labor in 2023

Hospice News

Though staffing remains the greatest challenge in 2023, conditions are improving, reported more than half (54%) of hospice and palliative care professionals in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. Others are leveraging technology.

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

The prior three years have laid the groundwork for change, particularly in the regulatory space as well as gradual migration towards value-based reimbursement and in tandem, the proliferation of business lines beyond hospice. The gradual move towards value-based payment models is one of the biggest drivers for these types of arrangements.

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Hospice the Next Generation: How the Benefit Could Change

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The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. But the essential structure remains the same — per diem payments for patients with a six-month terminal prognosis who choose to forgo curative care. A more integrated system.

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Trends Shaping the Future of Hospice, Post-Acute Care

Hospice News

As more care moves into the home setting, systemic changes may be necessary to keep that momentum going. Demand for home-based care was creeping upward before 2020, but the pandemic that broke out that year accelerated the trend.

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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Clinicians Face High Burnout Risk

Hospice News

The unique needs of families and children facing life-limiting can wear pediatric palliative and hospice care clinicians especially thin, and the potential for burnout can leave providers even more short-staffed than many already are. Even outside of hospice, caring for seriously ill children can take a mental and emotional toll.

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Where Hospices Are Seeing the Greatest ROI on Staffing Investments

Hospice News

These issues exist throughout the health care continuum, meaning that hospices have a broad range of competitors in the labor market. Medical groups and health systems nationwide reported a median of 10% increase in staffing costs from 2022 to 2023 in a recent American Medical Group Association (AGMA) survey.

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