Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

We started this about a decade ago, seeing a lot of children on waiting lists to get pediatric palliative care in local hospitals,” DiDomenico told Hospice News. “A Services provided through the program include consultation for pain and symptom management, nursing services, mental health counseling, family support and bereavement care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies. Nationwide, cancer and congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities are among the leading causes of death in children between the ages of 1 and 14, according to 2020 data from the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. The hospice and palliative care provider operates in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. The massive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 1 million deaths since 2020 — has spurred demand for bereavement care and was a partial impetus for the legislation. .

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. For one family, the mother wanted her daughter’s place of death to be the hospice, but the daughter wanted to be at home (she died at home). 12389 Johnston E et al (2020) Hospital or home?

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

This growing need has spurred the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) to recently develop its Community Counseling Guide to help member providers structure bereavement services, including best practices for billing. in 2020, according to data from the U. last year, up from 9.2%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? Hospice Sustainability Rides Hand in Hand With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

Nashville-based Alive Hospice recently responded to speculation that the nonprofit will sell its operations to a for-profit company, a move that has sparked cries of opposition within the local community. A spate of news reports have indicated that Alive Hospice may be up for sale to a publicly traded for-profit entity.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A swelling demand for hospice in the community spurred the unit’s development. We are thankful the community will now have access to hospice care close to home to service the growing need.”.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. Fleece came to Empath via its 2020 merger with Stratum Health, where he had been CEO. “I I wasn’t seeking hospice.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

Hospices are finding opportunities to bolster their philanthropic fundraising, which took a dip for many organizations due to the pandemic. Some providers, like Maryland- based Hospice of the Chesapeake, were able to swiftly adapt to the changing conditions to keep their programs afloat. 2020 letter to then U.S

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

Many patients fall through the cracks of the nation’s health care system, and hospice and palliative care providers can help to fill in some of those gaps, according to Sonya Dolan, director of operations at California-based Mettle Health. Hospice News photo.) We try to fill a lot of buckets.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Hospice and palliative care providers can benefit from understanding federal and state laws around the use of psychedelics by serious and terminally ill patients. He is a facilitator for Drugs Over Dinner, a nonprofit education initiative around psychedelic therapies in end-of-life care and bereavement services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Croix Hospice recently made changes to its executive team. Croix provides hospice to nearly 4,000 patients daily across the Midwest. The hospice promoted Eric Lewis to chief accounting officer, who joined St. Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. Shake Ups in St.

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Solace

JANUARY 6, 2023

Bereavement leave and caregiving. California has a new law requiring most private and public employers grant employees up to five unpaid days of bereavement leave after the death of a family member. Besides California, only Oregon, Illinois, and Maryland have state bereavement leave laws covering private employers. Funeral Rule.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Registered dietitians for counsel on needs of the hospice patient. Grief support.

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Red M.D.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

(published in General Surgery News September 2020). It’s twenty-six years later and I’ve managed to use this tragedy to inspire a career focused on both trauma and hospice and palliative medicine. My hospice attending provided some cursory instruction and assured me she was available if I had questions, and that was that.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Though operators often feel siloed within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, they are not shielded from the shifting currents in the health care system at large. Their growing prominence is leading more hospices to see innovative partnerships with upstream providers as well as building out their own programs. “I million and 76.2

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Two hospices have lost the battle against workforce shortages, with one halting some of its service lines and another shutting down altogether. Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters. Alaska-based Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) recently announced its closure, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

The hospice space — and the health care system at large — is in a state of flux, driven by value-based reimbursement models, an expanding home-based care continuum and industry-changing transactions. All of these factors herald big changes for Amedisys and the hospice community at large. And it’s growing; the subsidiary brought in $5.9

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