Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

Recent research has found that varying state laws around palliative care can impact cancer patients’ place of death. Researchers compared trends among states that had palliative care lows on their books against those that did not. State laws to promote palliative care have proliferated during the last decade.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

Some in the serious illness space believe that psychedelic-assisted therapy represents a new frontier in palliative care, even though the substances remain illegal at the federal level. The focus to date has been concentrated on three areas: mental health, palliative and end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1% One such is the COVID-19 pandemic, declared a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and with the end of its emergency phase on 5 May 2023,” the study indicated. The availability of palliative care, inclusive of hospice, also played a role. “A in 2012–2013.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

Kathy Hochul has signed a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice, and palliative care. The new law requires the New York State Department of Health to develop a public awareness campaign to promote advance care planning. Michelle Hinchey (D-Saugerties), co-author of the bill, said in a statement.

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 15, 2024

In this episode, we welcome Amisha Parekh de Campos, PhD, MPH, RN, CHPN to the show where she speaks on the research that she is conducting surrounding people of color in end-of-life care. Joseph in 2009; additional certifications include hospice and palliative care (CHPN). She received her BSN from the University of St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As hospices nationwide develop new services to engage patients further upstream, some are rebranding to reflect their expanded scope and to avoid the word “hospice” in their company names, hoping to ameliorate patients’ anxiety about end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Partners In Care has formed a strategic partnership with the primary and urgent care provider Summit Health aimed at increasing access to palliative care in Central Oregon. Beginning this July, Summit Health patients will have access to palliative care consultations and expanded services through the partnership. .

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Capital Caring Health and Chapters Health System have officially joined forces as their affiliation plans solidify. The two nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers recently closed on an affiliation they announced at the end of last year. Cost-sharing factors also propelled the affiliation forward.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

The hospice and palliative care provider also offers advance care planning and grief counseling services. A nationwide survey from Pew Research Center in 2020 of more than 8,600 African Americans found that nearly three-quarters identify their belief system as some type of Christian faith, while 3% identify as non-Christians.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She replaces Cathy Swanson, who has led the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider since 2021 when it rebranded as AMOREM following the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting.

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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. Fratkin, palliative care specialist for Humboldt Center for New Growth, and founding partner and principal palliative care consultant at Fire & Water Consulting.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Though new to the hospice arena, Callaway has previously served in both the home health and acute care spaces and has seen how care collaborations across the continuum can improve the quality of end-of-life care among aging populations. “I VIA Health Partners was established in 1978 as Hospice at Charlotte.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2023

The agency is seeking providers’ feedback on any current hospice enrollment policies that may be perceived as “restrictive to those beneficiaries” and that may “require higher cost end-of-life palliative care.” We want to set up the right process to make sure that we’re providing the right level of care.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Race and socioeconomic status continue to deepen disparities in access to end-of-life care across the country. Recent research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey has revealed gaps in hospice referrals and palliative care consultations among underserved patient populations in the state.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider has since expanded its geographic reach across the Southeast region to include Georgia.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021. . If you get access to curative and palliative care, quality goes up and costs go down. But once they made that leap, they sought more palliative care, less curative care, within hospice.”. “But

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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.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Prior to his role at Transcend, he was senior vice president of marketing and communications for AccentCare, which merged with Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2021. In Florida, Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care rebranded into a larger company with a wider range of services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This marks the third affiliation that Chapters announced or completed during 2022, following Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care early in the year and Hope Healthcare just last week. “In NPHI NPHI Capital Caring Health CEO Tom Koutsoumpas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2023

Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) has merged with Stillwater Hospice amid mounting financial pressures. The two Indiana-based nonprofit hospices joined forces to ensure continued access to end-of-life care in the Kosciusko County area. in 2020, reported the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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. I’m probably more excited about it than I’ve been in a few years.”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

National health care expenditures in the U.S. seen in 2020, with the slowdown largely attributed to reduced spending on COVID-19 support, including Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and the Provider Relief Fund (PRF). These sources continue to provide funding in 2021, but at much lower levels and in 2020.”. to reach $4.3

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Hospice News

MARCH 30, 2023

Ohio’s Hospice is deepening its relationship with United Church Homes (UCH) to expand hospice and palliative care options for the senior living and support services organization’s residents. The UCH partnership will also include Pure Healthcare, the palliative care and supportive services arm of Ohio’s Hospice, established in 2020.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

In our collaboration with Family Resource, we have discovered the perfect partner — one that not only shares our passion for care, but also possesses the resources and expertise to provide our caregivers with the support they need to so they can offer the best quality of care to all clients.” Seniors 65 and older represent 16.8%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More than 20% of hospice decedents in 2020 suffered from dementia, up from 18.5% in 2019, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. of terminal diagnoses in 2020, while cancer accounted for 7.2%. Comparatively, circulatory and heart diseases, the next highest, represented 10.2%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Our goal is the highest-quality end-of-life care possible,” Good Samaritan CEO Aaron Housh told the Times. Since I’ve been here I’ve met families who want this level of care. We remain dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to individuals and families throughout our service area.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. million people), a rise from roughly 22% in 2020, according to the state’s Department of Aging. About 47.6%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earlier in the year, Yonah Klein was appointed director of strategy at Unity Hospice and Palliative Care. Technology a key to growing home-based hospice care, workforce The future of end-of-life care is heading further into the home, according to Klein. Skelly Wingard, became CEO of By the Bay Health in June.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Florida-based Hope Healthcare has affiliated with Chapters Health System, a nonprofit provider of hospice, palliative care and home health, among other services. Its staff of 3,330 and more than 2,430 volunteers care for more than 72,000 patients annually in 35 Florida counties and four in Georgia. “As

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The unit allows for expanded access to inpatient hospice care in the community during a time of increasing need, according to Ron Gicca, president of Melbourne Regional Medical Center. The compassionate palliative care services that are available to the Melbourne community are so greatly appreciated,” Gicca said in an announcement. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

Nearly 1 in 3 transgender adults reported that they had to teach their health care provider about transgender issues in order to receive appropriate care, according to a Center for American Progress 2020 survey. What are the difficulties of finding gender-affirming hospice care for patients and their families?

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JUNE 28, 2023

Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The petition cites concerns that a change in ownership could adversely affect quality and access to care among underserved communities. The hospice indicated that any future considerations will not impede the community’s access to end-of-life care, according to Alive Hospice’s executive committee, speaking on behalf of its governing board.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

years-old, according to a 2020 physician census report from the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). Simultaneously younger physicians are “placing more emphasis on work-life balance,” meaning they often value job opportunities that offer more reasonable or flexible hours.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Even as demographics drive up demand for serious illness and end-of-life care, public awareness is driving down utilization. Nearly 50% of residents in a 2020 statewide survey indicated that they were not aware of health care services and support options available to seniors. Seniors are projected to make up 27.5%

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