Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2023

Researchers analyzed 2020 claims data to identify associations between SIA utilization and hospice Medicare beneficiaries’ characteristics such as site of service, level of care and length of stay, among others. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced SIA in 2016.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). So, having those conversations about what those improvements would be is going to be an important exercise in 2024.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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. . This would include social workers, grief counselors, and chaplains, among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Francis, the organization rebranded in 2020 to reflect its expanded scope of community-based services in an area with a growing need for serious illness and end-of-life care. A team of St. Formerly Hospice of St. billion.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Hospice aides reported “episodic symptoms” of burnout that were largely driven by workload challenges and administrative demands in a 2020 study from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Participants included hospice aides, social workers, nurses, clinicians, chaplains and other staff.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. Partnerships and affiliations can help hospices mitigate the payment reductions that will likely occur within Medicare Advantage, as health plans generally seek to negotiate for lower rates. 1, 2024 and is expected to proceed through 2030.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

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. The hospice and palliative care provider also offers advance care planning and grief counseling services.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

She then served as associate vice president of health equity and access at AccentCare following Seasons’ merger with the company in 2020, before moving on to her current role at Empassion Health. Health equity became a large focus for McCann-Davis early on in her career. What led you to the field of hospice and palliative care?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice. More than a third (34%) of family caregivers were Baby Boomers in 2020, according to a report from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC). In 2010, the U.S.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

My last company, Apixio, we sold in 2020. The needs of today’s seriously ill patients necessitates the development of new, longitudinal care models that integrate the patient-centered principles of hospice and palliative care, Dr. Darren Schulte, CEO of VyncaCare, told Hospice News. The company has raised at least $40.3

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Most beneficiaries switch to Traditional Medicare. of White, 36.3%

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. Chicago-based Oak Street Health consists of a network of value-based primary care facilities that serve upwards of 145,000 Medicare beneficiaries across 21 states.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Contributing to these declines were constraints on clinical capacity stemming from the labor shortage, as well as some instances of lower reimbursement for its home health services due to the shift of more patients towards Medicare Advantage, executives said in an earnings call. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In her decades of service, Lund Person has served as a key contact with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and helped ensure that policymakers hear the hospice voice. Caring for the widow of a Veteran, an MJHS social worker learned of the patient’s dying wish to be buried with her husband at the Calverton National Cemetery.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Hospice is a vastly underused Medicare benefit in the United States. But the decision is also empowering, because an array of supportive care and assistance becomes available to both the patient and family. Grief support.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. We can co-invest in resources, whether they’re nurses, care managers, social workers.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Susan: I got my start working for a member of Congress doing constituent casework and a lot of the casework was supporting older adults with VA, Social Security, Medicare, immigration casework. Greg: Yeah, great question.

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