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Key Research Trends: Telehealth Impacts, Global Gaps in Hospice, Goal-Concordant Care

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This article details recent key research findings on hospice care, including the effects of telehealth utilization among terminally ill pediatric patients, along with barriers to improved goal-concordant end-of-life care in Asia, Canada and Europe.

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Deaths at Home Rose Globally During COVID Pandemic

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Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1% Studying the impact of the pandemic on place of death matters because it may signal critical disruptions in end of life care.

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Hospice of Northwest Ohio Buys ProMedica’s Ebeid Hospice Residence Operations

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Combined, the inpatient centers have served more than 25,000 patients and their families, according to the end-of-life care provider. In addition to its inpatient operations, Hospice of Northwest Ohio delivers end-of-life care and support in homes and nursing facilities.

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Partners in Care Sues HHS Over Claims Denials

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Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines. The lawsuit contends that the claims denials denied Partners in Care its right to procedural due process. Partners in Care refuted the findings in a Jan.

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MedPAC Calls for Freeze on Hospice Payment Rates

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“A rate freeze would interfere with the progress made through hospice wherein highly patient-centered care, controlled by the patient at the most important point of an individual’s life, offers Medicare with significant financial savings while providing incredible end-of-life care.”

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Big Bend Hospice Launches New Hospital-Based Inpatient Unit

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When that isn’t possible, Big Bend Hospice’s inpatient units provide an at-home feeling along with specialized end-of-life care that often exceeds a family’s caregiving capability.” More than 154,500 people received hospice in Florida in 2021, according to the U.S. Statewide, 6.7 spike from 4.4

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Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

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Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. So, for access to rural care, we’re going to have to depend on smaller rural programs.

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