Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Though evidence shows that longer hospice stays reduce costs, providers are still walking a regulatory tightrope. On one hand, longer hospice stays can lead to improved patient and family satisfaction and greater cost saving opportunities. Young told Hospice News. However, those numbers fell by nearly five days in 2021 to 92.1,

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

Hospice News spoke with three palliative care providers that have risen to these challenges. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum ultimately did acquire Prospero in early 2021 and is in the process of merging the company with its Landmark subsidiary. NASDAQ: AMED) acquired the business in 2021. Amedisys Inc.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 21, 2022

The Nurse-Nursing Assistant Relationship: A Priceless Partnership. Some nurses take a supervisory role in homecare, supporting and coordinating various client-facing job functions, making them as important to the staff they support as they are to the clients in their care. Nursing assistant turnover rates.

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