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Hospices’ Collaboration with Discharge Planners Key to Effective Care Transitions

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Lissy Hu, president of connected networks, CarePort, a WellSky company Among the challenges associated with a hospice discharge is ensuring the timeliness of care — finding a hospice that can be with the patient in their home as soon as possible, according to Joan Carpenter, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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SEIU analyzed Medicare claims data showing that the average hospice transfer rate among HCA hospital discharges was nearly 40% above the national average in 2021 and represented a 50% growth rate over four years. During the past several years, HCA has closed a number of home health and hospice acquisitions. More than 1.72