Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Care Synergy sprouted roots in 2021.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Recruiting and retaining palliative care professionals can be a difficult feat for organizations, in part because not enough medical and nursing students are exposed to palliative care during their education. Honing palliative skills can be a constantly moving target when considering patient populations needs, according to Dr.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth is also a hospice and palliative medicine teaching affiliate for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The company in July 2021 purchased three hospice and home health agencies as part of its multi-state expansion plans. She previously served as its associate medical director following her fellowship, then moved on to become its director of pediatrics before ascending to her current leadership position. “It

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). .

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

To help move the needle on awareness, Guidry, a care team physician for one of the nation’s largest hospice providers, founded Mourning Dove Medical in 2021. I was the palliative care medical director and associate hospice medical director for their four or five hospice teams.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

million people in the United States were diagnosed with cancer in 2021, while roughly 608,570 individuals died from the disease that year, according to a report from the American Cancer Society. Cancer patients can have a wide range of different diagnoses that come with varying prognoses. An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Previously known as Hospice by the Bay, the organization rebranded in 2021 to reflect a broadening scope of services. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

Nationwide, the average hospice length of stay fell by nearly five days in 2021 to 92.1, We’re not going to take the place obviously of a medical director or a certified hospice nurse, but we are going to give them another tool to question their thinking and make sure that what needs to be documented is being documented.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

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. As a result, the number of ED visit cases dropped. Amedisys Inc. Palliative care doesn’t mean death; it means comfort.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Commonly known as the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model officially launched on January 1, 2021, with 53 Medicare Advantage Plans offering the benefit in 206 counties within 13 states and Puerto Rico for 4 years ending in 2025. Can you walk us through that landscape?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The company’s consolidated net service revenue dropped 3% from Q3 2021 to $265.7 Average lengths of stay among the publicly traded firms tumbled at a faster rate in Q3 2022 (3%) than they did in the third quarter of 2021 (2%), according to research by Scott Fidel, an analyst for Stephens. Enhabit Inc.’s million from i$52.8

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

She previously served as medical director at Suncoast Hospice. Sarkari was most recently the executive vice president and chief medical officer of Tidwell Health, a member of Empath Health. Both Wade and Jacoby joined Jet Health 2021.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The CDC’s reply was unusual in that it provided no responsive documents, but cited Chou’s public disclosure of his conflict of interest from the July 2021 Meeting of the CDC BSC-NCIPC and recusal from those proceedings (13). 2021 Jan-Feb;19(1):79-82. NCIPC Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, Friday, July 21, 2021; Atlanta, GA.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2021, according to Fortune Business Insights. Not only problems related to diagnosis and treatment, but also the myriad challenges that arise in the social realm,” Hospice of the Valley Executive Medical Director Ned Stolzberg told local news. billion in 2030 from $34.5 billion by 2029, a rise from $76.44

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Although Pallitus is part of the Hosparus Health family, it has been establishing itself as an individual entity since 2021. Dr. Dustin Dillon, medical director of palliative care services at Pallitus, said it was important for the palliative care provider to stand on its own.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 12, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved Paxlovid under emergency authorization at the end of 2021, but in May, the FDA’s advisory committee voted to fully approve it for anyone over the age of 18 who is at high risk of severe illness and anyone with mild to moderate symptoms.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In September 2021, Pallimed published our second commentary, which focused on the astonishing disclosure of an important conflict-of-interest (COI) by Dr. Roger Chou (5), who co-authored the 2016 Guideline, calling its integrity into question (4, 5). by by Chad D. This correction has not been posted to date (126, 127). References 1.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. About 15,900 elected hospice during 2021, according to CMS. Of those, about 18% are older than 65.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion in 2021. California-headquartered Kaiser Permanente Health System provides care to 12.6 million people across eight states and the District of Columbia. The nonprofit’s operating revenue reached $93.1 Based on 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data, 1 in 5 of Hawaii’s residents are 65 or older, a 45% increase from 2010.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Roger Chou, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) Meeting Friday, July 16, 2021. Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9).

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Instead of Biogen’s expected billions of dollars of revenue from Aduhelm, they brought in only $3 million in revenue for all of 2021 ( here is my Twitter summary of this fiasco ). The outlook on amyloid antibodies are looking brighter though in 2023. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Sharon: Thank you for having me again.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms. 2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. JAMA Health Forum. Joe, what are your thoughts on that?

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Summary Transcript Summary.

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