Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Previously known as Hospice by the Bay, the organization rebranded in 2021 to reflect a broadening scope of services. By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support. the previous year – both California-based.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The payment increases were generally seen as a boon for providers, though some voiced concern about the cut to routine home care, which represents about 97% of the services hospices provide, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Though the is not yet final, the proposal included a 4.2%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Prior to that, Bradley Grigg, former chief behavioral health officer, resigned in September 2021. The hospital is working towards improved behavioral health care outcomes as it launches hospice and home health care into the community, among other services, according to Hardin.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

In pursuit of these objectives, the company in 2021 launched two new programs: Chronic Care Management (CCM) program and Transitional Care Management (TCM), as well as deploying Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) systems. CCM is a critical component of primary care that contributes to better outcomes and higher satisfaction for patients.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home. In 2022, roughly 60 home care, home health and hospice private equity deals took place across the United States and Canada.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2021, according to Fortune Business Insights. Also last year, Elara Caring and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) formed an integrated care model designed at better addressing behavioral health needs among seniors.Texas-based Elara Caring offers hospice, palliative and personal care in addition to behavioral and home health.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. Why Beth? John: I do.

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Hospice Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California bill SB-664 “Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses” (the “ Bill ”) into law. According the legislative history, supporters of the Bill include California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (“ CANHR ”).

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 28, 2022

– Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Trend #4: Agency Owners Are Still Worried About COVID-19—Making 2021 the First Year it Ranks as One of Their Top Threats. Unlock the most comprehensive data on the private duty home care industry.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

So I think when you start combining these trials and you’re faced with an older adult that the option would be to now put in a PICC line and send them to a nursing home and then you can have a really sit down with the patient through shared decision making decide we stop at seven days. Lona: Absolutely. Rasheeda: CKD-EPI.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Hunt, who is a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Researcher, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UCSF. Nurse case management, social worker case management, medications, medical equipment, a home health aid, all that stuff goes away. Melissa: Thank you. Great to be here.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2024

Numerous reports of these unethical or illegal practices have emerged since 2021, with the majority centered in four states: California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Secretary, as you’re aware, I raised this issue with you a year ago at our last budget hearing, and somehow here we are, again, dealing with the same problems.”

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We lost my wife's Dad, four years ago, he was in a nursing home and basically died a miserable death. So if she stayed in a hospital or nursing home, we couldn't see her. We made the decision to bring her home to live with us. By the way, Hospice is not an American thing. Her Mama lives three hours away.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

In addition, the company’s innovation arm Contessa Health continues to make new inroads to expanding emerging high-acuity care models like hospital-at-home services, exploring new payer and provider partnerships and making big investments in palliative care. million during the final three months of last year, up from $2 million in Q4 2021.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kevin’s study looks at a period of time in the COVID pandemic when a large multistate nursing home provider created a “nonessential medication on hold” (NEMOH) policy in order to conserve critical nursing resources and PPE, and to limit exposure risk for residents by reducing unnecessary contact. Yeah, April 5th, 2021.

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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. She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. JAMA Health Forum.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

So I think when you start combining these trials and you’re faced with an older adult that the option would be to now put in a PICC line and send them to a nursing home and then you can have a really sit down with the patient through shared decision making decide we stop at seven days. Lona: Absolutely. Rasheeda: CKD-EPI.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. Summary Transcript Summary.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

We really don’t want seniors living at home alone when we know it’s dangerous for them and it’s going to make them end up in the hospital and go to a nursing home. ” No one wants to go to a nursing home. “Let’s talk about ways we can keep you in your home.”

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

Let’s focus on outpatient management, nursing home management. And what I mean by that is right now, Americans have a 31% trust of the CDC, as of May, 2021. Eric: Alex, do you have any questions about prevention before we move on? We got to get to treatment. Eric: Treatments. So where are we?

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