Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider has placed retention among its top three priorities, behind patient care and quality, he said. Turnover remains a big risk Health care workers have increasingly dropped out of the workforce in the past few years, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Among those assets is the Amedisys subsidiary Contessa, which the company acquired in 2021 for $250 million. Contessa is a likely engine for propelling the anticipated palliative care growth. Contessa already provides palliative care, which has been a key component of its growing number of joint ventures. million in Q3 2021.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 30, 2024

In the most recent national survey conducted in 2021, the item labeled “ensuring an effective match between patient needs and nurse competencies” received the lowest mean rating of any element on any of these surveys. healthcare system’s ability to meet patients’ needs.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Starting out as a bedside nurse in 2006, Coronado has held multiple roles within VITAS, including team manager, inpatient unit manager and patient care administrator. At about 80% of its locations, VITAS maintains its own HME, delivery and staff, which allows the provider to improve timely HME access for its patients.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ginn served in that same role before being promoted to CFO in 2017 and executive vice president in 2021. She replaces Cathy Swanson, who has led the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider since 2021 when it rebranded as AMOREM following the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Congress approved the survey changes and enforcement actions through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 , which incorporated language from the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act. CMS in 2022 began working the legislation’s provisions into its rulemaking.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 15, 2024

with over 5 million active registered nurses , still needs to improve to maintain safe staffing ratios to improve patient care. Working during COVID-19, I saw firsthand how patient conditions can suffer when staffing is inadequate. There has been no movement on this bill since May 13, 2021.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Race and ethnicity of beneficiaries: In 2021, 50.0%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“We have been serving the state of Wisconsin for many years, continuing our long tradition of exceptional patient care,” St. “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.” Croix cares for over 4,000 patients from 60 locations in 10 Midwestern states.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The extended moratorium in California builds upon 2021 legislation that also mandated an extensive audit of the state’s licensing and oversight processes. Reasons could include financial hardship, labor pressures or the owner’s personal losses, he added.

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Hospice News

JUNE 16, 2022

A total of 109 transactions in the hospice and home health space involved a hospital and health system from 2014 to 2021, according to market analysis data that The Braff Group shared with Hospice News. Its acquisition of Contessa Health in June 2021 for $250 million added fuel to this fire, according to Amedisys CEO Chris Gerard.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Some states have begun instilling regulations in place requiring private insurance companies to cover palliative and hospice care for eligible children. Illinois legislators in January 2021 passed the Pediatric Palliative Care Bill (SB2384), which established an in-home palliative care benefit for children facing life-limiting conditions.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Hospice News: Since our last conversation in mid-2021, what challenges have you encountered amidst the changes that have taken place? Patrick Leary: In 2021, the pandemic was still very much impacting our operations and those of our clients. Hospices were facing difficulties in referrals and patient enrollment.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

The eight-year payment demonstration is designed to improve the quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing behavioral health and functional needs, as well as better coordinating care and improving care transitions between community, hospital and post-acute settings.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health is a subsidiary of Washington-based EmpRes Healthcare, which provides management and consulting services to rehabilitation and post-acute care centers, assisted and independent living communities and home health, home care, palliative care and hospice agencies in nine Western states.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Initial reviews of patient care revealed deviations from best practice, including missed referrals, care team members initiating discussions about donation with families, and misconceptions about the donation process. The number of organ referrals doubled, from 169 in 2015 to 320 in 2021.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

AlwinP13 @UniofGreenwich In September 2021, the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) unveiled the inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, charting a 10-year course to position the UK as a “global AI superpower” 1. 2021) National AI strategy , gov.uk/government/publications.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Their culture and approach to quality patient care are a great fit with what we have established at Fortis Health.” Fortis Health Fortis Health Rob Radics, CEO, Fortis Health Fortis offers home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services across its footprint.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Symmetries workplace culture and care delivery between the two companies were among the key draws in the deal, according to The Care Team CEO Dan Shoemaker. The Care Team and 1st Care share similar cultures and a strong commitment to quality patient care,” Shoemaker said in an announcement. “‘We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

million in revenue during the second quarter of 2022, up 16% from the same period in 2021. The company last year launched its Transition to Home program, designed to prevent readmissions by filling gaps in patient care and keep them in their homes. Signify earned $246.2

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

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. million Medicare beneficiaries elected the benefit in 2021, up from 1.43 billion purchase of Kindred at Home in 2021.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 29, 2023

The most recent “ National Nurse Work Environments” study , conducted in 2021 by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), shows that the health of nurse work environments across the country has declined dramatically. The number of RNs experiencing moral distress “very frequently” doubled from 11% in 2018 to 22% in 2021.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. In some instances, multiple hospices have been operating out of the same address without a corresponding increase in the population of eligible patients.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. In 2022, 66,261 candidates were rejected, and in 2021 applications by 76,140 candidates were turned down. decrease since 2021. from 2021 to 2022.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

McMahon ascended to the role in 2021, serving in various other positions at UnitedHealth Group since 2003, including executive vice president of enterprise operations and CEO of Optum Rx, among other management positions in finance, information technology and operations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Racial disparities in end-of-life care access have long proliferated, but in recent years health care providers and regulators have been paying closer attention , particularly after the pandemic exposed cracks in a fragmented health care system. Black Americans died at 1.4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We It wasn’t too long ago when Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Patient satisfaction went up; our quality scores went up.” The company emerged from the 2021 spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment. This includes systems designed to speed and automate aspects of clinical documentation to allow clinicians to focus on patient care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million in revenue during the second quarter of 2022, up 16% from the same period in 2021. The company last year launched its Transition to Home program, designed to prevent readmissions by filling gaps in patient care and keep them in their homes. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory and shareholder approvals.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Vicki Havercroft Dixon (@vjhavercroft), Lead Cancer Nurse – Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholar 2021/22 @FNightingaleF. In May 2021 I was successful in starting the next part of my nursing leadership journey by commencing as a Florence Nightingale Foundation leadership scholar. NHS England.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Dallas-headquartered AccentCare delivers hospice to upwards of 40,000 patients annually through more than 80 hospice locations and 27 in-patient care centers. The company also offers care management, home health, palliative care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, telehealth, non-medical, and personal care services.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving behavioral healthcare field, nursing leaders are crucial in ensuring efficient operations, a supportive work environment for nurses, and providing quality patient care. Garnett played a fundamental role in the launch of Sheppard Pratt’s new Baltimore/Washington Campus hospital in June 2021.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2023

since 2021, and PhD programs shrinking by 4.1% from 2021 to 2022. With tens of thousands of qualified candidates turned away each year due to a lack of faculty and appropriate clinical training sites, this decreased nursing school capacity feeds directly into hobbled patient care capacity at urban and rural levels.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cancer patients can have a wide range of different diagnoses that come with varying prognoses. 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. An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

This proposed transaction will allow partnership with the CD&R entities to maintain patient care at the Kindred Hospices while optimizing the efficiency of shared operations,” Falcon Holdings indicated in the request. The transaction is not expected to have any impact on the price of or access to health care services within Oregon.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

APRIL 23, 2023

This approach creates a sense of belonging for our colleagues’, enabling transformation of workplace cultures which in turn will transform patient care. Available at: [link] Care Quality Commission (2021) State of Care report: Workforce stress and burnout [Online]. References Bliese, P.D., Edwards, J.R. Conolly, R.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

The firm is focused on what he calls “thematic investing,” which includes a strong focus on home-based care industries. Fortis is the parent company of Valeo Home Health and Hospice and Select Home Health, which Grant Avenue acquired in late 2020 and 2021, respectively.

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