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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. Additionally, I draw on my own personal experience as a caregiver to my older adult father, which started when I was twelve. What does it stand for?

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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The staffing shortage was the hospice community’s strongest headwind during 2022, driving up labor costs while adversely impacting clinical capacity, length of stay and a host of other factors. Researchers Build Framework for Pediatric Palliative Care Growth. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.

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Wages Rising for Hospice Workers; Aides See 9.09% Increase

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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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Hospices Struggle to Balance Costs, Patient Needs in Medication Deprescribing

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But, due to the use of an oral solution, the caregiving daughter has to administer the medication every hour on the hour, which disrupts her sleep and adversely affects her own health. “If Reinvesting cost savings CMS has a role to play in addressing this issue, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice.

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Provider Partnerships Driving Palliative Care Growth

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The fact that we are seeing traditional palliative care providers being joined by hospice organizations, primary care groups and hospital systems all starting palliative programs underscores that palliative principles permeate all aspects of health care and medicine,” Baumgardner told Palliative Care News.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services.

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Quality Data Crucial for Hospices in Value-Based Reimbursement

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Effective processes to measure and track quality are crucial for hospices when it comes to proving their value proposition to payers, according to Dr. Alena Baquet-Simpson, chief executive medical director of insurance giant Aetna, a CVS Health company (NYSE: CVS). “It

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