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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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Hospices Need a ‘Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce. 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.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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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.

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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 If the hospice would allow a morphine or dilaudid drip, that’s going to cost them $350 to $600 a month,” the nurse said.

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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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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

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Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. But the prevalence of mental health conditions and related concerns like isolation and substance abuse mean that hospice and behavioral health providers may need to find more ways to integrate their services.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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When did you begin offering hospice services, and what is your scope of care thus far? We started in March 2022 and are very much still in the startup phase. Right now, we’re a community-based provider, and we also work with a hospital system to provide general inpatient hospice care. . We can close that gap.

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Quality Data Crucial for Hospices in Value-Based Reimbursement

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The nitty gritty details of data tracking and management matter when it comes to ensuring both a healthy bottom line and quality patient care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospice Care Index (HCI), the Hospice Item Set, and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys.

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