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Where Hospices Are Seeing the Greatest ROI on Staffing Investments

Hospice News

Amid persistent workforce shortages, sign-on and employee referral bonuses, as well as enhanced benefits, are bearing the most fruit for hospice providers. Filling gaps in the hospice workforce has come with hefty financial costs for some providers, but sustainable capacity is a large part of the return on investment.

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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

Hospice News

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies. Canada and Australia.

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UnityPoint VP Agnew: Educate Patients, Clinicians to Expand Hospice

Hospice News

Katrina Agnew joined UnityPoint Health in December of 2021 as vice president of hospice. Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

Hospice News

Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. MedPAC June 2022 report to Congress included similar findings, according to the commission’s Executive Director James E. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated.

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Voices: Todd Austin, President, HCP

Hospice News

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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Ep.6: The State of Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. Amanda Sternklar ( 00:00:00 ): Hey, Amanda Sternklar here, co-host of Vision, the Care Leaders Podcast. Next slide, please, Todd.

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