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Keys to Effective Palliative Care Training Models

Hospice News

Palliative care clinical education avenues have expanded in recent years, but providers say the well may not be filling up quickly enough to meet demand. Luke’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine’s program. In 2022 Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed Kari Bradford, a doctor of nursing practice, as its new palliative medical director. She will also serve as a mentor to palliative care teams, the company indicated in an announcement.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

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Hospice providers have needed a window into access and utilization, as well as how lawmakers are shaping policies around health care. We know that addressing issues related to quality of hospice care is timely and critical to state (and also federal) lawmakers,” Cagle told Hospice News in an email. A projected 12.7

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC

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As I argue on the podcast, ELNEC has likely done more to lift the primary palliative care skills of clinicians than any other initiative. He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. From you reading the 2022 article that was authored? Josh: Yeah.

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

Hospice News

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. Hospice News: Jason has an incredible background in post-acute care that we’re going to talk about today.

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How Quality, Utilization Will Shape Hospice M&A in 2024

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Two of the largest home health and hospice operators nationwide were recently scooped up by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary Optum. billion in 2022 and went on to make a bid to purchase Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) for $3.3 In total hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Celebrating Hospice and Palliative Medicine as the Fifth Largest Medical Subspecialty

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Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the fifth largest medical subspecialty! A close look at the fellowship match data from Dec 2021, shows that HPM has the fifth highest number of matched applicants, behind the big 4: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hematology and Oncology, and Gastroenterology. Spread the word!

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