AlayaCare

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Will history judge 2022 to be the year that our health systems built back better? And that “better” accelerated the shift of care out of institutions and into the home? Now, let’s look at some of the most important themes for 2022, and how technology can help guide us to a better outcome. Which will remain?

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The annual Lincoln Healthcare Leadership’s Home Care 100 Conference is a pivotal opportunity to explore industry trends and challenges. A major focus at this year’s conference was on building a more efficient, sustainable future in healthcare to enable home care providers to invest more in clinical staff and patient care.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will history judge 2022 to be the year that our health systems built back better? And that “better” accelerated the shift of care out of institutions and into the home? Now, let’s look at some of the most important themes for 2022, and how technology can help guide us to a better outcome. and prevention trigger significant?changes?in?public

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The annual Lincoln Healthcare Leadership’s Home Care 100 Conference is a pivotal opportunity to explore industry trends and challenges. A major focus at this years conference was on building a more efficient, sustainable future in healthcare to enable home care providers to invest more in clinical staff and patient care.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently introduced a bill addressing cybersecurity protections and oversight in the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act , introduced on February8, 2024, aims to bolster a vulnerable and often-targeted industry against cyberattacks.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 18, 2024

When a fellowship experience revealed the way technology could have a positive and significant impact on healthcare, Awoniyi says he developed a new understanding of how nurses can use it. “It It opened my eyes to how you deliver the best healthcare,” he says. It can be a significant factor in closing gaps in healthcare access.

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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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Healthy Workforce Institute

JULY 6, 2022

Racism in healthcare is widespread within the nursing profession. Racism in healthcare is rampant appearing in many different forms (systemic, unit-based, individually), different ways (jokes, criticism, microaggressions), and sometimes difficult to identify (covert behaviors). In a large city acute care hospital in Washington D.C.,

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 10, 2022

Many health experts agree staffing has been and will continue to be the top healthcare issue. Rhonda Thompson, DNP, CNO and SVP of Patient Care Services at Phoenix Children's Hospital told Beckers Hospital Review , "The nursing shortage affecting health systems nationwide will continue to be a challenge in 2022.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC). In October 2022, Frontpoint’s private equity backers, Cimarron and Tacoma, recapitalized the home-based care provider, though the dollar amount was confidential.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Virtual reality technology can reduce the use of high-cost pain therapy services and medications, according to Dr. Joseph Shega, executive vice president and chief medical officer of VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHE). Patients use a 5G mobile hotspot to receive virtual and augmented reality (AR) video experiences.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Thyme Care’s services are available across 31 states to more than 500,000 people at participating health plans, risk-bearing providers and government-sponsored entities. The company’s investment in Thyme Care is not the first in its strategic value-based deals. CVS Health owns the insurance giant Aetna.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2023

Staffing and reimbursement headwinds remain sticking points for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. during the same period in 2022. Although 2022 was a difficult year for our home health and hospice segment, we firmly believe in this business and its long-term value proposition,” Ashar said in an earnings call. “We in Q1 from 48.7%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This can put a strain on employee’s home life, which can cause them to leave their jobs, Shelley Henry, president of The Amity Group said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Though hospice is a smaller segment for Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. compared to Q3 in 2022. Our home health and hospice platform is dedicated to creating value through operational effectiveness and delivery of exceptional patient care.” The company’s home health and hospice service line brought in $52.98

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This article is sponsored by Maxwell Healthcare Associates. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Jennifer Maxwell, CEO and co-founder, Maxwell Healthcare Associates, to learn how hospice providers are preparing for the year ahead in light of changes set forth by the new rule. It also provided a payment update of 4.1%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Scott Ginn held the role since November 2022 prior to Guidroz’s ascension. “In NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare has tapped Joseph Brickner as its new vice president of hospice operations. In connection with Ms. Guidroz’s appointment, Scott G. VITAS Names New VP of Hospice Chemed Corp. Brickner is also a veteran of the U.S.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Cross Country Healthcare’s annual national survey of nursing professionals and students finds nurses remain passionate about patient care despite historical issues in need of reform.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Slightly more than 240 medications were in short supply at the close of Q1 2022, compared to 195 during the same period in 2016, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Shortages can also impede our ability to honor some patient and family wishes. The scope of the shortages seems to be widening.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MAY 13, 2024

This week Editor in Chief, Alison Twycross ( a.m.twycross@bham.ac.uk ) and Deputy Editor Jane Wray ( J.Wray@hull.ac.uk ) highlight journal content to demonstrate the difference a well-educated nursing workforce can make to patient care and safety. Good for patients. Exploring rates of staff leaving the NHS and social care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

billion in 2022 and went on to make a bid to purchase Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) for $3.3 Demonstrating both quality outcomes and reduced health care costs will be an important part of hospices’ competitive edge – regardless of a provider’s size, geographic reach, patient census and staffing volumes, Westfall said. NYSE: CHE).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 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. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. billion, a rate of 12%, Noridian indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Expanding its palliative care business is a rising priority for Amedisys Inc., The company’s palliative care strategy rests on the back of risk-based payment models, primarily Medicare Advantage, Kusserow indicated at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. NASDAQ: AMED) following Chairman Paul Kusserow’s return as CEO.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It can cause nurses to suppress patient safety information as they attempt to protect themselves, their licenses, and their livelihood. Healthcare Environment Can be a Chaotic Place for a Nurse. The healthcare environment is an ever-changing, distraction-ridden, and often chaotic place nurses work. Accessed July 29, 2022 [link].

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This contributed to a spike in turnover, which in turn slowed Enhabit’s rate of growth, CEO Barbara Jacobsmeyer said at the Credit Suisse Annual Healthcare Conference last November. Enhabit in late 2022 began piloting this strategy in some of its markets and soon rehired some nurses who had left the company citing caseload issues.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 15, 2024

Nursing is integral to safe healthcare delivery, and the threat of a nursing shortage should concern everyone. When it comes to patient safety, nurses are the nervous system of a hospital. Despite being the country’s largest healthcare profession [2] , nurses overwhelmingly feel undervalued, understaffed, and underappreciated.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 14, 2023

AlayaCare , a developer of end-to-end home-based care technology, today announced a partnership that will offer AlayaCare customers the ability to utilize Forcura’s healthcare workflow management platform as an integrated solution. billion in 2022 as all aspects of home-based care continues to grow nationwide.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As those problems proliferate, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), LeadingAge and the National Partnership for Hospice and Healthcare Innovation (NPHI) have been speaking out not only individually, but collectively.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 8, 2022

The United States will continue to grow more diverse, so it is imperative the Nursing workforce reflects its patient demographic. The Nurse.com 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report findings display a lack of Diversity in the nation's Nursing workforce. DEI is beneficial for patients, but also for healthcare professionals.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The company received roughly $24 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, utilizing the funding to raise wages while providing sign-on and retention bonuses in 2022. million in revenue for all of 2022. Its personal care services reached $183.4 Addus’ hospice segment brought in $50.6 million in revenue during Q4.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the world of nursing, consistent rates of students graduating from nursing programs, becoming licensed, and successfully entering the workforce are critical to the long-term viability of the nursing profession and the healthcare system itself. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years. from 2021 to 2022. decrease since 2021.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. NSO’s & CNA’s report entitled, The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition , revealed that aging services claims increased from 17.2

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Daily Nurse

JULY 31, 2023

The nurse staffing crisis demands a national dialogue with nurse-led approaches to help ease longstanding work environment challenges that nurses face across numerous specialties and healthcare settings. Studies have shown unsafe staffing negatively affects patient care outcomes and the well-being of nurses.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

More than 67% of the 203 hospice care professionals surveyed indicated that staffing would be their greatest non-COVID related challenge this year, according to the 2022 Hospice News Outlook Survey and Report. NYSE CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare. This is a rise from 33% the prior year.

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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. NHS England (2022) announced the urgency of prioritising workforce retention and wellbeing initiatives, with a particular focus on early and late careers.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2023

But providers will have to take care to ensure that contracts are structured to be mutually beneficial. NYSE: EHAB) encountered in 2022 was an overall increase in the Medicare Advantage beneficiaries its home health program serves, executives have indicated in quarterly earnings calls. One of the challenges that Enhabit Inc.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 11, 2024

The collective data are a fascinating avenue into the hearts and minds of nursing leaders and how they perceive the healthcare industry and nurses’ places in it. This hostile environment not only jeopardizes the safety and well-being of healthcare workers but also impacts patient care.

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