Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director. The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. The Valley Hospital and Valley Home Care are also part of the health system.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% annually between 2022 and 2031, reaching $7.1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% ” In 2022, CMS paid $23.9 These data from the U.S. compared to 4.4%

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Dr. Merkel engaged with his partner Dr. Robert Kasulke to spear head the medical care. Dr. Kasulke became the first High Peaks Hospice Medical Director, and today he continues to serve as Medical Director for the Hospice in Jefferson County. Ann and David gathered a team. Lawrence Counties.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. I know how helpless physicians and nurse practitioners can feel when confronted with patients struggling with dementia. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.” billion in 2030 from $34.5

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” Some viewed this piece as an affront to the amazing work hospice does for those approaching the end of their lives by cherry picking stories of a few bad actors to paint hospice is a bad light.

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