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VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue

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The bonus program included a one-time retention payment that ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. The majority of these hires were nurses, Westfall indicated. “We VITAS saw nursing home admissions rise 9.4% from Q3 2022.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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Home health and hospice provider Enhabit, Inc. The company’s more than 10,000 employees provide care from 105 hospice and 252 home health locations in 34 states. Enhabit plans to open 10 hospice de novos each year in its existing home health markets. The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director.

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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. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.

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Building Mental Health Supports for Palliative Care Teams

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The last few years in particular carried exacerbated pressures on palliative care workers, according to Beth Lown, chief medical officer at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare based in Boston. The post Building Mental Health Supports for Palliative Care Teams appeared first on Hospice News.

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Providers Navigate Fragmented Payment System To Bring Palliative Care to Patients

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The bottom line is, what we have right now is insufficient,” Edo Banach, president and CEO of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), told the audience at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Chicago. PalliCare has a two-fold approach within its care and business models. Anthem, Inc.

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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

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Hospice News spoke with three palliative care providers that have risen to these challenges. Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. Currently, Amedisys has many new partnerships in the works.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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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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