Healthy Workforce Institute

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As 2022 comes to an end, we can look back and agree, bullying and incivility have finally received the attention they deserve. We hosted a webinar on this topic (it was our highest attended webinar of 2022), shared the report results with our clients; and of course, wrote an article about it. 8 Primary Attributes of a Healthy Team.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2023

NASDAQ: AMED) is seeing glimmers of improvement on the labor pressures that contributed to uneven earnings performance during 2022. The labor shortage was the main culprit behind the capacity contraints that plagued Amedisys and many other providers during 2022. Amedisys, Inc. Pre-pandemic, the baseline rate hovered around 25%.

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

In 2022, legislators in Oswego County in New York state voted to shutter its hospice services within the year. At present, Hospice of Central New York & the Finger Lakes is providing hospice care to patients in Oswego County. However, The Caring Coalition of Central New York, d.b.a.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The company reduced its guidance for calendar year 2022 in the wake of falling hospice lengths of stay, rising wages, the return of Medicare sequestration, and a slower rate of census growth than executives had anticipated. But executives indicated that they would be back on the hunt during the second half of 2022 and into 2023. . “We’ve

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. So much so, last year a bill called the Choose Home Care Act 2021 was presented to Congress.

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Donna Cardillo, The Inspiration Nurse

JANUARY 23, 2022

Sea Girt, NJ (January 2022) – The American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) announces that Donna Cardillo, RN, MA, CSP, FAAN will be the Endnote speaker at their 2022 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Endnote presentation The Power of Transformation!

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

About a dozen states across the nation incorporate adult or pediatric specialized palliative care service benefits into their Medicaid programs, according to a 2022 report from the Texas Health and Human Services Department. These are often offered as part of specialized managed care programs. It’s a lot of complex needs.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

After a moratorium during the pandemic, full Medicare sequestration resumed on July 1, 2022. “In 2024, pre-determined sequestration cuts will further reduce hospice reimbursement to a de facto increase of about 1%.” Hospice and other health care providers are once again seeing their Medicare payments slashed by 2% across the board.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2023

The acquisition presents opportunities for Elara Caring to fill gaps between its adjacent markets in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Elara has been accelerating its growth The organization in November 2022 added hospice care to its home health services in one of its Illinois locations.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Investment in the sector topped $29 billion in 2021, via 729 deals, according to a report by the venture capital fund Rock Health, but thus far 2022 is not keeping pace. Digital health startups brought in $6 billion in investment during Q1 2022, a drop from $7.3 Q2 saw further declines.

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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

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

However, we will maintain a nimble approach to M&A and explore all high-quality opportunities that present.”. The new transaction is Agape’s third during 2022, following the acquisitions of Georgia-based Lanier Hospice in July and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in May. GHC will not rebrand in the near term.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 30, 2022

According to the 2022 HCP Benchmarking Report, agencies are providing training in at least 10 of the following basic topics: If you’d like to train your caregivers to stand out beyond the industry’s necessary skillset, consider adding a few of the most popular training topics among caregivers and clients alike. Specialty care courses .

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Nurse.com

MAY 31, 2022

In our 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report , average experience for RNs was 22.5 Travel nursing presents amazing opportunities and benefits for nurses but also brings to light the deficiencies felt by staff nurses in many settings. Download and review our 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report. years, down from 26 years in 2020.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

I developed a proposal and presented it to our senior leadership and to our board of directors, who very happily agreed that this was absolutely in keeping with our mission and something that really made sense for us to offer, because there was this need out there not being filled.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The findings were presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston. Those who dwell in socioeconomically deprived areas, the South, or who receive care being treated at community facilities had less to palliative care physicians than their counterparts in other areas. The post U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. Coming together to combat fraud Beginning in 2022, NHPCO, NAHC, NPHI and LeadingAge began issuing a series of joint statements calling attention to the problem and proposing solutions.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This number grew to 115 in 2022. During 2022, 48% of the Medicare-eligible population are enrolled in MA, representing more than 28 million beneficiaries and $427 billion (55%) of total federal Medicare spending, net of premiums, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. 1, 2021, with 53 participating health plans.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition to those pressures, the industry is also in a cooling period in which companies focus on integrating the assets that many acquired during flurries of activity in 2021 and 2022, according to Mark Kulik, senior managing director at The Braff Group. Getting those “synergies” to align takes dedicated time and resources, Kulik stated.

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AlayaCare

MAY 24, 2022

24, 2022 - AlayaCare , a leading home health software, announced today its partnership with Element5, a workflow automation solution for post-acute care. Those in the home-based care industry know first-hand the challenges presented with the current caregiver shortage,” explains Micheal Whyte, Partnerships Manager at AlayaCare.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2023

CMS audits present more than merely administrative or procedural hurdles. million in overpayments during 2022 related to improper billing practices. Approximately 1,150 hospice providers participated in a TPE audit during fiscal year 2022 , dipping slightly from 1,419 in FY 2021 , CMS reported. “A

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

The illness often presents with an advanced disease progression with a median survival of approximately three to seven months of life following diagnosis, data shows. 1, 2017, to July 31, 2022, to examine potential racial and ethnic disparities among pediatric palliative populations. “We The research spanned data from Jan.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2022

The new transaction is Agape’s second during 2022, following the acquisition of Lanier Hospice in Georgia for an undisclosed sum. Agape will likely pursue additional transactions throughout 2022, with a continued emphasis on the southeastern United States. The deal furthers Agape’s goal of multistate expansion through the Southeast.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The concept of death literacy comes from a Lancet Commission report in February 2022. I recently asked one oncologist what he thinks about palliative care, and he said, “I sort of look at my role with the patient is to present the glass half full, meaning treatment. I prefer to give them hope and say the glass is half full.”

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Case Presentation Bernard Salzo is a 38-year-old male employed as a carpenter and painter. Unable to sleep and experiencing restlessness accompanied by shortness of breath for the last two days, Mr. Salzo presents to the emergency department (ED) at 3:00 a.m. Mr. Salzo’s diagnostic presentation appeared typical for asthma.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2024

of improper payments from Medicare in 2023, down from 12% in 2022, according to the U.S. Brenton and co-presenter Erin Burns, also a Husch Blackwell attorney, recommended that hospices work with a lawyer during these processes, one that is well-versed in Medicare’s regulations. Medicare fee-for-service programs made $31.23

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AT Home Care & Hospice

OCTOBER 3, 2023

AT Home Care Hospice: A 2022 Premier Performer We are proud to share that our Tri-Cities team was named a 2022 Premier Performer and SHPBest Hospice Caregiver Satisfaction Award winner!

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2024

Temitope (Temi) Oseromi, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, became the nurse manager of GBMC Healthcare’s Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) in early 2022. She’s the only nurse manager overseeing two units, but Oseromi was also tasked with rebuilding a decimated MICU.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

At this present time, regardless of where we live, we are facing a time of inflation and uncertainty. 2022) Nursing Policy, [link] Accessed: 6 th December 2022. link] Accessed: 6 th December 2022. 2022) What are the Sustainable Development Goals. link] Accessed: 6 th December 2022. World Health Organization.

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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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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need to Track Recruitment Data—And Which Metrics Are the Key to Your Success Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. Wednesday, November 30th, 2022. Presenters: Rachel Gartner. HCP WEBINAR. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. 1:30pm EST | 60 min. CEO, CareWork. Amanda Sternklar.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

“There’s lots of opportunities here in terms of bringing palliative care and hospice care more front and center and more top of mind, frankly, to those on the care team to present that to their patients,” Behan said. billion in 2022, making it the sixth consecutive year the program has generated significant savings.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Reflexive Thematic Analysis highlighted themes (Braun and Clarke 2022), which were then considered within the context of liminality using Van Gennep’s Rites of Passage model (Van Gennep 2019). The data was analysed using the MIRACLE narrative framework (Younas et al 2023), and Labov’s six part narrative analysis model (Labov 1972).

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NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

During the conference at the National Hospice Foundation’s 2023 Gala, NHPCO honored the outstanding contributions of Judi Lund Person and Norman McRae to the community by presenting each of them with the Galen Miller Leadership Award. He presently serves on the NHPCO Board as Immediate Past Chair.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, those who don’t work in milieus requiring us to work holidays may forget how our nurse colleagues are slogging away while we tuck into Christmas dinner and open presents with family. The Presence and the Presents. ” The holidays are admittedly often about presents, but they’re also about presence.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

Registered Nurses (RNs) earned a median salary of $81,220 in May 2022, according to the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The mean (as opposed to median) annual wage for RNs as of May 2022 was $89,010. That in itself presents a salary discrepancy.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This reality presents a valuable opportunity for palliative care to directly support patients by focusing on their lifestyle and goals.” In May 2022, Sen. “Heart failure can significantly impact the daily life of our patients and symptoms can interfere with how individuals want to spend their time,” said Lambert. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.),

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