Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 Award Requirements Overall Satisfaction (OSAT) Score 8.9+ Augustine Concierge Care of Tampa Continuity Care Staffing Services Inc. This annual award is based on the results of your client and caregiver experience surveys.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa has penned an agreement the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer a “full spectrum of home-based care.”. The JV will offer each of these services in the home setting. “We The JV’s patients will have access to Contessa’s Palliative Care at Home services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This proposed Transition Board is made up of experienced veterans of the care at home community, who possess the vision to understand both the opportunity and obligation to build an even stronger future for our sectors of the American health care delivery system,” Ken Albert, proposed chair of the Transition Board, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Choice’s leaders have reiterated a commitment to “targeted” geographical growth in its strategic plans to provide a more “comprehensive solution for post-acute care at home,” the company indicated. Hospice plays a crucial role in the company’s future growth, according to David Jackson, founder and CEO of Choice Health at Home.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your client experience surveys.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

This annual award is based on the results of your caregiver experience surveys.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Amy Rose, director of palliative products for Axxess, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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AlayaCare

APRIL 18, 2023

Our team got to work creating the best solution to address care giver availability, skillsets, and service area locations that would preserve client care continuity—so our loved ones can keep getting the most consistent care at home for better outcomes,” added Goldapple.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 18, 2024

Factors that affect hospital readmission More at risk for readmission when there are so many new considerations around their care at home, it’s important we rally around newly discharged patients to better prepare them—and to help them—in their first several weeks back at home.

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NHPCO

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Committee has been working, with the support of association consulting firm McKinley Advisors, since the March 8, 2023 joint announcement ( NAHC website , NHPCO website ) that NHPCO and NAHC would explore opportunities for deeper collaboration.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

The new care model offers an alternative to conventional inpatient hospitalization or skilled nursing care at home. Baylor Scott & White will begin rolling out the program to eligible patients beginning in 2023. It also gives patients, families and caregivers additional options for support.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For Immediate Release December 21, 2023 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) jointly announced today that they have developed a proposed slate of Transition Board of Directors and officers for 2024.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Finish this sentence: “The top strategy that hospice providers should employ in 2022 to best prepare for 2023 is…”? I think we’re seeing care models change. Austin: Continued monetization. I think monetization in ’22 will help us prepare for continued growth in ’23.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is age-friendly care, and why is it important now? One of the significant innovations that I’m very happy to bring forward on behalf of CHAP is Age-Friendly Care at Home. Hartford Foundation for bringing age-friendly care and the 4Ms Framework into the home and community-based health care settings—especially hospice.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

For Immediate Release July 28, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Produces Better Outcomes, Lower Medicare Costs (Washington, D.C. With hospice, you can provide that care at home.” Key findings from the Value of Hospice study include the following: NORC estimates that Medicare spending for those who received hospice care was $3.5

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The CDC reported the first pediatric death from influenza for the 2022-2023 season in its October 28 Weekly U.S. As with influenza, most children with COVID do well with symptomatic care at home and will not require hospital admission. Influenza Surveillance Report.

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NHPCO

MARCH 21, 2023

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 This research, along with American’s growing demand for hospice care, shows that any effort to save money by reducing hospice expenses will backfire.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The January 1, 2023, OASIS-E upgrade is one of those regulatory updates that will significantly impact home health agencies. This allows them to compare outcomes for patients receiving care in a rehab facility with outcomes for the same type of patient receiving care at home with home health. .

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. Would you accept?”

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