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Growing Palliative Care a Key Priority for Amedisys in 2024

Hospice News

“Our joint venture partnership model with leading health care systems and our relationships with health plan insurers facilitate our ability to take and manage additional risk for this patient population in value-based arrangements.” The UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) subsidiary in June 2023 agreed to acquire Amedisys for $3.3

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Contessa’s Lessons Learned on Risk-Based Palliative Care

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As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

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. If a family can’t withstand these burdens, the patient may have to receive care in a facility to ensure their needs are met.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

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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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

Furthermore, we also developed certifications of the people who run the programs in the house, career-specific certifications for hospice operations, home health operations, health care sales, and even ongoing coaching and support. What is age-friendly care, and why is it important now? What’s the job at hand?