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2023 NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Now Available

NHPCO

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. NHPCO Facts and Figures is an essential resource for the hospice community.

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Spiritual Care Key to Addressing Disparities Among Underserved Black Communities

Hospice News

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. The discriminatory experiences have led to mistrust in the health care system at large, as well as underutilization of end-of-life care, Praver indicated.

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region. The hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St. visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023.

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How Hospices Can Improve Health Equity for Rural-Based LGBTQ+ Seniors

Hospice News

Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Access to hospice can be challenging for many seniors in remote or rural regions.

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HopeHealth’s Dr. Leah McDonald Sees ‘System-Wide Embedding’ of Palliative Skills

Hospice News

A systematic overhaul of the nation’s health care education programs is needed to ensure that future clinicians are prepared to provide palliative and hospice care amid rising demand, according to Dr. Leah McDonald of HopeHealth. McDonald is a hospice and palliative care physician at HopeHealth.

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NHPCO Statement: Debunking Hospice Myths Propagated by Recent News Story

NHPCO

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.