2023 End-of-life care Medical director Palliate 
Hospice News
MARCH 12, 2024
The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.
Hospice News
MAY 1, 2023
Recognition of palliative care’s value has been steadily gaining among stakeholders in the form of improved patient outcomes and cost savings through reduced hospitalizations. Traditional Medicare only covers physician consults and doesn’t support the full range of interdisciplinary care.
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Hospice News
OCTOBER 11, 2023
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. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
So 2023 is going to be an exciting year where we’re able to care for more patients; we’re able to care for more families; we’re able to support the communities more than we ever have,” VITAS CEO Nick Westfall told Hospice News. Others included Amedisys and Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHEM) VITAS Healthcare. “So
NHPCO
JULY 25, 2023
Presence of corporate compliance plan: OIG announced it would be modernizing its Compliance Program Guidance (CPGs), including the industry-specific CPGs (ICPGs) by the end of 2023. Our members deliver and expand access to high-quality, person-centered interdisciplinary care to millions of Americans.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 12, 2023
This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Faith Protsman, regional medical director at VITAS Healthcare, Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess, and Cheryl Hamilton Fried, president & CEO at Blue Ridge Hospice. They offer home health, they offer palliative care, and so forth.
Pallimed
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
It contains no hard dosing thresholds for prescribing opioids and instead “aims promote equitable access to effective, informed, individualized, and safe pain management that improves patients’ function and quality of life, while clarifying and reducing the risks associated with opioid use (19).” Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.
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