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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

Hospice News

A huge need exists for neuropalliative care, Dr. Claire J. Creutzfeldt at the Harborview Medical Center’s Department of Neurology told Palliative Care News. Palliative care offers support for a variety of symptoms through interdisciplinary care. But, in addition, stroke leaves people with huge changes in identity.

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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. However, this year started to see the return to pre COVID-19 levels in some areas.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Pilots Predictive Analytics Training Model

Hospice News

A group of hospice providers and data scientists at the New Jersey-based health system have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology aimed at helping its clinical teams to better identify when a patient is nearing the end of life or could benefit from serious illness care.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hayden Jordan, Palliative Care Director, PruittHealth Home

Hospice News

Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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New Dementia-Focused Payment Model Emphasizes Caregiver Support

Hospice News

Without family caregivers, most hospice and palliative care patients would be unable to receive care in the home. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled in July 2023. Hospices have increasingly recognized a growing need to ramp up support aimed at improving access to services such as respite care.

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Payers, Providers Work to Keep Health Equity in the Spotlight

Hospice News

Concern is mounting around whether current health equity initiatives will be a flash in the pan or yield long term improvement on reducing disparities in hospice care among communities of color. Many people who could benefit from hospice are not getting the care they deserve,” Deese told Hospice News in an email. “We Effective Jan.

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Sequestration’s Return Creating a ‘Tsunami of Pain Points’ for Hospices

Hospice News

The return of sequestration is adding to the financial storms brewing in hospice, as providers contend with rising costs of delivering patient care, inflation and lackluster reimbursement. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in April released the 2023 proposed payment rule for hospice. It included a 2.7%

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