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Future Leader: Melissa Heiss, Vice President of Hospice, Jet Health

Hospice News

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. Melissa Heiss, vice president of hospice, Jet Health, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. The largest hospital was an hour away.

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How Quality, Utilization Will Shape Hospice M&A in 2024

Hospice News

Among 2023’s significant nonprofit hospice transactions are Hosparus Health’s acquisition of Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice in June and the affiliation of Capital Caring Health with Chapters Health System in May. Hospices are faced with reducing indirect overhead costs to ensure that direct patient care missions remain strong.

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

Hospice News

Hartford Foundation with a grant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the Catholic Health Care Hospitals of America and the American Hospital Association. ” They were able to put together a set of evidence-based practices called the 4Ms Framework for Developing Age-Friendly Care.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Selena Gilles

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She’s also an Affiliate Faculty member of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN), where she serves as Co-Director of the HIGN Scholars Program, an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and a Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University of Haiti.

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Evaluating Alternate Payment Models in Hospice and Palliative Care

Hospice News

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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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shauna Johnson

Minority Nurse

At nursing school, Johnson fell in love with working with geriatric patients; now, she works in Luminis Health’s Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit. Shauna Johnson is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

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Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Pain Manag Nurs.

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