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Social Workers in Home Health

AT Home Care & Hospice

Social Workers: The Glue of Home Healthcare Social work is a sector within the world of healthcare that is aimed at meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, and communities.

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4 Strategies to differentiate yourself from competitors in home health  

AlayaCare

The home health industry in the USA is growing rapidly due to an aging population and an increased demand for healthcare services provided in the home. Elara Caring has invested heavily in technology to improve patient care and streamline operations.

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Social Workers in Home Health

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

Social Workers: The Glue of Home Healthcare Social work is a sector within the world of healthcare that is aimed at meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, and communities.

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How To Maximize Comfort for Patients in Home Health Care

Caregiver Support Services

As you help your loved one or your client adjust to life with home health care , there are several things you can do to maximize their comfort. Combine the assistance of extra medical equipment with all the comforts of home to demystify the home care experience for them.

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Leading Nursing Trends for 2023

Nurse.com

Nursing is a noble profession that plays a critical role in providing healthcare services to people of all ages and in a variety of settings. In addition to the years of multiple, long-standing problems, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the shortage.

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Pennant Group Retools for Efficiency in Troubled Labor Market

Hospice News

Our local teams are reporting out regularly on efforts to reduce direct and administrative costs while driving revenue to meet their commitments,” Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli said in an earnings conference call. “As For 2023, the U.S. million in revenue during Q4, up 16.4%

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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

Hospice News

VitalCaring Group CEO April Anthony has a track record of building home-based care powerhouses, making her newest venture a company to watch as its emerging brand comes together. More transactions followed, with an emphasis on home health. My roots are in home care.

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Enhabit Fortifies Hospice Sales Workforce as Capacity Improves

Hospice News

Labor has been a big “swing factor” in Enhabit’s ability to sustain and grow its services, particularly on the hospice side, CEO Barbara Jacobsmeyer recently indicated. Enhabit operates roughly 100 hospice locations and around 252 home health locations in 34 states.

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NAHC President Dombi: Hospices Face Stricter Oversight in 2023

Hospice News

Regulators have been keeping an increasingly close watch on hospice providers, and this may intensify in 2023. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) will conduct a national audit for patient eligibility. What does that generate in the end?

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Three Key Gauges of Hospice Business Performance

Hospice News

Today’s health care environment is flooded with data, but hospice leaders should include three types of indicators in mind as they assess their performance. How can we more effectively, in real-time, be able to identify resource utilization based on the payer?”.

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Empath Health CEO Sciullo: Hospice Leaders Need Exposure at the Bedside

Hospice News

This is one of the most important lessons that Empath Health CEO Rafael Sciullo has learned during his 40-year career in health care. Fleece is the former CEO of Stratum Health, which merged with Empath in 2020. . That is really where we need to go in the future.

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Fallout of 2023 Home Health Payment Rule Likely to Affect Hospices

Hospice News

While home health operators brace for the impact of the meager 2023 reimbursement rates, hospices likewise must prepare for a ripple effect. base rate payment increase for home health care in 2023.

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How the 2023 Home Health Rule Could Change the Game in Hospice M&A

Hospice News

The pendulum of investor interest has swung hard into the hospice market in recent years, but shifts in reimbursement could steer buyers towards home health. Uncertainty earlier this year around Medicare’s proposed 2023 home health payment rates led some stakeholders to expect a swerve towards hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in August proposed a 4.2% The ‘door re-opens’ on home health.

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Accessible Remote Care Management IntroducesDANA™ Brain Vital

Accessible Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2023 — Accessible Remote Care Management, a provider of remote chronic care management technology, has introduced cognitive monitoring through DANA Brain Vital. Data is stored in a HIPAA compliant cloud-based location which can be accessed on either Android or IOS devices.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Esther Conteh

Minority Nurse

She emigrated to New York City from Sierra Leone as a teenager and was inspired by her mother’s work as a midwife back home and decided to pursue a career in healthcare. In everything she does, Esther works towards building a culture of inclusivity and family for her team.

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Full Time After Hours LPN Position

High Peaks Hospice

High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a full-time After Hours LPN in our Southern office serving Warren and Washington Counties. Become a member of our growing Hospice Team!

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OIG Audits of Hospice Eligibility Are Coming in FY 2023–Are You Ready?

Home Care Pulse

Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. In 2018, that amounted to just over 13.8

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

Hospice News

Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Hospice utilization in the Illinois market reached 50.3%

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How Proposed Cuts to Home Health Payments Could Impact Hospice M&A

Hospice News

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. This started to level off late last year and in early 2022.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

Hospice News

Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. The acquisition took many in the space by surprise. billion purchase of Kindred at Home in August 2021.

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Aveanna’s Home Health, Hospice Business Takes Punches During First Year as Publicly Traded Company

Hospice News

s (NASDAQ: AVAH) hospice and home health segments saw small jumps in the third quarter, but these lagged behind the company’s growth targets. Founded in 2017, the company launched a $458.8 Its services include home health, hospice, private duty services and personal care.

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Voices: Todd Austin, President, HCP

Hospice News

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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Home Care Entrepreneur Builds Serenity First Hospice, Seeks to Educate Patients on End-of-Life Options

Hospice News

Debbie Jonhston is a registered nurse who founded Viriginia-based Serenity First Hospice in 2021, inspired by the care her father recieved as he reached the end of his life. With the launch of Serenity First, Johnston transitioned from her career in home health and personal care.

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Voices: Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group

Hospice News

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Mark Kulik, Senior Managing Director, The Braff Group, to learn how the HHA and hospice M&A landscape is shaping up for 2022 heading into 2023. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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Hospices that Excel During COVID More Attractive to Buyers

Hospice News

While a sizzling hospice market saw a cooled start this year, merger and acquisition activity is still outpacing other health care sectors. What are the largest bumps in the road that might deter investor interest in the space?

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Hospice News ELEVATE : Fireside Chat with Netsmart

Hospice News

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. In 2021, VBID was in nine MA plans. This article is sponsored by Netsmart.

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Community Hospice CEO Philip Ward: Providers Must Rethink Everything

Hospice News

To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Ward, who has worked in hospice since 1992, also serves as the COO of Alivia Care.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 trillion by 2028, according to the guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology. The U.S.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that health spending will grow at an average annual rate of 5.4 trillion by 2028, according to the guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology. Industry News United States Home CareThe U.S.

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Enhabit CEO Jacobsmeyer: We’re Bringing Hospice, Home Health to Broader Market

Hospice News

Barbara Jacobsmeyer as of July 1 became the first CEO of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) as an independent, standalone company. Enhabit emerged from the spinoff of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment, which completed in July.

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Ep.3: How to Prepare Your Staff For OASIS-E Upgrades

Home Care Pulse

How to Prepare Your Staff For OASIS-E Upgrades Wendie Colvin, Senior Clinical Content Writer at HCP, answers all your questions about OASIS-E, and shares how agencies can prepare their staff for these new regulatory updates in 2023. I am the Chief Clinical Officer at Home Care Pulse.