Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. “We’re

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. The language appeared in the 2023 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and related agencies. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. The intake team will be instructed to gather data from other medical providers and present it to the hospice medical director for her review prior to scheduling an admission.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Hospice would likely change from the Medical Director-led IDT team with standard COPS, to a landscape of payer-source-driven rules for each patient. What are some of the key steps providers can take to best prepare for VBID in 2023 and beyond? Finish this sentence: “The hospice industry in 2023 will be the year of…”.

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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.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This isolation can be compounded for LGBTQ+ seniors with terminal and serious illnesses, according to Dr. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 22, 2023

The textbook includes chapters written by Hackensack University Medical Center cardiac care experts, including: “Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support,” by Kanika Mody, M.D., Medical Director of LVAD Service and Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, and Andrea Stuart, Chief PA of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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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

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

1, 2023, Medicare launched a new type of ACO program called ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health ( ACO REACH ), which is gaining a lot of interest. ACO partnerships can boost value-based care rewards for providers and payers, Dr. Tom Cornwell, national medical director of Village Medical at Home in Chicago, indicated.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 27, 2023

Thomson, DO MBA HMDC FACOI FAAHPM As one of AAHPM’s delegates, I had the privilege of representing the field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) 2023 Annual Meeting held in Chicago in mid-June. On behalf of all of the Academy’s delegates – myself, Chad, Ana L.

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Chicago Caregiving

JULY 12, 2023

As of July 2023, the government is still picking up the tab for Paxlovid, though eventually those who need it will have to go through insurance or fund the cost themselves. Who needs Paxlovid? She notes, however, that long Covid symptoms need to be better defined to truly study this issue.

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Chicago Caregiving

JUNE 29, 2023

“As we age, everything requires a little more energy and effort to achieve compared to our younger selves,” says Max Fitzgerald, MD, associate chief medical officer and medical director of rehabilitation services at Rush Oak Park Hospital. Originally published in the Summer/Fall 2023 print issue.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. Meet Shelise Valentine, the Director of Clinical Education at Healthcare Risk Advisors. Advising on policy formation. Reviews of root cause analysis. The inception of best practices.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, MD, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. E-mail to Bev Schechtman, RE: HHS Case No: 2023-00091-FOIA-PHS, dated October 28, 2022, at 1:26:16 PM EDT. E-mail to Chad D.

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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. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

AAHPM president and vice president and national medical director of Aspire Health. pay increase for hospice in Fiscal Year 2023, a number that a number of stakeholders found disappointing. The more time that passes without legislative action, the further behind providers fall in filling their ranks, said Rotella.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

The outlook on amyloid antibodies are looking brighter though in 2023. Instead of Biogen’s expected billions of dollars of revenue from Aduhelm, they brought in only $3 million in revenue for all of 2021 ( here is my Twitter summary of this fiasco ). Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Sharon: Thank you for having me again.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The MVP for them is care navigator, medical director, or a clinician who could be advanced care practice PA or a physician who have one of three factor. So we came out with a report in March of 2023, followed it on the heels of a report that we had done in November, 2022. They do what we call it minimally viable standard.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. So the hospice referring physician may continue as the hospice attending of record, but then they’re working with the medical director and the hospice physician. Stories trump data. Brooke: Thank you.

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