Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A bonus program implemented last year has accelerated hiring, which in turn has relieved some of the capacity constraints that have been a stumbling block for several quarters running.The initiative included a one-time retention payment that ranges from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

Becky has served with distinction as our Interim CEO since December 2023 and during this time has proven her readiness to assume the helm of Hospice of the Chesapeake.” Hospice of the Chesapeake in 2023 cared for more than 3,900 hospice patients and over 2,200 supportive/palliative care patients across four Maryland counties.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Meanwhile, providers are also rolling with the ups-and-downs of a market ripe for further consolidation after 2023’s M&A slump as workforce headwinds persist. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Thus far in 2024, 625 patients have been active in the program; 1,000 were enrolled in 2023. For individuals who take part in the program, they are required to be visited by a nurse and a social worker once per month.

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Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2023

What’s happening in these states has caused mounting concern around access to quality hospice care for LGBTQ+ individuals, according to Kimberly Acquaviva, social worker and professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

So when you think about a home-based palliative care program, and you were hoping to include RNs and social workers in there, they’re not considered billable clinicians. That growth has continued into 2023, with at least 157 plans offering home-based palliative care, according to data from Washington, D.C.-based

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Hospice News

APRIL 27, 2023

“I’ll stick my neck out a little bit and just say that if the current rate of capacity expansion continues, and running more like 50 to 75 increase in licensed health care workers per month, in 2024 we’ll return to our pre-pandemic census,” CFO and Executive Vice President David Williams said in a Q1 earnings call. This is down 2.1%

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Phoenix Children’s palliative program began in 2009 and includes nine physicians, social workers, mental health therapists, child life specialists and bereavement support professionals. Four medical students have graduated from the fellowship program as of July 2023, with a fifth fellow anticipated this year.

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2024

How do we attract nurse practitioners, physicians, social workers and other interdisciplinary team members? VITAS in 2023 cared for more than 12,500 palliative patients, Westfall stated. There are a lot of specialty areas within medicine. There’s a lot of stress in a position [of] providing palliative care. NYSE: CHE).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

That model is a mix of in-person and virtual visits, nurse practitioners, RNs, social workers and community health workers,” Baumgardner said. “I That growth has continued into 2023, with at least 157 plans offering home-based palliative care, according to data from Washington, D.C.-based

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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). . for nurses.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023. Not only have daily clinical visits in the last week of life improved, so too have bedside presence from other interdisciplinary team members such as social workers and chaplains, she stated. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2023

The bonus program includes a one-time retention payment ranging from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. The company expects the program to attract roughly 25 new health care workers each month during 2023 at an estimated cost of $40 million. Enhabit Inc.,

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

The program, which includes one-time retention bonuses, is focused on building up the company’s supply of licensed nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers, Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara reported in an earnings call.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Recipients will be announced in December 2023. Participants included hospice aides, social workers, nurses, clinicians, chaplains and other staff. Home hospice aides in the Los Angeles county region who have previously worked with the organization were eligible to apply for the scholarship.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

1, 2023, the model requires participating providers to develop and implement a robust health equity plan that both identifies underserved communities and lays out initiatives aimed at measurably reducing health disparities within their beneficiary populations. “It Effective Jan.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The bonus program, which ended in July, included a one-time retention payment that ranges from $2,000 to $15,000 per employee for nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers who completed at least 12 months of employment.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. The language appeared in the 2023 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and related agencies.

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Comforcare Home Care

MARCH 2, 2023

March is National Social Work month, a time to celebrate the great profession of social work. Comforcare supports and appreciates Social Workers.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to nurses, the retention program also aimed to recruit admission nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. We’re prepared for an uptick, but there’s been a lot of effort and expense in developing that workforce.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Some states have recently passed legislation banning the delivery of gender-affirming care including Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, among others About 574 bills have been introduced thus far in 2023 across 49 states nationwide that include legislation related to transgender rights, according to the Trans Legislation Tracker.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Hospice executives in December 2022 shared their predictions for what would happen in the space during 2023. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. The labor shortage is unsurprisingly a top concern.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

An estimated 6 million children in the United States will experience the death of a parent or a sibling by the age of 18, according to data from the Child Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) 2023. Around 1,192 children became “newly bereaved” each day in 2021 due to the death of a sibling or parent, the 2023 CBEM report found.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But some indicators in Q3 point to an upturn in some areas as 2023 approaches. The company has instituted a hiring and retention bonus strategy focused primarily on nurses, nurse managers, home health care aides, and social workers, which includes payments to employees ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The provider has expanded to four new states and nearly doubled its patient census bring 2023 alone. At the end of this year we’ll be serving almost 1,700 patients, which would be an increase of about 2x, or 100%, in terms of our census at the beginning of 2023. Most recently, it secured $30 million in growth capital in a Jan.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

CMS introduced SIA in 2016 to allow hospices to bill for RHC at the continuous home care rate on an hourly basis for registered nurse and social worker visits during the last seven days of a patient’s life. Though the is not yet final, the proposal included a 4.2% reduction in aggregate payments totaling an estimated $810 million.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. In addition to the expansion of existing programs, more are cropping up.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers. patients compared to 14.12

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In May 2023 McDonald was added to a pilot program at The Miriam Hospital that combines palliative care and emergency medical services. That is the most important thing as we think about the need for nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers and case managers.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

11, 2023, the U.S. Case in point, social workers left the health care field at record-high rates that exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 35%, data from the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker reflected. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is likely to endure past another extension.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice. At the same time, the ratio of potential caregivers to seriously ill seniors is expected to shrink to 4-to-1 by 2023, a “sharp decline” from 7-to-1 in 2010, AARP reported.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

For Immediate Release October 5, 2023 Photo Link (Alexandria, Va) – This week the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) honored standout members of the hospice and palliative care community during the 2023 NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Alexandria, VA) Congress has released the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, an omnibus funding package that will fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023. There is no requirement for hospices to use MFTs or MHCs and a social worker is still required if needed under a patient’s plan of care.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

experiences abuse or neglect , according to a 2023 study. An objective person to talk to — such as a friend, counselor, social worker, or support group — can help, Bilkey says. It’s up to the child, really. And in the U.S., there are millions of people in this situation. One in every four children in the U.S.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023. A large pro is the team collaboration and how doulas collaborate with clinicians, chaplains and social workers in that interdisciplinary approach,” Bretthauer said.

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