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Burnout Brings Hospice Nurses to an ‘Urgent Crossroad’

Hospice News

Recent data may give hospice providers deeper insight around the driving forces of nursing shortages. million registered nurses expect to leave the health care workforce by 2027, representing roughly one-fifth of the nation’s overall health care workforce, the NCSBN research found. Nearly 900,000 of the nation’s 4.5

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New California Law Further Tightens Hospice License Oversight

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Gavin Newsom (D) recently approved legislation that expands upon last years’ moves to strengthen hospice oversight in the state, among other enforcement actions. The bills — Senate Bill 664 and Assembly Bill 1280 — followed a Los Angeles Times investigation into alleged misconduct among hospice providers statewide. California Gov.

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Hospice Deals Paying Off for Pennant Group — With More on the Way

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The financial boost from acquired home health and hospice agencies helped mitigate COVID-related struggles like rising costs and labor headwinds. “We’re excited to continue our historical acquisition pace in our home health and hospice segment in particular.”. The home health and hospice services segment saw a 7.9%

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How Psychedelics Could Change Palliative Care

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billion industry by 2027, Forbes reported last July. The growing range of indications that are currently being explored will hopefully benefit millions of people suffering from treatable conditions,” Filament CEO Ben Lightburn, told Hospice News. “I Psychedelics are also attracting substantial financial investment.

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New California Law Imposes Moratorium on New Hospice Licenses

Hospice Law Blog

On October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California bill SB-664 “Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses” (the “ Bill ”) into law. According the legislative history of the Bill, in December of 2020, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative series on the hospice industry.

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