Hospice News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Houston Hospice is opening up its inpatient unit for use by other providers. Other hospices will soon be able to admit patients to the company’s unit in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. They will be able to coordinate with Houston Hospice and deliver General Inpatient Care (GIP), helping to avoid hospital readmissions.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Louisiana-based CommCare Corporation recently acquired Notre Dame Hospice and Notre Dame Home Health for an undisclosed sum. CommCare’s purchase of Notre Dame’s home health and hospice operations marks the transaction of this divestiture Its nursing home services are next in line as part of a separate deal set to close in 2023.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
By the Bay Health and Mission Hospice & Home Care recently signed a letter of intent to merge the two California-organizations. The new organization – combining two of the longest-standing not-for-profit hospices in California – would be uniquely positioned to serve more patients and families.”
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.
Hospice News
MARCH 20, 2023
Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies. Regardless of providers’ disparate methods, hospice remains a high-growth industry, expanding at an annual rate of 7% to 8% annually, Bank of America (BofA) Global Research reported in TKTK. Hospice News edited comments for length and clarity.
Hospice News
AUGUST 9, 2023
Nearly one-third of the nation’s prison population will be 55 and older by 2030, according to research from the Prison Fellowship. The prison system was never designed to become a nursing home or hospice, but it has become one. They didn’t have a specific nurse for them.
GeriPal
JUNE 8, 2023
When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. How high is too high?
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