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Why Hospice Utilization Rates Have Fallen

Hospice News

We expect it will take some time for utilization to bounce back, as even though the public health emergency has ended, COVID-19 continues to impact our communities.” Deaths increased overall therefore outpacing the growth in hospice,” Patrick Harrison, senior director of regulatory and compliance for NHPCO, previously told Hospice News. “We

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Limited Access to Post-Acute Care Fuels Readmission Rates

Hospice News

Then you increase your likelihood of being bounced back to the hospital as your health declines.”. “While if you live in an area that doesn’t have these options available, you might be more likely to be discharged either at home or to another nursing facility,” Griffith told Hospice News.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Hospice Referral Impacts

Hospice News

We’re asking them about patients bouncing in and out of the emergency room that they wish weren’t and trying to be more of an asset, versus a sales or marketing outreach. “When they’re in basic survival mode, a lot of that downstream pressure makes it harder for them to focus on things like identifying who needs palliative or hospice care.

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The Best Bets for Palliative Care Reimbursement Post-VBID

Hospice News

We’re more in tune to helping them transition appropriately, so not bouncing in and out of the hospital, but as a home health organization that has multiple service lines, they can obviously get patients to hospice sooner in the process. The advantage to home care is that the patient receives better care.

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Fatigue, Burnout, Resilience – Why am I feeling this way?

Life & Death Matters

Increasing our capacity for resilience can help us to cope as well as ‘bounce back’ from life’s challenges, supporting our health and wellbeing. The post Fatigue, Burnout, Resilience – Why am I feeling this way? appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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‘Bring It On’: Hospices Willing to ‘Take Hits’ from Regulators to Ensure Ethical, Quality Care

Hospice News

If their patients are well-cared for and get bounced back and forth from setting to setting, that costs everyone money and quality. It’s about getting the word out to referring sources and our communities from the very beginning and develop trust and relationships.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

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I think the general definition that’s given is it’s the ability to bounce back from some kind of adversity. And it’s the same thing when we think about resilience and what you wrote about is, while the traditional model is we bounce back to our past state like a rubber band, you don’t really bounce back to the old you.