Life & Death Matters

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Dr. Nicole LePera December is here. Guest Blog developed in collaboration with Jessica Knox, A Balanced Body. “If If my body can learn dysregulated ways of coping, it could also learn healthy routes to recovery.” The post Calm Your Nervous System: Building Emotional Health for PSWs and Nurses appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2025

CMS in late December made public the names of its first cohort for the hospice SFP. But Defendants publication of a list of poor performing hospices is so arbitrary and flawed that it will make it harder for patients and families to find trustworthy providers.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2022

For Aveanna, the number of staff on paid leave due to COVID infection or exposure ballooned substantially between late December 2021 and early March of this year. Prior to December, we were averaging between two and 300 employees sidelined on any given day,” Aveanna CEO Tony Strange said in a Q1 earnings call.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The company has taken into consideration that regulatory reviews could extend its anticipated transition timeline, which passed on December 27, the spokesperson stated. Compassus in November notified the Oregon Health Authority about the Providence transaction to seek guidance on its review process, a company spokesperson indicated.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Pennant acquired Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice in December. Historically, Pennant has focused on underperforming M&A targets with high turnaround upside. The company has likewise targeted operations in more rural areas. Prior to that, it completed hospice-related deals in Texas and Oklahoma, too. million, an increase of $71.7

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Alliance launched the transition board in December as a steering committee to help inform its affiliation, with support from the consulting firm McKinley Advisors. After more than 40 years of history each, NAHC and NHPCO in June inked a deal to affiliate after announcing a possible collaboration last March.

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The December issue of AJN is now live. World AIDS Day is commemorated on December 1 (see On the Cover ). The post HIV Update, Nurses’ Insights on Medication Safety: Recommended Reading in AJN’s December Issue appeared first on Off the Charts.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2024

The company in December 2023 picked up Arizona-based Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice after acquiring five Medicare hospice providers in multiple states the prior month. (NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired the Corpus Christi, Texas-based hospice provider Nurses on Wheels Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS later extended it until December 2021. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its fifth and final report on the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which studied the effects of allowing individuals to receive hospice care without foregoing other treatments.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a surge of deaths in the home as opposed to a facility. The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. in 2012–2013.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

The court also ordered Akula to repay $42 million in fraudulent Medicare billing claims made between January 2013 and December 2019, which totaled roughly $84 million during that six-year span. The charges included fraudulent claims for physician services and home visits, as well as manipulation of Medicare billing codes.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

million nursing home residents aged 65 and older, between January 2012 and December 2019. This allows for better communication between the residents, their families and other staff members, the study found. The study examined medical records of nearly 2.1 Among those, SNFists managed the care of nearly 46%.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

The New York State Assembly passed the bill in June and submitted it to the governor’s office in mid-December. Kathy Hochul (D) has vetoed legislation that would have effectively banned new, for-profit hospices in the state.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021. . Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

The face-to-face telehealth provision is now part of the larger discussion around telehealth that may get extended past the end of December. Hospice telehealth a ‘new normal’ While not yet considered permanent, Congress has extended hospices’ ability to do recertifications via telehealth through December 31, 2024.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

The company in December 2023 picked up Arizona-based Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice after acquiring five Medicare hospice providers in multiple states the prior month. An additional growth factor was the successful integration of Pennant’s recent transactions, Guerisoli stated. Financial terms were not disclosed in these deals.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

“After carefully considering recent feedback about the increasing operational challenges of the Hospice Benefit Component and limited and decreasing participation among MAOs that may impact a thorough evaluation, CMS has decided to conclude the Hospice Benefit Component as of December 31, 2024, 11:59 PM,” the agency indicated in a statement.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Encompass announced the strategic repositioning of its home health and hospice segment in December 2020. Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) has completed its spin-off of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB), which as of today is a separate, publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). billion to $1.12

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In late December 2023, home health and hospice nurses at Oregon’s PeaceHealth Sacred Heart health system threatened to strike unless they receive wages that are comparable to the hospital’s inpatient teams. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon voted to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association (PNCHMA) labor union.

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Hospice News

APRIL 20, 2022

In December 2021, the company purchased two California providers from the same owner — A Plus Hospice and NorCal Hospice. The company completed nine acquisitions during 2020, two in 2021 and 16 in total since Webster purchased the agency. Financial terms were confidential. Demographics are driving demand for hospice in Texas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2023

The Hillsborough location of Suncoast Hospice opened in December 2021. “And once we were able to operate as a hospice in Hillsborough, we started having conversations about where our inpatient unit could be placed to geographically serve that area.” The legacy branch is in Pinellas County, Florida.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2022

New York is the latest of a number of states that have passed laws to raise awareness about hospice and palliative care — 27 as of December 2018, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). About 17.4% In subsequent years, Ohio , New Jersey and Kentucky also pursued such legislation.

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

The newly proposed rule also included updates around quality and compliance. CMS proposed to raise the annual payment reduction from 2 to 4 percentage points for hospices who fail to meet quality reporting requirements.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS later extended the program until December 2021. CMS launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care. Among the four programs, only HCIA-Four Seasons resulted in increased per-patient Medicare spending.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

VNS Health recently opened an additional center in Queens and one in Brooklyn last December. Lin has overseen the organization’s Chinatown Community Centers since the first such facility launched in Manhattan roughly 24 years ago.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Also, in December of last year, the organization cut the ribbon on a $1.7 “A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home.” million community center, as well as a new grief center in July 2022.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

LeadingAge and BerryDunn surveyed more than 1,000 home health and hospice sites to compile these data, which was collected over a 12-week period between September and December 2021. Organizations responded via online survey software, online polling, verbal interviews, and submitted paper survey responses.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Fluhart says by December 2022, the company was profitable, and has stayed that way ever since. “I He was the first person to put up some capital,” Fluhart said. A little more than three years ago, this connection helped them raise about $650,000, enough to start the operation and get patients in the door.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021. CMS launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2023

The two organizations last December piloted an in-hospital support program for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) families in Austin, Texas. Texas-based Dell Children’s Medical Center and has partnered with Hand to Hold to strengthen mental health support for families receiving home-based pediatric hospice care.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Recipients will be announced in December 2023. Home hospice aides in the Los Angeles county region who have previously worked with the organization were eligible to apply for the scholarship. Headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, Hospice Home Care’s service region spans 30 cities in the Los Angeles area.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2023

ID-PALL was piloted in a study among seven internal medicine units at hospitals in Switzerland between January and December 2018. If a patient is screened and doesn’t warrant palliative care, but has a change in their condition, nurses can redo the screening.”

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 9, 2025

NHS Vacancy Statistics England, April 2015 – December 2023, Experimental Statistics [Internet]. References Buchan J, Aiken L. Solving nursing shortages: A common priority. J Clin Nurs 2008;17:32628. NHS Digital. NHS vacanacy Statistics2024 [cited 2024 Aug 16];Available from: [link] The House of Commons. The nursing workforce.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2023

Enhabit most recently expanded its presence in Florida, adding 22 locations with the acquisition of Southwest Florida Home Care’s home health agency in Fort Myers for an undisclosed sum in December. The company’s more than 10,000 employees provide care across 105 hospice and 252 home health locations in 34 states.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Florida-based Chapters Health System first signaled an affiliation with Virginia-based Capital Caring Health in December of 2022. The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative and home health care, as well as durable medical equipment and pharmacy services, across 34 Florida counties and four in Georgia.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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