Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

Underlying this differential or faster growth and personal health care prices relative to the economy wide price growth, the continued aging of the population and increasingly more demand for health care relative to income growth,” Fiori said. Spending by Medicare, hospice’s principal payer, is expected to reach close to $1.1

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Health care employers, including Amedisys, could also benefit from changing conditions in the larger economy. So when the economy is good, people leave. That’s just a function of the economy.”. The one thing that’s really going to help most is a recession. In a recession, they come back in fairly strongly.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

health care system ensure accountability for access to palliative care and the economy of palliative care?’” As we look toward the future, the questions then become, ‘How do we ensure consistently high-quality care as a field in a way that is sustainable? How can we as a U.S.

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“I’m excited to begin building a differentiated platform focused on connecting the economies of scale of larger platforms with the benefits of local agencies, to thrive as a low-cost provider and to target the growing Medicare Advantage market.”.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By doing something like this, coming together into a larger organization, that creates that much more stability, economies of scale opportunities for expanded work,” Miller told Hospice News. “So “We started talking with [Centrica] over a year ago. They’re just a solid organization. So it was natural that we develop the relationship.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Health care costs are weighing down our economy now. These actions would require a years-long process, and the nation isn’t getting any younger. We have to start now. The population is aging now. People are growing older and sicker now, and understaffed providers are caring for them on a shoestring. This is not sustainable.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

“States have considerable flexibility under Medicaid authorities to develop Medicaid payment methodologies, including payment incentives for services delivered to EPSDT-eligible children.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Proponents claim that these [PE and publicly traded] institutional investments create economies of scale through clinical standardization, quality improvement and integrated systems, thereby enhancing care and profitability while reducing clinicians’ administrative burdens,” the study authors wrote.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

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When I think about what we measure within our country to determine the economys health, I think we miss the mark. On Friday, data about the economy shows that our U.S. economy continues to grow with strong hiring numbers and a small uptick in unemployment numbers. On Friday, data about the economy shows that our U.S.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The ability to gain economy of scale, intellectual capital and best practice while preserving brand legacy, board governance and executive presence is the future.”. The post Hope Healthcare Affiliates with Chapters Health System appeared first on Hospice News.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

trillion CARES Act, designed to help the economy and essential industries weather the impact of the pandemic, also contained provisions related to hospice telehealth, including permitting practitioners to recertify patients via telemedicine appointments rather than face-to-face encounters.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

trillion CARES Act, designed to help the economy and essential industries weather the impact of the pandemic, also contained provisions related to hospice telehealth, including permitting practitioners to recertify patients via telemedicine appointments rather than face-to-face encounters.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

But even as I look at that rate with the way the economy is going I wonder if that is enough to make sure that people don’t have to work a different job just to get by,” Sexten said. Effective Jan. No one is paid less than $17 an hour.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

economy in 2021, down from 19.7% “The Provider Relief Fund and Paycheck Protection Program loans provided financial assistance to providers during the public health emergency,” CMS economist Anne Martin said Wednesday during a conference call with members of the media to discuss the new analysis. The health care sector accounted for 18.3%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This year saw industry-changing acquisitions, some of the worst labor headwinds to date, the return of sequestration and a sometimes volatile national economy. Shifts in the economy and in reimbursement led to a cooling period in 2022, particularly in the early part of the year. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Each of the entities in this partnership is also working to identify synergies — efforts they can pursue as well as economies of scale, according to Daniel.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We need a margin to be able to reinvest in the infrastructure within our own organizations, and then within the health care delivery in our digital economy,” Ken Albert, president and CEO of Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice told Hospice News.

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JULY 6, 2023

Factors impacting the larger economy have also thrown some wrenches into home-based care transactions, including rising interest rates. In an effort to combat inflation, the U.S.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

What really seems to be an impetus behind these is building economies of scale with more efficiencies, but combining and defining those operations in a joint venture agreement can be a challenge. Determining value can carry some volatile market conditions based on the evaluation method.”

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JULY 28, 2023

There’s going to be a continued push for consolidation across our industry as providers look to achieve greater economies of scale and spread out their costs over a larger revenue base. The North Carolina-based hospice also provides home health, private-duty nursing and personal care services.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Most view these roles as gig-economy work where the hourly wage is far more important than the hidden paycheck, which includes all other benefits contributing to a much larger overall total income.” Additionally, this particular workforce is challenged to align with an employer of choice where benefits may be important.

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MAY 23, 2022

The “gig economy” nature of staffing company jobs has proven attractive to nurses as those positions tend to offer higher wages and more flexible scheduling than many full-time health care employers. In at least one instance, investors in staffing services are the providers those companies will ultimately serve.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A turbulent economy and slight cool-down in deal activity early in the year have led some to question whether the record-high valuations for hospice assets will start to tumble.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2022

It’s the atmosphere, beliefs about free-market economy and all those bigger things that play a role in whether a state even remotely considers a CON or not.”. It really depends on the current culture of the state,” Lund Person told Hospice News.

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Nurse Nacole

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The political climate, the economy, personal dilemmas, and resource scarcities all conjure up emotions that are being directed at healthcare workers simply because we are the physical presence at a moment in time. We want patients to be seen as soon as possible.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

There is money to be made on YouTube and social media for those who are willing to work to become influencers who can actually pay the bills as part of the creator economy, although this is a difficult road that few can actually transform into a full-time living.

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JULY 7, 2019

women who kept the economy going in the 1940s by taking jobs in factories and shipyards as men left overseas. The theme for this year’s conference hearkens back to the Second World War: Rosie the Riveter and the battle cry “we can do it!” Rosie symbolizes all the U.S.

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Daily Nurse

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This project was partly funded by a $496,000 GO Virginia Economic Resilience and Recovery Grant, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) that strengthens and diversifies Virginia’s economy and fosters the creation of higher-wage jobs in strategic industries.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As businesses work to rebuild the economy, their resilience and innovation make for essential reading.” “Any “The stories of Canada’s Top Growing Companies are worth telling at any time, but are especially relevant in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic,” says James Cowan, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “As

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Hospice News

AUGUST 3, 2022

And a lot of people who are really good at providing health care services don’t know anything about finance and can’t begin to utilize economies of scale, investigate new technologies, and determine where there are cost efficiencies. It’s the delivery of health care services, but it’s also finance.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 20, 2019

The result: a flurry of innovation and investment in step with the rest of the on-demand economy, where patients now have more control over their care plans, along with which caregivers visit, and when. There’s no question that care is complex, and outcomes are hard to predict.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

productivity adjustment (the 10-year moving average of changes in annual economy-wide private nonfarm business multi-factor productivity). This has been adjusted upward to 5.4% due to a 1.5% forecast error adjustment (0.5% threshold). Finally, the FY 2023 market basket update has been adjusted to 5.1% due to a 0.3%

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Mental illness costs the economy of the United States $193.2 Through this, we may be able to help decrease the burden anxiety and depression have on the healthcare system and overall economy. billion in lost earnings each year. This is vital to ensure there is no shortage of health professionals and they can provide high-quality care.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 30, 2024

Most participants had side hustles in the healthcare sector, with a smattering pursuing more income through the gig economy (e.g., .” With 60% of nurses surveyed switching to higher-paying roles in 2023, it’s notable that only 30% changed where they live to lower their cost of living.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Gore packed his keynote address with valuable insights surrounding social sustainability, climate change, and how home-based care is central to a larger sustainable healthcare economy. “ A sustainable healthcare system is one that provides the right care, in the right place, at the right time – to everyone , ” he said. “ The climate crisis is also (..)

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Gore packed his keynote address with valuable insights surrounding social sustainability, climate change, and how home-based care is central to a larger sustainable healthcare economy. “ A sustainable healthcare system is one that provides the right care, in the right place, at the right time – to everyone , ” he said. “

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 31, 2019

As economists publish their increasingly gloomy outlooks for the global economy next year, one silver lining for the home care sector is that demand will stay strong even if overall retail employment demand subsides. (a positive development, of course), delivering home care can be a harder job but with equal or even less pay.

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