Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

The nation’s health care system is lacking in support for caregivers of the terminally ill, who are often left with a heavy financial and logistical burden. The nation is in need of a “total overhaul” in terms of how we think about caregiving and its place in the health care system, according to Sonya Dolan and BJ Miller, M.D.,

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Hospice News

JULY 2, 2024

With increasing need for programs that aid caregivers, RUSH University Medical Center’s Caring for Caregivers (C4C) as an example of a hospital service that assists family members and friends who care for adults 60-years and older in their homes. population) who provide care for family members with chronic and serious conditions.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The ability for providers to afford rising wages for nurses, social workers and home health and hospice aides has been challenged by lagging reimbursement rates and economic forces such as inflation and rising care delivery costs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Florida-based hospice and senior services provider Empath Health saw the majority of its service region affected by the storm, which caused substantial damage to infrastructure in many communities. Throughout these processes, Empath’s volunteers aid clinicians in maintaining contact with patients as well as home visits.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The platform can also aid in functions like coding and revenue cycle management, according to Ashe. Nationally, hospice providers are leveraging technology to build greater efficiency into their workflows and, in turn, aid with recruitment and retention. That can mean faster discharges to post-acute care.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

Denise Formolo, a veterans service officer for Dickinson County, Michigan, discovered the gap in benefits while aiding the family of veteran Gerald Elliott. I delved into the books on VA law and found out that, in fact, VA hospice is not considered VA health care.” This is even the case when hospice care is provided by the VA itself.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

She discovered the gap in benefits while aiding the family of veteran Gerald Elliott. I delved into the books on VA law and found out that, in fact, VA hospice is not considered VA health care.” I’m grateful to my colleague for helping get this important legislation over the finish line.”

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2024

Interdisciplinary palliative care can aid patients with these conditions by reducing physical symptoms, managing emotional distress and assisting patients in making health care decisions and setting goals, according to the AHA’s scientific statement.

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JULY 16, 2024

What To Expect When Hiring A Home Health Aide For A Terminally Ill Patient? Home health aides are often hired and assigned to patients by home health agencies, nursing homes, The post Home Health Aide in Pasco County, Clearwater, Tampa, St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

While some innovative technology trends have aided in improved rural hospice care delivery, regulatory and reimbursement challenges remain a pain point for providers trying to burgeon access among hard to reach, underserved communities, Graham told Hospice News. Can you share some of the initiatives that have aided in staff retention?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Wages for hospice aides and CNAs are rising faster than those for other interdisciplinary team members as providers seek to stem rampant turnover among those employees. The opportunity to earn a higher salary may be a significant draw for jobseekers, including those who had previously left the health care workforce.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The program aims to help hospice and home health providers across to establish stronger employee assistance benefits that better align with their individual priorities. Connect program was in part driven by increasing recognition of the perils of staff burnout and turnover in home health and hospice. The C.A.R.E.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2024

The lack of both consumer and health care professional understanding of what palliative care can do alongside curative treatments for the seriously ill, coupled with the fact that we don’t yet have a standard definition of palliative care, are the main obstacles,” he told Palliative Care News. Focus on the patient. Develop referral resources.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced the extension of telemedicine flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled medications until Dec. Regulators recently extended certain temporary telemedicine waivers granted during the pandemic, with some flexibilities now sunsetting in 2025 rather than the end of this year.

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Hospice News

MAY 6, 2022

The State of New York’s recently approved budget for Fiscal Year 2023 required that home care and hospice aides be paid at least $2 more than the state’s $15 standard minimum wage. While these workers are among the lowest paid in health care, this could put providers in a bind without corresponding increases to reimbursement.

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

“By making cancer care more accessible and supportive, we hope to improve outcomes and reduce health inequities experienced by people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, a group that is disproportionately underserved when facing cancer.” ” More than 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

M&A, utilization trends and legislative action could be major drivers of change in the hospice space, according to Tom Moreland, the newly appointed senior vice president of hospice operations at Traditions Health. In 1999, after reading a book, I was studying public health at University of Kansas. I had been a caregiver.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

The nonprofit senior care provider Empath Health is partnering with the Medicare Advantage organization American Health Plans (AHP), a division of American Health Partners to serve patients who are enrolled in Institutional Special Needs Plans (ISNP). Patients will also have access to Empath Health’s “full-life care” model.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The hospice provider launched the center in partnership with The Christ Hospital Health Network. The health system operates two hospitals, five ambulatory outpatient centers and dozens of medical offices. Improving the health of our community is our mission in all stages of a patient’s journey through life.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora entered the palliative care field nearly 20 years ago as a hospice aide. Today she is a hospice- and palliative care-certified nurse practitioner at MJHS Health System in Brooklyn. I started as a home health aide, actually, for the hospice patients. It’s really an issue.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Nick is an audiologist, researcher, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The use of assistive listening devices like pocket talkers and hearing aids. Their thoughts on the approval and use of over the counter hearing aids. Nick, how about you?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

LPNs saw a 4.32% wage increase nationwide in 2023, and aides received a 6.23% pay bump. Of those, more than 43% were freestanding hospices; 50% were operated by home health companies and about 7% were affiliated with hospitals. Social worker wages went up 3.78%, as well as a 2.58% increase for chaplains.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Perchik has more than fifteen years of corporate law experience in the health care industry. He has held general counsel roles at Gentiva Health Services’ Center Well, as well as at Benevis Dental Practice Management Services and Almost Family Inc., a Kentucky-based home health provider.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2024

As they seek out value-based payment, many providers are turning to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) recently introduced Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) model, particularly the high-needs population track.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

COVID-19 caused widespread disruption across the health care system, including among hospices. Government and other aid programs often prioritized hospitals with little attention paid to hospices, Baker Rogers stated at the conference. Transitions of care were also adversely affected, she said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care and Treasure Coast Health on Tuesday completed their affiliation, a move nearly a year in the making after the two Florida-based nonprofits signaled they would join forces. The deal includes Treasure Coast Hospice, which the health system established in 1982. This age group represents 21.7%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

After 75 years of service, Georgia-based hospice provider Visiting Nurse Health System (VNHS) has its sights set on the future. Headquartered in Atlanta, VNHS Today, offers hospice, palliative care, home health, private duty and other services to more than 13,000 patients annually across 57 Georgia counties.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Their care model includes services from nurse practitioners, palliative care nurses, community health workers, spiritual care providers and volunteers. In addition to clinical care, the Kaleidoscope program will aid caregivers by helping them connect to support groups and education. The program will serve patients in northern Indiana.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

A collaboration between a Dignity Health hospital and Sierra Community Palliative Care promises to be a winning combination with far-reaching results for the larger community. From the outset, Dignity Health and Hospice of the Foothills worked together to develop the Sierra Community Palliative Care program.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Empath Health has opened a new PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) center in Tampa, Florida. This is the second PACE center that the nonprofit senior care health system has opened and the first such program in its home county, Hillsborough. We exercise; we do all kinds of fun things.” That eliminates fragmented care.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Puerto Rico-based Brisas Health has launched a new supportive care service in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the organization’s founding. With Brisas Supportive, we aim to provide a renewed sense of freedom in health care, allowing everyone to access palliative care without the restrictions of any one specific healthcare plan.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

By the Bay Health CEO Steps Down After nearly a decade in the role, California-based By the Bay Health CEO Kitty Whitaker recently announced plans to retire this spring. Established more than 45 years ago, By the Bay Health is among the oldest nonprofit hospices in California. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Enhabit anticipates a nice bump in patient census across both its home health and hospice service lines in 2025, positioning the company for stronger growth than experienced in the last year, according to President and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer. Enhabit operates 225 home health locations and 110 hospice locations across 34 states.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

The EdenHospice team includes a hospice physician, director of nursing, chaplain, social worker, aides and volunteers. Senior living staff engage with residents across multiple stages of their health trajectories, and thus are able to identify those who might benefit or soon become eligible for hospice, according to EdenHill.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Virginia-based nonprofit capitalized the program largely through philanthropic donations Participants in the program will receive preventative, primary, acute and long-term health and personal care services, including social activities.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2022

Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another 90 days. . The COVID-19 public health emergency remains in effect,” an HHS spokesperson recently told Hospice News in an email. “As But the telehealth waivers are top of mind for most hospice providers.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The nonprofit post-acute care providers Empath Health and Trustbridge have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin an affiliation between the two organizations. Discussions of a potential affiliation began about a year ago, according to Empath Health CEO Jonathan Fleece.

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