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More Medical Schools Investing in Palliative Care Education

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I hope it will change culture enough that a curriculum like this will be an expected part of medical education.”. The New Mexico Palliative Care ECHO Program is part of the university’s Project ECHO model, which offers roughly 70 different educational programs to more than 750 organizations across the globe through virtual learning courses.

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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

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Couzens most recently served as hospice executive director of Hartford Healthcare at Home, part of The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG). From a retention standpoint, many times a spiritual care providers direct supervisor is a nurse, a social worker or someone other than another spiritual care provider, Couzens told Hospice News.

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New Pediatric Center Aims to Improve Patient, Family Support

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Construction of the new building is anticipated to complete by the end of this year or early spring 2026, according to Annie Tuttle, executive director of the foundation, which supports Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care, part of Alivia Care.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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The hospice component, which launched in 2021, is part of the larger VBID demonstration, which covers a wider breadth of the health care continuum and is slated to continue until 2030. Another difficulty was the retooling of some administrative processes, including claims processing.

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New Day Secures $125M Investment Seed to Fuel Hospice, Home Health Growth

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Part of the funds will be utilized to complete the acquisition of four facilities, as well as several other transactions under consideration, according to CEO and Founder G. Employee retention efforts are a core part of building a sustainable growth pipeline, he stated. Scott Herman.

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Compassus CEO Mike Asselta: Hospice, Home Health JVs Crucial to Growth

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Joint ventures with health systems have been an important part of expanding Compassus’ footprint and reaching patients in need of greater support in the home, said CEO Michael Asselta. We’ve been aligned with Ascension for a long time, and we’ve learned a lot. So, this is the core part of our strategy. They go hand in glove.

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Bloom Healthcare CEO: Integrating Palliative Care Into Every Decision

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We build trust in patients homes over a long period of time, and that allows us to really, hopefully, make better shared decisions with that patient, with the decision makers in their family about what end of life looks like, and we’re able to build really a care plan that fits around what matters most to that patient.