Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A “changing tide” is occurring when it comes to hospice auditing appeals processes, according to Pekarkse. For example, when responding to audits around appropriateness of services received or questions regarding eligibility, hospices should avoid including lengthy clinical summaries, she stated.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Another factor is the rising tide of Medicare Advantage, particularly on the home health side. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC Group in February, citing the growing prevalence of home-based care as a driver for these investments. billion in the third quarter of 2022.

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Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2023

Another factor is the rising tide of Medicare Advantage, particularly on the home health side. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC Group this past February, citing the growing prevalence of home-based care as a driver for these investments.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Another factor is the rising tide of Medicare Advantage, particularly on the home health side. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC Group this past February, citing the growing prevalence of home-based care as a driver for these investments.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2024

The bill would also implement a temporary, national moratorium on the enrollment of new hospices into Medicare, to help stem the tide of fraudulent activities among recently established providers concentrated primarily in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada. “We

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

The bill would also implement a temporary, national moratorium on the enrollment of new hospices into Medicare, to help stem the tide of fraudulent activities among recently established providers concentrated primarily in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Aveanna’s geographic scale, diverse payer mix and improving recruitment trends could turn the tide in 2023. We expect Q4 to be better than Q3, and we expect 2023 to be better than 2022.”. Strange’s optimism is not unfounded. Jeff’s experience, passion and innovative mindset will serve Aveanna well as we look to the future.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

But the tide started to turn in March, accompanied by an uptick in recruitment. . Generally speaking, these have been able to offer nurses higher wages and more flexible scheduling as demand for their services increased during COVID. Addus continued to see increased turnover early in the year.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Higher valuations in home health and hospice have dampened the ability to stretch deeper into these markets, but ebbing pricing tides may be shifting towards greater opportunities, according to Pennant President and COO John Gochnour. With the valuation dust settling, more hospice acquisitions are on the horizon for Pennant, he indicated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Though investors and strategic buyers didn’t wade quite as deep into the hospice market in 2022 compared to years prior, the tide may be rising for M&A during 2023. Though hospice M&A activity fluctuated last year, volume is expected to rebound, but probably with larger numbers of smaller deals.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the company’s earlier actions was to increase employee vacation time by one week to boost morale and help stem the tide of pervasive burnout. While this may not be the light at the end of the tunnel, results to date suggest that VITAS is not lost in the dark.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Experience with value-based care Value-based reimbursement is a rising tide, particularly for AccentCare’s diverse business lines. .” AccentCare AccentCare AccentCare CEO , Laura Tortorella In addition to her more than years of healthcare leadership experience, five key qualities likely underlie Tortorella’s selection.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Sisk hopes this program will excite students about nursing and eventually help stem the tide of nurses leaving the profession. “I I think we can turn that tide because these individuals will be immersed in healthcare and nursing over a four-year window. They’ll have nurses working directly with them.

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AJN Off the Charts

MARCH 17, 2025

Turning the tide: what made the difference? The program has proven instrumental in building a loyal workforce, with many fellows choosing to remain at MSM and MSW ED long after completing the program. Since the program’s inception in 2022, MSM and MSW EDs have hired close to 100 new graduate RNs, with a 95% retention rate.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

And how are we as professionals, supposed to stem the tide? “Epidemic”, “crisis”, “mental health explosion” – whatever the hyperbolic phrase of the day, the sentiment has been consistent for many years. Why is this? Rates of probable mental health disorders in children increased by 50% in the post-COVID-19 landscape 1.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 3, 2018

Most importantly, agencies must choose a flexible solution that can roll with the tide while meeting your current needs. Is your agency prepared to meet it? How to prepare Through technology, agencies can keep pace with change.

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A rising tide of private pay agencies are performing publicly funded care indirectly by signing brokerage deals with package owners. In Australia, more aged care providers (traditionally funded under the Home Care Packages and the Commonwealth Home Support Programme) are getting into disability under NDIS.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 24, 2023

Building a Support Infrastructure So what can be done to enact positive systemic progress that will stem the tide of fleeing nurses and protect patients? It’s clear that despite a strong majority of nurses feeling anxious and burned out at work, many don’t think they should or can access support services.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

JULY 23, 2023

At a time when many healthcare workforces are also facing a rising tide of workplace stress, sickness and absence and challenges with staff retention, perhaps further focus on menstrual and other reproductive health needs is needed.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

And, in what should have been a sign of the tide, on February 22, 2023, the day before denying summary judgment, the court set the hospital’s case down for trial. The trial is set to begin on March 27, 2023, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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The World According to Dr. El

JANUARY 11, 2022

To swiftly stem the tide of departures of pandemic-weary staff, review and enhance the level of emotional support they’re being offered. Increasing wages and benefits has been recommended as a first step towards retaining staff. I’d also suggest attending to the emotional tenor of the nursing home.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Without will, without desire, you have nothing but simply going where the tides take you. The Will/Desire to Create a Unique Career Whether you're interested in trauma, nursing research, the pharmaceutical industry, NICU, hospice, or entrepreneurship, having the will or desire to create and curate your own career is central to the process.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

But research has found that the tide is shifting. For-profit business and operational infrastructures can differ from nonprofit hospices, which have historically represented much of the providers in the industry.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The bill would also implement a temporary, national moratorium on the enrollment of new hospices into Medicare, to help stem the tide of fraudulent activities among recently established providers concentrated primarily in California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Falling short in quality can determine whether a hospice sinks or swims against the tide of competition. A hospices performance on publicly reported quality measures and family satisfaction surveys is a key differentiator that could attract or deter interest from the gamut of investors, referral partners, payers and consumers.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

I think the tide is turning, but. Manju 05:09 I think the tide is shifting, but probably not enough just to throw some statistics out there for you. I would say that that practice has now shifted back the other way now that we have some randomized trial evidence that suggests that that actually probably does not benefit patients.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2019, more hospice patients had a principle diagnosis within the Dementia-Alzheimer’s-Parkison’s disease grouping than any other type of disease, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 13, 2023

And so if we have this sense of, you know, emotional caring and support and there’s a reason why the be behind everything that we’re doing is to get these outcomes and to care for our patients and care for our residents, it is, we’re, we’re trying to learn so that, you know, this rising tide moves all the ships upward.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

This expansion by an established nonprofit provider can help stem the tide of rampant fraud among newly certified hospices in California, according to Dresang. Quality end-of-life care in California is under siege. In Sacramento alone, there are more hospices operating than there are in the entire state of Florida.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2023

Solutions Are Needed Considering that 35% of American hospitals are in rural areas and that substance use disorders and other ills plague rural communities as much as, or more than, urban centers, action is needed to stem the tide.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The ocean cycles through its tides, and it never argues with what comes naturally. For us, it's the same -- our careers can hit low tide or high tide, a period of ebb or flow, and our success, happiness and satisfaction depend on how much we can remain open to what's next.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

But I like Brittany, that maybe the tide is changing a bit, because I do see the benefits of having that choice, having that available to patients and. I’ve learned that in most cases with my patients here, that it generally is when we’re thinking about end of life, that then we consider the drain.

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Palliverse

MARCH 29, 2023

We can’t just sit still on our throne as if we were King Canute trying to turn back the tide. The current Global Financial Strain 2023 that we are going through makes for tough times. What would Dame Cecily think if she was still alive?

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

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Palliverse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It’s like King Canute ordering the incoming tide to reverse itself. People will still die of things and even if we come up with cures for all current diseases, Nature will produce something else. The COVID pandemic has been a stark reminder of this fact. So how arrogant are we doctors to think we can control Nature?

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide. Strayed’s account captures the agonies – both mental and physical – of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Nevertheless, MA has been a rising tide in home health, in particular. A key question is the future of Medicare Advantage, a program which has come under increasing scrutiny in the past year, particularly due to reported claims denials and delays in care related to administrative processes, among other concerns.

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