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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

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Offering hospice can be a gamechanger for skilled nursing and assisted living operators looking to stand out from competitors and improve patient reach. Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Among the 1.6

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2 million primary care visits in 2016. A watchword for many value-based payment models is care coordination.

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Health Systems Expanding Into Hospice Could Disrupt Competitive Playing Field

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“When other health care systems invest in services like hospice care, everyone benefits,” Huffstutler told Hospice News in an email. “It Home health and hospice are critical to the continuum of care. Home-based hospice care is a different ballgame,” said Massey. Texas-based St.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

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Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. We are pleased to be expanding the expertise on our leadership team as St.