Assisted living Geriatrics Hospice care Medicare 
Hospice News
APRIL 22, 2024
Hospices that see higher numbers of patients in assisted living facilities tend to have lower quality scores than other providers, research has found. The findings point to possibly growing gaps of unmet needs among hospice patients in assisted living (AL) settings, according to the researchers.
Hospice News
JANUARY 1, 2024
“We have an existing group of primary care providers, but we’re very aggressively pursuing acquiring as many primary care providers who are already in the geriatric care space, because when you look at most of the risk-based models — the GUIDE model that’s coming out and ACO REACH,” Ponder Stansel said. “[The
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Hospice News
JULY 11, 2022
Among the program’s goals is to enroll at least 3,000 new Illinois patients into home-based primary care by 2024. million seniors who reside in Illinois are 85 or older, and 40% of Medicare beneficiaries in the state have four or more chronic conditions, according to HCCI. million primary care visits in 2016.
GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
She’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Krista Harrison, who is a Health Policy Researcher, an Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatrics.
Hospice News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.
Home Care Pulse
JULY 25, 2023
Hospice takes care of people with life-threatening illnesses that are no longer wanting treatment. Medicare doesn’t hurt palliative care services. We look for creative ways, but hospice has its own reimbursement source through Medicare. That’s how I see the main difference.
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