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VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue

Hospice News

NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare is banking on improved recruitment and retention to spur upward movement on patient census, admissions and length of stay. To recap, we have now generated two quarters of sequential growth in licensed healthcare workers, sequential growth and admissions, as well as [average daily census].

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VITAS Community Access Program Spurs Upward Trend, but Staffing, COVID Headwinds Still Sting

Hospice News

VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (NYSE: CHE), is seeing the benefits of ongoing community access initiatives as it continues to battle headwinds that started with the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors, along with the return of Medicare sequestration, have contributed to declining revenues. from the prior year.

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As Headwinds Rage, Large Hospice Companies Lay Groundwork for Potential 2023 Growth

Hospice News

This year brought the return of Medicare sequestration, and pandemic-driven disruption in referral streams are lingering. The standout on length of stay was VITAS Healthcare, a subsidary of Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHEM). Another is the company-wide integration of Homecare Homebase at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH).

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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Lifematters Selects AlayaCare as a Home Care Software Partner

AlayaCare

“Home care is seeing greater participation in Medicare Advantage Plans and Transitional Care programs for healthcare systems and skilled nursing facilities, which are also important programs for Lifematters. metropolitan area.

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

Attendee 5: That we are so integrated into the very fabric of healthcare that it’s a no-brainer in every single discipline because you know what? We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. We are not an extra layer of support. We are actually the integrator.

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Common Hospice Myths Debunked

Traditions Health

Most patients do not view this as giving up, but as coming to peace with their prognosis and deciding to live the best possible life for the time that remains. Patients with Medicare usually pay very little or nothing for hospice services. A patient may enroll in hospice care only to improve and be discharged from care.

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