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Bereaved Families Face ‘Devastating’ Impacts of Hospice Fraud

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Fraudulent activity in the hospice space may be leaving some families without sufficient bereavement support. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospices to offer bereavement care for a minimum of 13 months following a patient’s death.

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How Hospice of the Chesapeake Is Innovating Bereavement Care, Family Support

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Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake has been pursuing innovation in its bereavement and caregiver support programs. In Anne Arundel County, the crisis response agency reaches out to us when there’s a bereavement need, and they refer those clients to us. Out-of-pocket payments for those services are on a sliding scale.

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Hospice Providers Increasingly Using Bereavement Support as Employee-Retention Lever

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Having bereavement services built into employee benefits packages has a two-pronged impact on hospice worker retention and recruitment, according to Betterleave CEO Cara McCarty Abbott. The company offers hospices their services to families receiving bereavement care, as well as their workforce.

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The Potential of Psychedelics in Bereavement Care

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Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) in bereavement support may have benefits for families coping with the loss of a loved one. Research around psychedelic utilization in bereavement is limited but growing. The post The Potential of Psychedelics in Bereavement Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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MetLife Partners with Empathy to Offer Bereavement Support to Beneficiaries, Employees

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NYSE: MET) is collaborating with Empathy to offer the bereavement care technology company’s platform to the insurance giant’s employees and beneficiaries. Bereavement care tech startup Empathy launched in 2021 with an app designed to help reduce the burden on grieving families and provide additional layers of emotional support.

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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

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Some hospices have found peer support to be a crucial component of their pediatric bereavement programs amid rising demand for these services. Research indicates that the number of bereaved children nationwide is growing. The organization additionally researches child bereavement services and needs.

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Bereaved Families Face Serious Health, Financial Hardships

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More than 70% of respondents to a survey by the bereavement care tech platIform Empathy reported at least one mental health symptom for a few weeks after the death of a loved one; 58% indicated that the symptoms lasted for several months. Symptoms included depression and anxiety, among others. Estimates suggest that U.S.