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Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice

Hospice News

Finding the right balance of support and career development for bereavement care professionals is key to recruitment and retention as hospices combat labor strains. Grief care specialists take on challenging roles as they help families navigate the financial and emotional aspects of a loved one’s loss.

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

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In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth, to talk abou t the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care, and how Citus is helping providers to address them. Hospice News: What are the most common deficiencies found in hospice plans of care?

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How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice

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Evolutions in reproductive health laws may have reverberating impacts on the demand and delivery of perinatal hospice care. Perinatal hospice care is provided to families choosing to continue a pregnancy following a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis indicating a high risk of mortality before or shortly after birth.

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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

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The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S.

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

Hospice News

In 2011, he co-authored the book “The New Age: The Future of Health Care in America,” with the futurist David Houle, which examined the ways the system could evolve in the coming years. . But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss.

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

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The nonprofit hospice has served patients in the area since 1979. Hospice Services of Lake County also operates three thrift stores. Proceeds from the stores fund its grief program, Wings of Hope Family Bereavement Camps, and also help support hospice patients and families with special needs.

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VITAS CMO Shega: At-Risk Models Can Foster Earlier Access, Smoother Transitions to Hospice

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While the Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, other reimbursement models are emerging that in time could transform the ways providers do business, collaborate with their partners and deliver care. NYSE: CHEM).

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