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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit.

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Hosparus Cuts Ribbon on $1.7M Community Center

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This extends the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider’s Green River location, which cares for patients in five Kentucky counties. “We Hosparus’ Green River office cared for 486 hospice patients in 2021 throughout its 1,600-square-mile, five-county region. Hosparus Health has cut the ribbon on a $1.7

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

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Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. 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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Palliative care will be expanded. Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care. The hospice and palliative care provider operates in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? A number of entrepreneurs have emerged with tech solutions that offer grief and logistical support to bereaved families. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement. The research included more than 1,000 large companies in 15 countries.

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Key Research Trends: Telehealth Impacts, Global Gaps in Hospice, Goal-Concordant Care

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The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve care coordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated. Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians.

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How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice

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. — Emily Cane, manager of clinical programs, Torrie Fields & Associates (TFA) Evolving reproductive laws also can also affect the types of emotional, spiritual or grief care a family needs, according to Catherine Nichols, pediatric nurse practitioner at the Community PedsCare program. They can also have financial implications.

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