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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

Now’s the time to make sure your entire book of business isn’t tied to one source. If you decide to pursue another opportunity, you may have massive exposure in terms of sustainability.” About 16% of the survey respondents indicated plans to start palliative care programs this year, a decline from 56% of respondents in 2023.

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It’s back to school with final rules

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

A total of 21 million newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries as of April 2022 enrolled under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion program. Back to the books for all of us during this back-to-school season. More than 10 million Americans qualify for Medicaid based on a disability. Medicare: In 2021, Medicare covered 63.8

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Barbershops are for girls too

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Second, in a time where we have all learned to expect the unexpected, you always know who will be present and what level of quality will be delivered during your visit. Laughter, storytelling and music at just the right level fills the often packed room adorned with old fashioned barber chairs, benches, and stacks of books and magazines.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). So, we do need to be careful not to disparage a whole industry just because it’s got some inherent problems that are inherent. I was about to say with our system of long-term care, but we do not have a system of long-term care. Transcript.

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Voices: Exploring Today’s Hospice M&A Landscape with The Braff Group’s Mark Kulik

Hospice News

Agencies are now dealing with a very fluid labor pool, competing with other types of providers like hospitals, home health agencies and long-term care providers. You can’t make sound business decisions with sloppy or erroneous books. It’s not just simply presenting a piece of paper.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Eric: Great. Ab: (Singing).

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. The nursing workforce is 50 percent of a healthcare institution’s expenditure, and when trying to balance the books, they will look at their biggest costs.