Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

The organization last summer achieved a Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association, which is evaluated in accordance with evidence-based standards designed to ensure high quality care and adherence to clinical practice guidelines.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this model, a clinician, often a nurse practitioner, is responsible for overseeing all the care a patient receives. These practitioners are backed up by a care coordination staff. Walker said that these teams are always looking at patients through a palliative care lens.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Headwaters recognized an opportunity to reduce disparities and drive quality through the development of a new palliative care program. Among the goals of the program is to improve care coordination, continuity of care and timely access, according to Brown.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

A large key for hospices to navigate is how quickly technology evolves, and the care delivery and operational challenges associated with that rapid pace, he stated. We are investing in AI-driven care coordination and predictive analytics to support personalized patient experiences and improve outcomes.

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APRIL 25, 2025

A key driving factor in favor of making telehealth flexibilities permanent in some fashion is that health care delivery for terminal and seriously ill patient populations has increasingly moved into home- and community-based settings, said Wendy Conlon, senior vice president of client experience, at the technology company Axxess.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the GUIDE payment model on July 1, 2024 with roughly 390 participating health care organizations. CMS’ recently published a GUIDE map showed that participating organizations are predominantly located in Midwestern and Eastern regions.

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APRIL 29, 2025

The organization has been building a pipeline of disease-specific programs, including a congestive heart failure program designed to ensure high-quality care coordination and caregiver support, among other goals. VIA Health Partners palliative program has an annual census of roughly 3,000 patients, Forman said.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Roughly 40 hospice and palliative care organizations are currently participating in the GUIDE model, which is designed to improve quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing care coordination, behavioral health and functional needs.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Historically concentrated in acute care , nursing roles are expanding to encompass wellness, prevention, and patient education. The Case for Integrated Care Models Integrated care models revolve around a structured approach to care delivery that emphasizes continuity and coordination across all stages of a patient’s care journey.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Palliative care providers are becoming a larger part of improving outcomes among patients with rare diseases by helping to address nonmedical needs, symptom management, care coordination, spiritual support and ensuring goal-concordant care delivery.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

The examples of Estonia and Denmark illustrate how interoperability can lead to better care coordination, reduced medical errors, and more informed decision-making (Rissanen, 2023; Christiansen & Knudsen, 2021).

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recent updates to the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) model pose significant opportunities for hospices, according to Faroqui. million Medicare beneficiaries, CMS reported.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2025

Holding participants accountable for all the costs of care for an episode may incentivize care coordination, improve patient care transitions and decrease the risk of avoidable readmission, CMS indicated on its website.

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MAY 20, 2025

The interdisciplinary nature of palliative care delivery requires clinicians in this field to have a more diverse skillset compared to others, according to Winokur. Palliative care clinicians need strong capabilities in care coordination and advance care planning, she added.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2025

Part of Vesper Health, the Texas-based GUIDE coalition member offers senior health care services including end-of-life support and personalized dementia care coordination. The health system also provides home health, supportive care and bereavement services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services. The nonprofit provides home care, hospice, advance care and supportive and palliative care across northern Florida and southern Georgia.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 14, 2025

Social services assistance: Patients often share information with their nurses, including social and economic situations that may affect their abilities to pay for/continue treatment, thereby placing nurses in important roles to facilitate connections with social workers and care coordinators.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For instance, transplant teams could receive cross-training in palliative care principles, while palliative care teams could benefit from greater education around the complexities that organ transplant patients experience.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 14, 2025

Her organization, which earned the 2023 Edge Runners honor from the American Academy of Nursing for its innovative Mobile Care Coordinator® program, is known for championing nurses. At the forefront is Betty Long, MHA, RN, President, CEO, and Founder of Guardian Nurses. But this latest initiative is personal.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 16, 2025

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information , 80% of healthcare data is currently unstructured, and staff typically lose 20–30 minutes per shift searching for scattered information, delaying decisions and care coordination.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 2, 2025

Oncology Nurse Navigator Oncology Nurse Navigators guide patients through the complex journey of cancer treatment, offering education, emotional support, and care coordination. Why Its Growing: The rising incidence of cancer and a patient-centered approach to oncology care. Average Salary: $105,201 per year.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2025

The new strategic combination allows the companies to leverage their collective resources to develop a post-acute care technology platform. The platform will focus on advancing intelligent patient care services in home settings and improving transitional care coordination, the companies stated in an announcement on Wednesday.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

Asking clear questions about treatment options, discussing care goals, and addressing concerns about the future encourage shared decision-making. This ongoing communication helps align everyones expectations, creating a solid framework for care.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 17, 2025

Agency tip: Update your payroll platforms to reflect the new minimum wage rates and calculations for all employees and utilize tools like AlayaCare to enhance care coordination and delivery by streamlining workflows and balancing your team’s workloads. Rates will increase again on January 1, 2026.

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AlayaCare

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Empowering Care Teams with Technology : How AI tools are supporting caregivers, improving care coordination, and allowing providers to offer a higher quality of service with greater efficiency.

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AlayaCare

APRIL 2, 2025

These would be critical in updating client care plans, increasing eligible home care service hours, and delivering more personalized care for residents in need. Challenge 3: Operational inefficiency Fragmented operations across Integrity’s seven branches created inconsistencies in scheduling, billing, and care coordination.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 4, 2025

Hain: Nurses juggle multiple responsibilities, from patient care to complex documentation and care coordination. They sat down with the Cedars-Sinai Newsroom to share more about the potential of this AI advance. How does Aiva Assistant help nurses in their daily workflow?

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2025

With robust integrations, we can now take care coordination documentsCCDAs, for exampleparse them, and pre-populate the EMR. This way, everyonefrom physicians to CNAscan contribute to care planning at their level, with less burden. HSPN: Ganesh, how does AI support interdisciplinary teams and care coordination?

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AlayaCare

JULY 7, 2023

This can help improve care coordination, reduce errors, and improve the overall quality of care for patients. Integrating home-based care services with primary care, specialist, and acute care systems through a Health Information Exchange (HIE) can further improve coordination and reduce gaps in care services.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our expansion is a means of ensuring that Agrace meets the growing demand for patient-centered end-of-life care to underserved communities and residents throughout Wisconsin, Kirkland told Hospice News in an email. The Wauwatosa office is home base for our interdisciplinary care team.

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 14, 2024

With AlayaCare as its EHR partner, Premier will be able to utilize a modern technology stack to handle scale and to drive better care coordination using best practices in Artificial Intelligence (AI), advanced workflow automation capabilities, and an industry-leading open-API architecture to streamline administrative operations.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The model is designed to address care coordination, behavioral, medical and functional needs. The certification process takes into account six domains: program management, personnel education, patient and caregiver education, care coordination, clinical management and performance improvement.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Additionally, hospices need stronger ties to referral sources for improved care coordination, Garrett said. Ongoing training for health care providers in cultural competence can foster better communication and trust between providers and patients,” she said.

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AlayaCare

MAY 23, 2025

A unified, scalable platform AlayaCare replaced Vitasya’s disconnected systems with a single, integrated platform, giving staff real-time access to critical data, automating manual processes, and improving care coordination.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

Services available at Masons Light House will include care coordination and family navigation, pain and symptom management, respite and physical or occupational therapies. The center will also provide family-centered care such as spiritual, psychosocial and emotional support, assistance with advance care planning and bereavement care.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 3, 2025

TGH expects the initial rollout to quickly improve care coordination and reduce delays in documentation by closing the time gap between patient interactions and chart updates. “We took a hard look at how we could use existing technology in new ways to drive the most meaningful impact—for our team members and patients.”

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Between stringent licensing, labor, and evolving data privacy regulations, keeping up with California’s home care rules can feel like an uphill battle. But compliance is about more than checking regulatory boxes—it’s about delivering exceptional care and establishing a reputation as an agency your clients can trust.

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