Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. Advocating for a comprehensive approach to hospice care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2023

In addition to supporting hospital-based palliative patients, a second objective is to expand those services beyond its facility walls and into the community, according to Kathryn Lagus, advanced practice registered nurse at Midland Memorial Hospital. Lagus has played a key role in developing the health system’s palliative care program. “I

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

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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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

The son of a nurse and a minister, Fleece said he learned the importance of service early in life. “I I really grew up in health care, and it always resonated with me. We were a service family, and it was just a wonderful sector to be in,” Fleece told Hospice News. It makes the patient experience less than ideal,” Fleece said.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

Case in point, New Jersey legislators are currently mulling a bill that would create a community-based palliative care benefit within the state’s Medicaid program. Colorado, Maryland and New York include palliative care as part of their health care facility licensing.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Previously, Bigiarelli has served as Hospice of the Panhandle’s clinical director, assistant clinical director and as a nurse manager. She began as a nurse at the hospice in 2010, and started her career at Berkeley Medical Center in 2008 as a primary nurse and charge nurse in the progressive care unit.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“Since our founding, Canyon Home Care & Hospice has had a long-standing commitment to driving innovation and increasing access to high-quality home health and hospice care,” Eddie Norris, managing partner at Canyon, said in the announcement.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

“The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” The two providers will use a central medical record platform to further improve care coordination.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

During the past two years, these rates reached 88% among skilled nursing operators and 71% for home health providers, according to WellSky. Hospice rejection rates hit an all-time high of 41%. The average bonus for registered nurses was $6,330. . The compensation conundrum. A drive towards system integration.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

California-based Legacy Health Endowment recently launched a program to improve care coordinations and seniors’ awareness around their community-based health care options, including hospice. Legacy’s Person-Centered Care program aims to help rural-dwelling seniors to age in place.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Most recently the hospice opened a de novo in Wisconsin, its 14th location in that state. “We Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. I am honored to be joining The Star Hospice House team,” Anderson told local news. “I

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

More health systems stepping into hospice can have positive effects when it comes to patient access and the ability to quickly process referrals, according to St. When other health care systems invest in services like hospice care, everyone benefits,” Huffstutler told Hospice News in an email. “It

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Top of mind for most providers are the industry wide labor pressures, according to Theresa Forster, vice president for hospice policy and programs at NAHC. Rampant inflation has driven many clinicians to take jobs that can offer them higher compensation with other providers, such as health systems or travel nurse companies.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Impacts from the the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration have also come under hospices’ radar. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 Altonia Garret, COO, Blue Ridge Hospice The ability to serve critically ill patients earlier on their end-of-life journey via a concurrent model of care.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hospice sends nurses, aides, and other caregivers to the homes of patients with advanced, terminal illnesses. Expert consensus holds that people should receive hospice for three to six months. families, time in hospice falls short of recommendations. Why do most people receive less time in hospice than recommended?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Hospice News: I wanted to start by asking where the greatest opportunities for clinical innovation is in hospice care? Fried: I come from a 30-year background in hospice care in the nation, primarily in Florida.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

The slide that the previous panelists put up about the supplemental benefit, that’s only nursing and social work because a prescribing clinician is covered under part B, so you can’t make it supplemental. Silvers: Can I get just one quick point when you’re talking about primary care?

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