Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

The Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization (ACO) has leveraged a comprehensive, community-based palliative care program developed by its partner Main Line Health to reduce costs of care by $9,000 per eligible patient. The key to this was the anticipated reductions in the total cost of care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The company’s mobile health care clinicians integrate virtual visits with primary, hospice and palliative care services to assess patients’ needs in the home to reduce emergency and urgent care utilization and associated costs. Its subsidiaries provide care across 72 counties in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Offering hospice can be a gamechanger for skilled nursing and assisted living operators looking to stand out from competitors and improve patient reach. Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Among the 1.6 Anthony’s Hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve care coordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated. Health care professionals surveyed included hospice nurses and administrators, as well as oncology and palliative care clinicians.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses. Additionally, 90% of families reported a willingness to recommend the hospice provider to others.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Transitions Hospice is a portfolio company of the Transitions Group, which also holds skilled nursing, home health, medical equipment and therapy assets. It’s really enhanced how quickly a patient can be seen and treated, but we’re also reducing the Medicare cost by being able to come and provide the services immediately.”. “The

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. In development for subsequent years is a Special Focus Program (SFP) with a range of enforcement powers up to and including civil monetary penalties and revocation of Medicare certification, among others.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Established in 2016, Kore Cares is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and provides personal, home-based care services to seniors in that area. By expanding access to care in the home, we empower individuals to make decisions about their care that are in line with their goals and priorities,” Hoing said.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services. Through the program, DCEs take complete responsibility for a patient’s care while assuming 100% of the financial risk. The company’s interdisciplinary care model is “high-touch,” according to Phan.

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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. s service line.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The hospital sought hospice licensure in the certificate of need state after Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) halted services last October, citing high staffing costs and insufficient nursing resources. We still just have one nurse trained right now,” Stout said during a board meeting. They have to be on-call 24/7.

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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. If you only listen to one person, listen to the nurse in the room. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“The investment in Uintah Basin Home Health and Hospice will allow us to enhance the care coordination with Uintah Basin Medical Center and provide better health outcomes for the patients and clients we serve in the Uintah Basin area.”. Utah holds the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents nationwide.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2023

And throughout health care, change is certainly in the air, with value-based payment models as key drivers. For one, care coordination is a watchword within the value-based programs. Historically, home-based care and hospice providers have worked primarily within Medicare fee-for-service models.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

In our discipline of palliative care, understanding the unique needs and characteristics of the population is essential for providing effective and high-quality care. By addressing these dimensions, clinicians enhance the quality of care and the overall well-being of patients.

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Nurse.com

MAY 9, 2022

Nurses have integral roles in emerging healthcare models aimed at meeting the needs of a growing population of medically complex children. One resource is the medical home model of care for medically complex children. Nurses’ Role With Medically Complex Children. The home health nurse could also call us.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

In June, my dad was discharged from the hospital and back to his apartment with home health and palliative care. When his home health nurse visited him the day after he returned home, I asked if we also could have a home health aide. “If Family caregivers are the world’s largest health care company in the world. They didn’t.

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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. Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. Choosing hospice at the right time gives families access to the program designed for end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess. We spoke earlier about Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. The training issue is a serious impediment to hospice recruitment, as very few students in any clinical discipline receive exposure to hospice or palliative care concepts.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Among them is an evolving conversation around potential changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an increasing focus on equitable access and service diversification to engage patients further upstream. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended through 2030. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When stakeholders consider ways to improve Medicare Advantage, they should take care not to romanticize fee-for-service Medicare in the process, SCAN Health Plan CEO Dr. Sachin Jain cautions. Medicare Advantage (MA) is a growing force in health care. Through Medicare Advantage, the U.S.

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