Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Its services include nursing care, meal preparation, companionship, housekeeping, transportation, assistance with activities of daily living and companionship, and a senior care coordination program. “By Even as demographics drive up demand for serious illness and end-of-life care, public awareness is driving down utilization.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The main opportunity is to ensure continuity of care for our members from primary care to end-of-life care. The VBID hospice carve-in allows SCAN to develop the capabilities to oversee end-of-life care in a meaningful way for our members,” Parvinchiha and Kappel said.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Patients and families benefit from longer hospice stays in terms of quality experiences and supportive end-of-life care, while Medicare could reap the benefits of lowered health care costs, according to Gurian. We would ultimately see those savings accrue by having people on hospice longer with more care coordination.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We find that the combination of our death doula plus our spiritual care coordinator gives each patient the flexibility to tailor their hospice experience to best fit their final wishes.” It’s having a different level of expertise when it comes to end-of-life care and helping families process things and have someone they can confide in.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Some participating plans had certain levels of success – and we have been proud to partner with a number of organizations that used the VBID demonstration effort to find innovative ways to support end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Changing public messaging around end-of-life care options, as well as community outreach, could help move the needle on hospice utilization and programs to aid caregivers, Dolan told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

The nonprofit offers home- and facility-based hospice, skilled nursing and home health care. Goodwin also has a memory care program and provides personal services to help seniors age in place, such as assistance with care coordination, home repairs and housekeeping.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

If there was a way for hospice and palliative care to connect with people, that would be a big step forward.”. ” Fragmentation and variation in advance care planning processes are undermining the effectiveness of those services, according to recent research.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

In this Voices article, Josie Aquino, Director, Product Management, VNS Health talks about how VNS Health is using data and analytics to improve end-of-life care. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Witnessing the success of that oncology collaboration led physicians in other Summit departments to recognize the benefits of offering palliative care, according to Partners In Care CEO Greg Hagfors. ” Partners In Care offers palliative, home health and community- and facility-based hospice care, among other services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Skilled nursing operators stretching their arms into hospice could help to fill gaps in access to end-of-life care, especially for terminally ill patients who lack caregiver support, according to Hosparus Health CEO David Cook.

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High Peaks Hospice

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Responsibilities: Collaborates with the Medical Director, Hospice Physicians, Executive Director, Hospice Care Coordinators (HCCs), and RN Case Managers to ensure quality and continuity of care across the continuum of services and locations of care. Attends Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) Meetings as requested.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Home-based care providers are able to leverage their experience with community-based care and reach a larger patient population, with palliative care appearing as a key feature of many of these partnerships. To Accelerate Hospice Growth, It’s Time to Embrace ‘The Social Determinants of Death’.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. When patients receive too little time in hospice, families are more likely to be dissatisfied with the end-of-life care. Surprise question effective at predicting end of life.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

“We envision a large network of not-for-profit, community-based hospice providers working collaboratively to create standards for what a community should expect from an end-of-life care provider.” It makes the patient experience less than ideal,” Fleece said. “It

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Fried: I think end-of-life care truly needs to be reimagined. The solution really is to redefine end-of-life care, and I really believe that if we don’t own the continuum of that serious and frail population, we will never be able to provide them with a hospice experience.

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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. Center to Advance Palliative Care (2015).

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

AUGUST 18, 2017

This episode features Professor Matthew Allsop (Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK) who describes a study that outlined and applied an evaluation framework to examine how and when electronic documentation of advance care planning is occurring in end of life care services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These services can be easier to wrap your head around than the last six months of life prognosis for hospice. It’s a way for these diverse populations to build trust with serious illness and end-of-life care providers. This improves patient and family satisfaction and reduces the overall cost burden to the system.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Creating a directory of certified providers and services could help facilitate better care coordination and transitions of care, reduce some administrative tasks, and support interoperability throughout the health sector, CMS indicated.

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