Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. I’m a pediatrician.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2024

In traditional fee-for-service systems, palliative care is not being reimbursed at a rate where often you can deliver the services that you need to meet patient and caregiver needs,” Friedman said. There’s tremendous value to patients and also tremendous economic value in palliative care. However, that program is slated to end on Dec.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. Family caregivers in rural areas are more likely to experience social determinants of health that negatively affect the provision of palliative and end of life care.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

Greater training and awareness around gender inclusivity is needed among palliative care providers to improve their understanding how to care for underserved transgender populations, Fried said during the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Virtual Interdisciplinary Conference. Furthermore, 85.3% Furthermore, 85.3%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

Hospices and other health care providers are increasingly recognizing the value proposition of end-of-life doulas. Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula. She serves as vice-chair of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) End-of-Life Doula Advisory Council.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some federal legislators are working to address workforce issues in the hospice space, as well as bolstering support for family caregivers. In a fractious political environment, hospice and palliative care policy is one area in which members of both parties find common ground.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. Though Gentiva did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, Bloomberg reported that ProMedica’s Heartland Hospice is valued at $710 million.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2024

Greater care collaborations between naturopathic and palliative care providers could address a wide range of unmet patient and caregiver needs, according to Luepker. The post Naturopath’s Potential in Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News. Naturopathic medicine and palliative care may have more in common than meets the eye.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

The lion’s share of palliative care physicians dwell in more densely populated communities, creating disparities among the rural seriously ill population. Recent research has found that more than 90% of board certified palliative physicians and nurse practitioners nationwide were located in metropolitan and urban areas in 2022. according to Chen.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Empath’s New Adult Day Center Empath LIFE has opened a new adult day center in Tampa, Florida, which will also provide caregiver education and respite services, among others. The LIFE program is a great example of Empath Health Full Life Care,” President and CEO Jonathan Fleece said in an announcement shared with Hospice News. “We

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Palliative care delivery trends are increasingly taking root in inpatient and community-based settings across the continuum, Gina Andres, senior director of hospice and palliative care at Kaiser Permanente, said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Tampa, Florida. Palliative care is very attractive.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

She recently joined the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) as its innovation lab clinical officer. Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. A bill to strengthen support for family caregivers is working its way through Congress. The bill would establish a tax credit up to $5,000 for eligible, working family caregivers. Meanwhile, U.S.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Louis, is currently researching behavioral interventions to enhance the lives of caregivers for family members with advanced illnesses. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

The nation’s health care system is lacking in support for caregivers of the terminally ill, who are often left with a heavy financial and logistical burden. Without assistance or relief, these difficulties can impede access to hospice. The California-based company provides palliative care and offers caregiver support group series.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Support for family caregivers of seriously ill patients is both limited and fragmented, but changing the conversation about the end of life could fill some of the gaps. Not only are they not enough, what is there is fragmented,” Marcantonio told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has inked a deal to acquire Arizona-based Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice for an undisclosed amount, adding to its existing presence in the state. Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice provides home-based end-of-life and serious illness care to communities in Yuma, Arizona.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. As a hospice physician, you want to give patients a soft landing.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

More palliative care and hospice companies are developing programs to meet the specific concerns of these patients to improve access to care. That includes advanced communication skills, addressing nonphysical symptoms, care partners and caregiver burden.” ” More than 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

More home health care, health systems, hospices and primary care providers have gained a foothold in the palliative care space, often through community-based collaborations. A diversifying field Though hospices and health systems have largely dominated the palliative care market, primary care providers have increasingly delved into the space.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

But defining the range of communities that specifically lack access to hospice and palliative care can be a moving target. Hospices should apply a wide and varied lens when examining the populations in greatest need of end-of-life care, Garrett indicated. Hospice News photo.) But it’s important to lean towards other communities.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

Documentation errors and a fragmented health system pose the greatest risks for adverse drug events among hospices. McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). They also need to know which side effects are more concerning and should prompt a call to the hospice.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

It’s this specter of influence in how decisions are made and who is involved in caregiving for the child. Greater caregiving education and support structures are needed to help minimize the risks of abuse and neglect, he said. “We

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

On the palliative side, these services can often be conflated with hospice for patients reaching the end of life versus serious illness care that can be accessed further upstream. Seriously ill seniors with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) are at particular risk of adverse health effects, Krishnasamy indicated. “The

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Parents and guardians frequently experience feelings of stress, anxiety and becoming overwhelmed, issues that pediatric palliative care providers can do better in alleviating, according to Eddie Belluomini, COO of 1Care Hospice & 1Care Kids based in Nevada. Expanding that education and awareness is a pivotal starting point, he added.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice rule contained requests for information (RFIs) that could signal changes in the agency’s thinking on key issues. Through RFIs, CMS tries to take the pulse of providers’ positions on certain questions that could impact the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The most common comment our hospice members hear from patients and families is “why didn’t I get your services sooner?”

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2024

Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care recently began exploring ways to improve clinical outcomes during the last days of life, an important quality measure in end-of-life care. Established in 1980, Maryland-based Coastal Hospice serves four counties in its home state.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Without family caregivers, most hospice and palliative care patients would be unable to receive care in the home. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component. The model comes at a time when dementia-related illnesses are on the rise among hospice patients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 16, 2024

The community advisory board will be made up of cancer patients, caregivers, cancer survivors and community organizations that advocate for cancer patients, Mudumbi said. She hopes the community boards will also help to eliminate some of the stigma around palliative care, where patients relate it to hospice and dying.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others, Ellen Lukens, deputy director of CMMI said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. “In caregiver education and support), and help with shared decision-making.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A lot of burden falls on palliative and hospice workers to manage serious, persistent mental health concerns that might be beyond their scope of knowledge,” Turner told Palliative Care News. “A The element of collaboration is so important to link them up to community resources, clinicians and other support services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. The palliative care field emerged in the United States during the 1980s, shortly after the Medicare Hospice Benefit came into being, according to research from Johns Hopkins Medical. Volatility is the right word.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Reinhard is also chief strategist of AARP’s Center to Champion Nursing in America and Family Caregiving Initiatives. The state of the palliative care workforce is at an inflection point, as employers see both challenges and opportunities in their strategies to boost recruitment and retention.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. Patients can access palliative care through a number of inroads.

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