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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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Home health and hospice provider Enhabit, Inc. The company’s more than 10,000 employees provide care from 105 hospice and 252 home health locations in 34 states. The company plans to deploy $50 to $100 million annually towards transactions, leaning 60% to 70% in the direction of hospice, Jacobsmeyer previously told Hospice News.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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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.

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Palliative Care Startups Require Creativity, Flexibility

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Integration key to success Tiffany Hughes, chief operating officer of Texas-based PalliCare, found that the secret to a successful palliative care model is creating a continuum of care between home health and hospice for patients within the last 18 to 24 months of life. InHome Connects is the palliative care arm of Heart to Heart Hospice.

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Wages Rising for Hospice Workers; Aides See 9.09% Increase

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Wages for hospice aides and CNAs are rising faster than those for other interdisciplinary team members as providers seek to stem rampant turnover among those employees. There’s a shortage of hospice and palliative care trained physicians across the country.”. Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News.

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How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

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Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. Northeast Georgia’s home-based palliative system started through their hospice operations. two full-time social workers, and part-time chaplains and volunteers.

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How Hospices Can Improve Health Equity for Rural-Based LGBTQ+ Seniors

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Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Access to hospice can be challenging for many seniors in remote or rural regions. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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