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CMMI Analysis: Palliative Care Reduces Medicare Costs, Improve Patient Satisfaction

Hospice News

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. The agency’s findings will likely inform the development of future payment models as the U.S.

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

Hospice News

Turnover rates for registered hospice nurses reached 25.15% in 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Nurses also accounted for 16.97% of vacancies.

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Hospice CEOs: Action Needed on Staffing, Value-Based Care, Oversight

Hospice News

Turnover rates for registered hospice nurses reached 25.15% in 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Nurses also accounted for 16.97% of vacancies.

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AlayaCare Delivers 172 percent ROI for North Country Home Services with 8.4 Month Payback

AlayaCare

To learn more about the AlayaCare or request a demo to see how the AlayaCare Cloud platform helps transform home-based care agencies for growth, visit: [link] ### About North Country Home Services North Country Home Services is a private not-for-profit corporation that began in the late 1960s as a registry of Home Care Aides.

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Home Infusion Therapy… Without the Paperwork

AlayaCare

Move the ‘Manual’ out of Home Infusion Reporting The main group of professionals that administer such therapy in people’s homes and clinics are nurses. While it’s clear that nurses’ time is best spent caring for patients, it is too easy for them to get caught up in paperwork with the reporting demands of home infusion.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

So I ’ m thrilled to introduce you to a nurse living up to the mantra. Meet Alice Benjamin, or Nurse Alice, as she ’ s known to many and how she ’ s making a difference in her patient ’ s lives, the surrounding community, and the nursing profession every day. But that is only part of her incredible journey.

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5 Benefits Cloud-Based Technology Brings to Home Infusion During COVID-19

AlayaCare

One of the major advantages is the ease of the technology, which was a key selling point for nursing teams accustomed to pen and paper. “We We needed a solution that would be easy to adopt, help us easily shift to a virtual environment and meet the increasing need for data,” says Joan Couden, vice president of nursing for Option Care Health.

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