AlayaCare
JUNE 23, 2023
The home care industry in the United States plays a crucial role in supporting individuals who require assistance with daily activities while remaining in the comfort of their own homes. However, home care faces its fair share of challenges like any industry. One significant challenge that home care agencies must navigate is managing labor costs effectively.
Hospice News
JUNE 23, 2023
Amid persistent workforce shortages, sign-on and employee referral bonuses, as well as enhanced benefits, are bearing the most fruit for hospice providers. Though many providers are reporting upward trends when it comes to recruitment and retention, some clinical and administrative vacancies remain pain points. Filling gaps in the hospice workforce has come with hefty financial costs for some providers, but sustainable capacity is a large part of the return on investment.
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Home Care Pulse
JUNE 23, 2023
HCP WEBINAR SERIES Unity Through End-of-Life Care: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min 2:00pm EST | 60 min By uniting the continuum of care, we have a stronger force to improve the customer and family experience, better support employees, and make change within the healthcare industry.
Hospice News
JUNE 23, 2023
The Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (IL-HPCO) has penned a three-year association management contract with The HAP Foundation to provide counsel and operational support. The two organizations have copacetic missions. The HAP Foundation is an independent nonprofit that provides experienced hospice and palliative care management staff who can assist organizations by leading their operations, education and advocacy efforts.
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Daily Nurse
JUNE 23, 2023
Nominations are now open for WaterWipes ® Pure Foundation Fund, celebrating the achievements of our “ Great Protectors ,” healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in maternity, neonatal and postnatal care in the U.S. and Canada. To submit a nomination , entries must include background on the HCP and how they improved patient care and outcome for babies and families during pregnancy, delivery, or postnatal care.
Hospice News
JUNE 23, 2023
The nonprofit health plan CareSource has signed a definitive agreement to partner with Radiant Alliance, a new entity formed by Metta Healthcare and United Church Homes. The creation and subsequent partnership with Radiant Alliance will bring a hospice and palliative care company and senior living operator under the auspices of a payer. The transaction will give CareSource a larger foothold in the provider space, building up its capabilities as it pursues national expansion.
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Hospice News
JUNE 23, 2023
Patients are more likely to create an advance care plan if they receive nurse-led palliative care services versus those who had standard care alone. Among patients who received palliative services, a recent three-month assessment found significant increases in the number who participated in end-of-life conversations and completed advance care plans, according to research published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Hospice Promise
JUNE 23, 2023
On behalf of all of us at Hospice Promise, we want to express our sincere gratitude to the families that take the time to share their experiences with our organization. We understand how challenging it can be to navigate end-of-life care, and we are committed to making this process as comfortable and meaningful as possible for our patients and their families.
Nurse Nacole
JUNE 23, 2023
Category: Fundamentals The primary adverse events associated with levetiracetam therapy include somnolence, asthenia, headache and infection. Most of these occur within the first 4 weeks of therapy, with no dose-toxicity relationship seen.
Minority Nurse
JUNE 23, 2023
Nurses don’t always find the exact specialty that fuels their passion when they start out on a nursing path. Nicole Reid, BA, RN/BSN, EdM, CSPI, DABAT , now the managing director of the National Capital Poison Center in Washington, DC, didn’t expect her early career work in geography would lead her to a nursing career that she loves. Career opportunities and connections brought her to work as a poison control nurse, and Reid realized she found her place.
HEALTHCARE first
JUNE 23, 2023
In 2022, CMS estimated that it would take the clinician 57.3 minutes to complete the OASIS-E, and we all found out in January that was not the case. So how has this new mandate really impacted home health and hospice providers? In a recent HEALTHCAREfirst survey, we asked agencies how clinicians and reviewers are affected with OASIS-E implementation.
HEALTHCARE first
JUNE 23, 2023
Deb Wesley, CEO and Vice President of Clinical Services at Addison County Home Health & Hospice, had one challenge: coding. Addison was growing, and of all the things they were taking on, Wesley knew they would not be able to self-sustain while handling the coding in-house. OASIS? They could learn that. But coding needed to be outsourced so that more time could be dedicated to patients.
HEALTHCARE first
JUNE 23, 2023
When it comes to improving OASIS-E efficiency and accuracy for the agency clinician, education is always key. However, there are things that can be done to help streamline the process. In this blog, we share tips to use before the visit, upon arrival of the visit, and in the home — as well as best practices for OASIS-E success.
HEALTHCARE first
JUNE 23, 2023
Why does it matter to ask questions on the OASIS-E? While some of the questions may seem unimportant to the clinician, like the cognitive or emotional areas of the assessment, they’re used for risk adjustment. If these areas are not filled out correctly, it may affect your bottom line.
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