Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care. While stakeholders work towards change, providers are developing innovative ways to work with what they have to bring this care to patients in need. Historically, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed palliative care through a fee-for-service model that only covers physician and licensed independent practitioner services, rather than the full range of interdisciplinary care.

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 4, 2022

‘Even my hair is tired.’ If you’ve been faced with death, trauma, significant stressors, and losses, you’ve had to be resilient. And boy, did I choose a career with all of the above. I started my nursing career during the AIDS epidemic, and later moved to active duty Air Force nursing, travel nursing, polytrauma, rehab, chronic pain, spinal cord injury, working with the homeless, mental health, and lastly COVID-19.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The diversity, equity and inclusion components of Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program show promise for expanding access to care, though it means participating hospices will need to devote scarce resources to meet program requirements. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) last year announced a “strategy refresh” that included a renewed focus on health care equity in payment model design.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 4, 2022

One occupational hazard of being a nurse (or even a nursing student!) is that friends, family, and even brand-new acquaintances tend to buttonhole you for on-the-spot diagnoses and ad hoc consultations. And, since you are completely on board with helping people, you respond as a nurse whether you’re wearing scrubs or street clothes. So, it […].

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

The Southern District Court of Mississippi granted hospice provider SouthernCare Inc.’s motion to dismiss a whistleblower’s False Claims Act complaint. However, the court will proceed in hearing allegations that the company terminated an employee who raised concerns about these practices. Former SouthernCare nurse Rhonda McClinton filed a qui tam complaint against the organization in 2016, alleging that the hospice provider submitted hospice claims to Medicare for patients who were not eligible

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Chicago Caregiving

MAY 4, 2022

9 tips to keep your loved one eating well with dementia. When you think about side effects of dementia, eating probably isn’t one of the first issues to come to mind. But for a disease that impacts every area of a person’s life, mealtime definitely takes a hit. Over time, dementia may cause changes in food habits and preferences, making eating more difficult.

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Today's Caregiver

MAY 4, 2022

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition in which people have more memory or thinking problems than other people their age. The symptoms of MCI are not as severe as those of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

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Boca Home Care Services

MAY 4, 2022

Activities for Palm Beach County Seniors. There is a wide variety of activities for seniors that live in Palm Beach County during the spring and summer. From parks to beaches, concerts, museums, festivals, and even beautiful fairs, which always have a way of brightening up the mood. Aging doesn’t always necessarily mean that we have to stop enjoying life and forget our culture; if you are young at heart, then this is for you.

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Palliverse

MAY 4, 2022

Photo by NASA on Unsplash. Ford Prefect says, “An SEP is something we can’t see, or don’t see, or our brain doesn’t let us see, because we think that it’s somebody else’s problem. That’s what SEP means. Somebody Else’s Problem. The brain just edits it out, it’s like a blind spot.”. The Somebody Else’s Problem field… relies on people’s natural predisposition not to see anything they don’t want to, weren’t expecting, or can’t explai

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The Nurse Break

MAY 4, 2022

The Nurse Brea k recently held a very popular Nursing During COVID / Pandemic 2021 Writing Competition. We were inundated with submissions and thank everyone. By Prue, RN in Rural Victoria. To get notified of future competitions and content, sign up here. To read articles about nurses’ raw experiences during COVID19 go here. To write for The Nurse Break go here.

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

MAY 4, 2022

We are so proud to announce that in April, our caregiver Liliana C., has completed a total of 74 industry-relevant courses through our partner learning platform, In The Known. We can provide the means, but the drive to learn and accomplish big things is up to them. That’s why our team is once again proud to recognize her efforts and dedication by taking the time to learn skills on how to provide better care to her clients. •.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 4, 2022

Recent legislative changes indicate that Congress is committed to continuing to allow patients to access telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, but it is gathering more information before making such changes permanent. Comments from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Xavier Becerra and the HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) indicate that HHS is committed to expanding telehealth beyond the end of the PHE and that the OIG r

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Today's Caregiver

MAY 4, 2022

Caregiver, are you overwhelmed? Do you secretly (or not so secretly) have bouts of despair, bitterness, and even hopelessness?

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Nurse Nacole

MAY 4, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in patients with diabetes. In fact, patients with diabetes have the same risk of having an MI as a patient who already has a history of an MI.

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