Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

Hospices considering a sale should not underestimate their value proposition by limiting their focus on revenues and margins. With hospice M&A staying hot, a host of operational and financial pressures — coupled with record-high valuations in the space — has driven a range of providers to consider selling. While a healthy balance sheet is critical to those negotiations, that’s not where a hospices’ financial value begins and ends.

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HopeHealth

JULY 29, 2022

When Marsha Ireland was 36, she lost her husband and the father of her young children. In the wake of that loss, she found her calling as a grief counselor. The post South County spotlight: After personal loss, a grief counselor finds her calling appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

SCAN Group is executing a service diversification strategy designed to identify and address unmet needs of the California-based Medicare Advantage Organization’s beneficiaries. The company, whose holdings include SCAN Health Plan, most recently invested an undisclosed dollar amount in the non-emergency medical transport (NEMT) broker SafeRide Health.

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Nurse.com

JULY 29, 2022

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are revolutionizing healthcare delivery in America. As of April 2022, 26 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories now give patients full and direct access to the high-quality care NPs deliver. This year, both New York and Kansas took decisive action to adopt full practice authority (FPA). . April Kapu, DNP.

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

Richard Honzel, Hospice Admission Nurse for Angels Grace Hospice, LLC, has been named a 2022 Frontline Honors honoree by Hospice News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of seniors and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for seniors, their industry, and

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Minority Nurse

JULY 29, 2022

Nurses could have never predicted the upheaval and disruption that COVID brought to everything they considered normal in their work and personal lives. But for Anthony Pho, PhD, MPH, ANP-C , a Propel postdoctoral scholar for The PRIDE Study at the Stanford University School of Medicine , the pandemic’s chaos brought a real silver lining. Pho , who worked in New York City in the beginning of the pandemic, says the nursing community and his nursing work gave him a purpose through a distinc

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Nurse.com

JULY 29, 2022

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are revolutionizing healthcare delivery in America. As of April 2022, 26 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories now give patients full and direct access to the high-quality care NPs deliver. This year, both New York and Kansas took decisive action to adopt full practice authority (FPA). . April Kapu, DNP.

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Palliverse

JULY 29, 2022

Photo by Fredrika Carlsson on Unsplash. My patient had been itchy for months. This symptom preceded their cancer diagnosis. Widespread cancer to multiple organs and bones. Normal kidney function, slightly deranged liver function tests. Troubled by pain and nausea but these had been brought under control with medications in a syringe driver. It was the itch which caused the most suffering.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 29, 2022

A month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Texas’ two dozen abortion clinics are slowly coming to terms with a future where their work is virtually outlawed. Some clinics have already announced that they are shutting down operations and moving to New Mexico and other states that are expected to protect abortion […].

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Euro-American Connections & Homecare

JULY 29, 2022

Another successful class hosted by our Community Liaison Beata at the Berlin Senior Center! To make things even more special, we helped celebrate the birthday of one of the attendees. To learn more about our upcoming classes and how to join us for another fun-filled crafting experience, please call us at 860-829-0208! video-output-541638A0-7FEC-4CD6-B7C2-65A81C85F031.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 29, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Supraventricular and AV nodal arrhythmias are not usually life threatening. However, they may become troublesome and lead to reduced cardiac output related to decreased ventricular filling.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 29, 2022

Workplace violence has become a hot topic in today’s discourse; however, workplace violence is not just headline fodder for media outlets. The trend is well-documented and especially felt by the healthcare industry which continues to experience the brunt after the onslaught of COVID-19. In 2018, 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence incidents involved healthcare workers.

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Seasons Hospice

JULY 29, 2022

When someone we love dies, our world is turned upside down. Grief is the natural process we go through when we lose someone we care about. Unfortunately, there are many myths about grief and how it should be handled. In this blog post, we will explore the grieving process and offer tips for dealing with loss in a healthy way. If you have recently lost a loved one, please know that you are not alone.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 29, 2022

On July 26, 2022, Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas affirmed that certain parts of the Interim Final Rule Part II implementing the No Surprises Act (the Act) were invalid. This ruling is nearly identical to Judge Kernodle’s February decision in Texas Medical Association & Corley v. US Dept. of Health and Human Services. This decision vacated a portion of the Interim Final Rule that required arbitrators to give more weight to the out-of-network rate, including what is cal

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The Heart of Hospice

JULY 29, 2022

We’re talking about comfort feedings today, how they work and the benefits they hold for hospice patients and their caregivers. Comfort feeding, (also pleasure feeding, is the practice of feeding the patient only what the patient likes and wants. It might not be considered particularly healthy. It’s more about enhancing quality of life for the … Continue reading "What You Need to Know About Comfort Feedings, Heartbeat Episode 296".

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

More people are recognizing the value of advance care planning, but less are apt to follow through with those discussions. More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans indicated that discussing end-of-life preparations with their loved ones is important in a recent nationwide survey from life insurance provider and global technology company Ethos. However, among these individuals, less than half (47%) had goals of care conversations with their families or made end-of-life preparations, according to t

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