Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2023
After weighing the decision for several months, Nashville-based nonprofit Alive Hospice will not be sold. Workforce shortages, rising care delivery costs, reimbursements shifts and widespread consolidation were the main reasons that a potential sale was on the table, according to Alive Hospice’s board of directors. The organization will remain a nonprofit hospice, they indicated.
Daily Nurse
JUNE 9, 2023
The results of a nationwide survey of human resource (HR) leaders and chief nursing officers (CNOs) examining the dynamics and trends impacting talent at healthcare institutions find patient safety and quality of care on par with employee retention needs. The study reveals that 84 percent of HR leaders and CNOs rate the quality of care and patient safety as the most critical issue to address in their organization, followed by strengthening employee engagement and retention (77 percent) and impro
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Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2023
Increasingly, both policymakers and providers are seeing potential opportunities to reform the Medicare Hospice Benefit, including the prospect of concurrent care. Driving these conversations is the need to lighten the nation’s heavy health care spend, which in 2021 reached $4.3 trillion , according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Nurse Nacole
JUNE 9, 2023
Do you or someone you know dislike the nursing profession, system, or culture? There is a difference, and people sometimes clump them all together. So, let's talk about this whole situation and get some clarity. I want you to think of the nursing profession on a global level, the whole kit and caboodle, and all of its moving and changing parts. Disliking nursing means that you prefer to avoid caring for or assisting individuals with their medical conditions or illnesses, directly or indirectly.
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Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2023
Current clinical education models do not sufficiently prepare medical professionals to either understand or deliver the full scope of palliative care services, according to researchers from the University of Michigan. Most clinicians receive little to no exposure to palliative care during their training. This lack of exposure to palliative care has led to widespread misunderstanding of these services among many health care professionals, according to Heidi Mason, Mary Beth Derubeis and Beth Hess
Melodia Hospice
JUNE 9, 2023
Continuous Care, one of four hospice care options covered by Medicare, is for terminally ill patients. This 24/7 emergency therapy is supplied to the patient’s home for a limited duration. It respects a patient’s decision to stay home by treating the crisis and managing symptoms. What’s continuous care? Hospice provides 24-hour care at home for … What is Continuous Home Care in Hospice?
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Nurse Nacole
JUNE 9, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Valproic acid and its derivatives (divalproex) are approved as monotherapy and adjunctive therapy in complex partial and complex absence seizures and treatment for patients with multiple seizure types, including absence seizures.
Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2023
Elevate is brought to you by CITUS health In this episode of Elevate, Hospice marketing professional Dr. Carla Pennington speaks with Hospice News editor Jim Parker about how to tailor your organization’s messaging to reach consumers, payers and referral partners. Subscribe to Elevate to receive the latest episodes and listen on: Apple Podcasts Soundcloud The post Podcast #24: Dr.
1-800-HOSPICE
JUNE 9, 2023
On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration announced an to end the COVID-19 national emergency and the Public Health Emergency (PHE) effective May 11, 2023. Certain federal waivers and flexibilities put in place during the pandemic by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have expired. However, some CMS waivers and flexibilities are set to expire at a later date.
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