Hospice News
MAY 3, 2023
In a $3.6 billion all-stock transaction, Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) will merge will Option Care Health (NASDAQ: OPCH), a provider of home- and alternate-site infusion services. Based on 2022 financial results, the combined companies earned roughly $6.2 billion with adjusted EBITDA approaching $622 billion and would have a combined workforce of 16,500.
Life & Death Matters
MAY 3, 2023
As we celebrate Palliative Care Month, the Life & Death Matters team wants to send a heartfelt and sincere thank you to you all! The post A Thank You Letter from Life & Death Matters appeared first on Life and Death Matters.
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Hospice News
MAY 3, 2023
Federal regulators are cracking down on the private insurers that administer Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. In turn, that could dampen the growth of palliative care supplemental benefits in MA moving forward. Despite palliative care’s ability to lower health care spending and improve patient outcomes, it remains an underutilized service. That’s partly because providers are forced to offer palliative care through a patchwork of reimbursement mechanisms, one of which is the MA program.
Minority Nurse
MAY 3, 2023
“I feel scared” and “I feel like I am not good enough” are the words of a new graduate nurse whose nurse manager told her to resign. “I sat in my car and cried for 40 minutes,” she says. Wow. This is not an isolated story of a new graduate nurse. There are many more stories out there like this. Our nursing leaders must ensure that nurses, particularly new nurses, are supported and given the mentorship they need to thrive.
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Hospice News
MAY 3, 2023
Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of VNA Health Group, is leaving the company in July and become the top executive for the Boston-based health system Hebrew SeniorLife. Landers succeeded Louis J. Woolf upon his retirement. Woolf has led Hebrew SeniorLife for 14 years. Hebrew SeniorLife is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and serves more than 3,000 seniors in the Boston metropolitan area.
Diversity Nursing
MAY 3, 2023
Healthcare should be accessible to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status, age, gender, race, or ethnicity. Unfortunately, many people across the nation struggle to access affordable and reliable healthcare. Health equity can only be achieved when every person, regardless of the situation, has a fair and equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
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Nurse Nacole
MAY 3, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Methotrexate is classified as pregnancy category X due to the risk of fetal death or severe abnormalities. Therefore, women who wish to conceive should stop taking methotrexate at least one ovulatory cycle before attempting to become pregnant.
Together for Short Lives
MAY 3, 2023
Basics such as regular sleep and enjoying everyday family activities are a real challenge for those caring for a seriously ill child, our new research shows. We recently worked with Ipsos UK to survey 2,236 UK adults, 696 with one or more child, and we also separately surveyed 40 families currently caring for a seriously […] The post Everyday life is a real challenge for those caring for a seriously ill child appeared first on Together for Short Lives.
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