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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

Breaking down the barriers to stronger trauma-informed end-of-life care requires heightened awareness, legislative action and improved care delivery approaches. More than half (51.5%) of home care workers overall have experienced verbal aggression, while 24.7% Sexual harassment and aggression impacted 27.6%

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

Hospice News

Farrah Daly, owner and founder of Evenbeam Neuropalliative Care LLC, told Palliative Care News that the current demand for neuropalliative care is “just the tip of the iceberg.” “So So many people with neurologic illness become distanced from the health care system,” Daly said.

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Partners in Care Sues HHS Over Claims Denials

Hospice News

Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines. The lawsuit contends that the claims denials denied Partners in Care its right to procedural due process. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017.

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End-of-Life Care: Your Patient Has Died, Now What?

Hospice Nurse Hero

Please read full disclosur e for more information. End-of-life care is intimate and unique for every patient. To make matters worse, I had never performed end-of-life care. (I The following information is for Healthcare Professionals. Pronouncement During End-of-Life Care.

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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

Hospice News

We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 But the proposal contained more than a pay increase.

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Perspectives on End of Life Care: An Exploration of Its Past, Present and Future - A Conversation with Dr. Janet Bull

Healthcare Law Insights podcast

As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Medicare hospice benefit, we stand at an important reflection point to evaluate end-of-life care and map its future. Janet has devoted the second half of her medical career to end-of-life care.

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From Access Barriers to Educational Gaps: The Research Trends Impacting Future Palliative Care Delivery

Hospice News

The illness often presents with an advanced disease progression with a median survival of approximately three to seven months of life following diagnosis, data shows. The study revealed that medical students lack the appropriate knowledge and skills related to palliative and end of life care,” the researchers wrote.