Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. AccentCare provides hospice, palliative and personal care, along with home health, non-medical services, care management and high-acuity home care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Particularly those [caregivers] in rural areas experience unique challenges, as they have limited access to support and hospice and palliative care services because of their distant location,” Patano said. The researchers’ analysis spanned the experiences of 1,470 caregivers across 18 studies from 2010 to 2023.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Patrick Leary, VP, Client Services, Enclara Pharmacia, to learn about the top factors that impact the nurse experience in hospice care. What factors do you think matter most to that nurse experience? Delivering an optimal nurse experience starts with patient care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

. “Laura has one of the sharpest analytical and entrepreneurial mindsets in the field and has spent her entire career building highly functioning teams that are committed to culture, performance, accountability and collaboration,” Carmine Petrone, managing director at Advent International, said in a press release.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Integrating palliative care could alleviate some of the suffering through symptom management, improved communication about goals and treatment, and better training and resources for staff. Nearly 75% of patients admitted to the ICU experience distressing symptoms. More than 57% of their relatives suffer high symptom distress as well.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Significant pain level reduction was observed among all 45 palliative care patients who participated in virtual reality experiences for an October study published in BMC Palliative Care. These patients reported improved pain management as well as reduced feelings of anxiety and depression. Around 17.5% Florida-based St.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

That really plays into pain, symptom and medication management in these patients’ experiences.” Cancer patients and those with other serious chronic illnesses often experience higher rates of mental health comorbidity that is “under-diagnosed, under-treated and under-studied,” a 2021 study from the Cambridge University Press found.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Through the collaboration, VNS Health and Compassus will help MA health plans to manage patient populations within the hospice component of VBID, often called the hospice carve-in. Josie Aquino, director of product management, VNS Health. VNS Health’s service region spans the New York City area, including four surrounding counties.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space, and providers can learn from that prior experience. The hospice community has learned from that home health experience, jumping into the fray with integrity.” In response to emerging program integrity concerns, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Regardless of their past life experiences, residents of Solace Home will know they are loved and they mattered to others in this world.” million in support for the Housing Access and Affordability Division, which manages contracts with various community shelters, housing organizations and health care providers.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“We do need process improvements [to] do all the things to make the visit and experience the best we can make it. We do need process improvements [to] do all the things to make the visit and experience the best we can make it. I think to be conveners with other providers, to be collaborative, [this] provides disruption and innovation.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For some, PAP therapies can be a positive experience that assists them in addressing their emotions throughout the grieving process, Moss said. Others can experience heightened feelings of loss and sadness that can complicate their grief, he indicated.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Messina] brings a unique blend of visionary thinking, entrepreneurial prowess and deep experience forming successful partnerships with some of the nation’s leading health systems,” Clark said in the press release. “As Founded in 2001, the company currently operates and manages ASC locations in more than 15 states.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2024

Patients in this age group suffered from neurocognitive and emotional development challenges that can impact their experiences in decision-making and pose “inherent conflicts” in discussing the end of life, researchers found in a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

What has been your experience in providing hospice and palliative care thus far? The experience I have in hospice and palliative medicine has been really fulfilling. The experience I’ve had in particular working in hospice and palliative care in the emergency department is really a privilege.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Charter, a portfolio company of Pharos Capital Group, provides hospice, home health, complex care management and palliative care services to nearly 13,000 patients in eight states. “We This experience should serve her well as Charter as it continues to pursue acquisitions and other avenues of growth.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These patients often experience severe symptoms that can include shortness of breath, coughing, nausea, fatigue, pain and depression and anxiety, among others, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Heart failure is an increasingly common condition among the aging U.S. population. And palliative care can help.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

According to the study, approximately 1 in 5 patients experience adverse events during this kind of transition. “Patients moving from a hospital to a home setting may face challenges in adjusting to self-management or medication regimens,” Transitions Care COO Trish Benson told Palliative Care News in an email. “A

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AlayaCare

MAY 30, 2023

89% of employees who had an effective onboarding experience are engaged at work and are 30x more likely to feel overall job satisfaction compared to employees who feel their onboarding process was lacking. This reliance on traditional training methods and rigid Learning Management Systems (LMS) only adds to the problem.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

In this interview, Hospice News sits down with Tim Smokoff, General Manager, Home Health and Hospice, MatrixCare , to talk ab out the most pressing challenge facing providers in today’s hospice landscape — staffing. Hospice News: What life and career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This kind of information can provide a blueprint for how clinical education can be more oriented around patient needs, as well as around pain and symptom management, Bowman said at a recent conference held in collaboration with the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC).

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In her new position, Husted will oversee the company’s volunteer and bereavement programs, working to improve the patient and family experience and foster growth. She has also previously served as general manager and senior general manager in several Florida markets.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Patients can experience wound‐related symptoms such as pain, infections, malodour, bleeding and discomfort during basic tasks like dressing, according to a study published in the International Wound Journal. . “Chronic wound care is all about managing pain and addressing symptoms,” said Cogswell. ” The post St.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

“A skill set that really needs to be developed in training is diagnosing and prognosticating well, because these are critical skills in managing a decline in a patient,” Pujari said. Being able to share experiences with colleagues and experts in the field gives an additional layer of understanding of what to expect and how to manage care.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

Researchers examined the experiences of nine Thai third-year nursing students providing palliative care to terminally ill patients in the ICU who had varying levels of physical, mental, social and spiritual suffering. Researchers also asked students to observe family experiences and outcomes of palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Included in this list are organizations that are not only growing, but experimenting with new reimbursement and care models and diversifying their services to extend their presence more broadly through the health care continuum. This is the second in a two-part series on providers to watch this year in the hospice space.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Guaranteed’s care delivery approach and aims towards improving more inclusive and personalized experiences was a main pull that attracted SCAN Group’s investment, according to Deepa Sheth, the organization’s chief corporate development officer. “We That vision was really attractive to us.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Another thing is having qualified staff that are certified, educated and understand what palliative care means and how to manage these patients with acute or chronic illnesses.” Both Medicare and managed care don’t reimburse appropriately to cover the cost of salaries and education in palliative care,” McInnes said.

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AlayaCare

MAY 8, 2023

Home-based care technology innovator to help Carefor streamline back-office operations—from scheduling to client management, with enhanced data-based decision support for improved job experience for front-line caregivers. Carefor is no different,” said Steve Perry, CEO Carefor Health & Community Services. Learn more at carefor.ca.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Researchers of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology study compared the experiences of Parkinson patients across 19 neurology providers supported by palliative care teams at two academic centers. Patient data was analyzed from January 2021 to September 2023.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The principles of pain management between adults and AYAs are similar, but how those principles are applied differs due to the perception of pain. AYA patients often experience severe symptoms, receive intensive, high-acuity care and die in the hospital rather than at home.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Perchik has more than fifteen years of corporate law experience in the health care industry. He has held general counsel roles at Gentiva Health Services’ Center Well, as well as at Benevis Dental Practice Management Services and Almost Family Inc., a Kentucky-based home health provider.

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AlayaCare

MAY 11, 2023

Agency staff can upload and add custom workflows quickly with an on-brand learning experience “We’ve found that AlayaCare University is particularly valuable for employees who are new to the AlayaCare platform or who don’t use a wide selection of AlayaCare features often.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Our joint venture partnership model with leading health care systems and our relationships with health plan insurers facilitate our ability to take and manage additional risk for this patient population in value-based arrangements.” The key with palliative care is the managed care plans.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A second study published this year evaluated clinicians’ experiences with having palliative consults in the ED, also published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. The study’s authors embedded palliative care clinicians in the ED of an urban, academic hospital and later surveyed 142 clinicians about their experiences.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Texas-based company developed its Hospice Cloud Pro technology platform to facilitate consolidated equipment ordering and provide clients with data on utilization, cost trends, and network management for reporting and analytics. “We The firm is affiliated with the Patterson Thomas Family Office.

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