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VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue

Hospice News

NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare is banking on improved recruitment and retention to spur upward movement on patient census, admissions and length of stay. To recap, we have now generated two quarters of sequential growth in licensed healthcare workers, sequential growth and admissions, as well as [average daily census].

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VITAS Community Access Program Spurs Upward Trend, but Staffing, COVID Headwinds Still Sting

Hospice News

VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (NYSE: CHE), is seeing the benefits of ongoing community access initiatives as it continues to battle headwinds that started with the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors, along with the return of Medicare sequestration, have contributed to declining revenues. from the prior year.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

Hospice News

Also last year, Elara Caring and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) formed an integrated care model designed at better addressing behavioral health needs among seniors.Texas-based Elara Caring offers hospice, palliative and personal care in addition to behavioral and home health. None appear in the Hospice Item Set or Hospice Care Index.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. What the social workers are … Eric: Yeah.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program.

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What Services Does Hospice Provide?

Seasons Hospice

Social workers can help you and your loved one resolve any lingering end-of-life planning. Healthcare services. Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals. Nursing services : RNs visit patients in residential homes, nursing homes and hospitals.

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Hospice Myth vs Fact

Kindful Hospice

We’ll also dispel some of the common myths that surround this important kind of healthcare. To provide for the greatest care for the patient, hospice care is typically offered in the home or administered in a hospital or a nursing home. Hospice care can be covered by Medicare. What is Hospice Care?

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