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Longer Hospice Stays Lead to Larger Medicare Cost Savings

Hospice News

Despite years of scrutiny over the duration of hospice care, new data show that longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%

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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by KanTime. In that role, I worked on improving outcomes and surveys along with chart reviews, which are critical to my role as the VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services today. A VBID model would completely rework how the Hospice benefit is offered. Can you walk us through that landscape?

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

Shock, “like a car is rushing straight at me” (says Bill Gardner on our podcast). I am honored to introduce Bill Gardner, who’s a child psychologist and professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Ottawa. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Bill: Thank you. After the shock? This is Eric Widera.

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Best practices for automating processes to enhance risk management

AlayaCare

When it comes to providing quality care in the home care industry, ensuring the safety and well-being of clients is of paramount importance. By embracing automation, home care agencies can revolutionize their approach to risk management, saving time, improving accuracy, and enhancing overall client safety.

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Voices: Tim Smokoff, General Manager, Home Health and Hospice, MatrixCare

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by MatrixCare. 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. Another key aspect is care coordination and collaboration.

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Palliative Care News Conference: Palliative Prowess

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by KanTime. This article is based on a Palliative Care News discussion with Deanna Heath, Senior Vice President of customer experience at KanTime, Jared King, Vice President of business development and sales at Hospice Dynamix and Sundar Kannan, CEO of KanTime. That’s not the case anymore.

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Hospice News ELEVATE : Fireside Chat with Netsmart

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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