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Important Predictions for Home Care in 2019

AlayaCare

As AlayaCare has grown, we’ve had the privilege of observing how health systems around the world are organizing to keep seniors and chronically or acutely ill patients receiving care and convalescing in their preferred setting: at home. Everywhere we look, home care is growing at double-digit percentages. in 2009 to 65.7%

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Defining the Undefined Scope of Palliative Care Payment, Services

Hospice News

The nation’s fragmented payment structures for palliative care reimbursement create opportunities for regulators to examine the facets of these different models across varied geographic areas and patient populations, according to Fred Bentley, managing director for Medicare innovation at ATI Advisory. CEO Jonathan Fluhart.

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Adult, PACE, Palliative Centers Unveiled Amid Hospice Closures

Hospice News

Services at the program’s new facility include adult day services, primary and skilled care, therapies and social and emotional support. Hospice of the EUP became Medicare certified in 1990 and offers facility-based hospice and grief support services. All told, the hospital system has eliminated 62 positions in recent months.

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

That setting has had the greatest impact on my mind and heart, but my experiences in home-based primary care, hospice in the home, skilled care and long-term custodial care have enabled me to further develop my professional skillset. For those who don’t know, what is CHAP? What does it stand for?

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

So building our health care system on this idea — and it’s true, not only in hospice but in any home care and child care. We just assume that the families are equipped to keep a person at home, but we don’t do anything to make that happen. Not all families are able to do that.

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