Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Penn Bay Medical Center is moving forward with plans to evolve its palliative care program. The medical center is an affiliate of the MaineHealth system and began providing hospital-based palliative care two years ago. It has since expanded into community-based serious illness care. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Los Angeles-based Hospice Home Care recently rolled out a scholarship program for hospice aides in a move towards building career pathways and improving retention. Headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, Hospice Home Care’s service region spans 30 cities in the Los Angeles area.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

The Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization (ACO) has leveraged a comprehensive, community-based palliative care program developed by its partner Main Line Health to reduce costs of care by $9,000 per eligible patient. The key to this was the anticipated reductions in the total cost of care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Other supporters include organizations such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy, LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), Respecting Choices, and the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The center offers seniors access to primary care, therapies, skilled care, social and emotional support and day care at the Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic; in-home care and support and transportation to and from Empath LIFE or other approved specialists. That eliminates fragmented care.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I I think increasingly in our world, sadly, many rural people are alone.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

Aaby previously served as CFO from 1998 to 2017 at the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. “I am thankful for the opportunity to serve as the Interim CEO and work with the Adoray team that has provided excellent home health, hospice and palliative care in our communities for almost 30 years,” Aaby said.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). .

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

Strategies revealed in the study include increasing the amount of social workers and re-allocating non-clinical responsibilities, such as scheduling, to other areas of the organization.”. Hospice worker wage and salary increases ranged from 3% to 6% during the last two years.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Weber ascended to the role after serving as vice president of operations for hospice at Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, a New Day Healthcare company. The company’s roughly 7,000 employees provide care to an average daily census of more than 11,000 patients.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). He also wrote some sections of the Affordable Care Act. But for now, his work in Congress continues.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians. It covers the essentials of delivering end-of-life care in the home and compliance with regulatory requirements.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Littlefield steps in to lead the organization after three decades of experience in the hospice and palliative care space. “I

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families. HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The clearest example of how this works was the 2020 rebasing of payments for the four levels of hospice care. CMS that year reduced routine home care (RHC) rates by 2.7% and increased amounts for continuous home care, general inpatient care, and inpatient respite care by the same percentage.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Howe is passionate regarding education as he leads teams of specially trained clinical staff, including nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains and certified nurse aides, all of whom he believes are experts in the care of patients with advanced and terminal illnesses.”. Agrace Expands Medical Team.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that includes five hospitals, a home health agency and two skilled nursing facilities, as well as dozens of community-based health centers and school-based health centers. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

This, coupled with the limited number of clinicians trained to provide pediatric hospice and palliative care, further complicates recruitment and retention in a very competitive labor market. Providers across seven northwestern states recently formed the Northwest Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

More access to care is critical,” Alex Mauricio, CEO of Bristol Hospice, told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 conference. “I I think providers need to come together and figure out how we continue to attract more talent to the health care space, how we partner with schools, how we partner with each other.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Staff of Hospice of Cincinnati/HOC Navigators will provide hospice care at the center. Established in 1977, Hospice of Cincinnati provides hospice, palliative care, grief support and advanced care planning educational services. “We Clinical capacity has been a challenging feat to balance, Senkus indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The initiative is designed to provide support for rural patients who need care but are not yet Medicare-eligible or who do not qualify for California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. CareLinx is the parent company of Sharecare, which operates a digital platform network of tech-enabled home care providers. s service line.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to nurses, the retention program also aimed to recruit admission nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. We’re prepared for an uptick, but there’s been a lot of effort and expense in developing that workforce.” All told, hospice saves Medicare $3.5 billion annually, the study found.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Turnover rates for registered hospice nurses reached 25.15% in 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Nurses also accounted for 16.97% of vacancies.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. and Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Amedisys cited Muscato’s integral roles in strategic investments such as the joint venture strategy the company is pursuing with its Tennessee-based subsidiary Contessa Health, which grew its reach into the high-acuity home care space. Recent hires also include nurse case managers Caitlin Cunningham and Annette Drouin.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. The behavioral home model for reimbursement is very appealing to us,” Androscoggin CEO Ken Albert told Hospice News at the time of the deal. “We

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Then finally, we’re doing the same kind of thing with problem-solving in palliative care, trying to move our research up upstream outside of hospice a bit. 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.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The nation’s supply of pediatric palliative care professionals pales in comparison to the demand for these services, according to Dr. Colin O’Reilly, vice president and chief medical officer at Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH). What led to the start of your Pediatric Palliative Care Anchor Training Program?

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Hospice care provides a holistic way of managing feelings of pain and loneliness by allowing an individual to live as comfortably and as fully as possible. What Is Included in Hospice Care? Hospice care involves palliative care, such as symptom and pain relief, as opposed to curative measures.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

a> Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. H ospice and Palliative Care Month has arrived. Meeting you where you are, embracing all that matters to you, represents hospice and palliative care at its best.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

“We can provide better care to patients with advanced and serious illness, and it’s encouraging to see research show what changes could come in hospice.” There is a substantial opportunity to further explore what health care utilization, diagnoses, and changing frailty represent for mortality risk and prediction of hospice use.”

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hospice care is a type of medical care focused on providing comfort, symptom relief, and psychological support to individuals and their families facing terminal illnesses. Hospices provide palliative care that focuses on improving the quality of life for those with serious illnesses. What Are The Goals Of Hospice Care?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. Philadelphia-based All-American Home Care and Innovative Homecare Solutions in Illinois also appeared on the list.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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