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. Los Angeles County needs to hear the voices of those who provide Los Angeles hospice care to the residents of this county as they near the end of life.”
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Hospice aides and CNAs also represented a large percentage of job vacancies and saw high turnover rates, 19.05% and 29.84%, respectively. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. These relationships can help generate cost savings and bolster hospices’ bargaining power.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Hospice aides and CNAs also represented a large percentage of job vacancies and saw high turnover rates, 19.05% and 29.84%, respectively. Providers have reported shortages among social workers and nonclinical staff as well. This entire Medicare Advantage carve-in, it makes sense.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Contributing to these declines were constraints on clinical capacity stemming from the labor shortage, as well as some instances of lower reimbursement for its home health services due to the shift of more patients towards Medicare Advantage, executives said in an earnings call. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
NHPCO
JUNE 21, 2023
On behalf of our member hospices NHPCO has raised concerns about hospitals pressuring hospices to admit patients in the last hours of life. Reality: The median length of stay in hospice care is 17 days and the average lifetime length of stay is 92.1 days, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Traditions Health
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Other benefits hospice care for veterans provides include: Delivering individualized care plans that address medical and psychological issues common in veterans. A comprehensive care team comprised of physicians, nurses, hospice aides, social workers, spiritual professionals, and trained volunteers.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
So when I was researching what hospice was, I was learning through Googling, instead of necessarily learning from the doctors that that’s what he needed. After that, when he went into in-home hospice, I can’t tell you how much the home hospice aides and the nurses were working so hard to try to give my dad the best experience.
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