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Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”.
Hospice News
JUNE 1, 2022
Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
“What we found with this tool is that we could transition patients in need quicker, identify declines faster and get the appropriate team members there to be with them in a timely fashion, especially during those last and important days of care.” Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Careful management of hospice care manager workloads correlates with longer lengths of stay. For many patients length of stay is a week or less, which is too short for them to receive the full benefit of hospice care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Hospice News
AUGUST 7, 2023
To meet growing demand, more outpatient palliative care clinics and programs are cropping up. Insurance companies and Medicare are also starting to recognize the cost savings and improved patient outcomes the clinics can provide. “I Reimbursement for palliative care services remains scarce. You need nurses. In May 2022, Sen.
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. But the prevalence of mental health conditions and related concerns like isolation and substance abuse mean that hospice and behavioral health providers may need to find more ways to integrate their services.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The first one is with caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients that are in hospice care. We have an inpatient hospice unit at our university, and at times you have to go to families and say, “They’re kind of stable, so Medicare is not going to allow this or pay for this. I propose that is the social worker.
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