Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

A huge need exists for neuropalliative care, Dr. Claire J. Creutzfeldt at the Harborview Medical Center’s Department of Neurology told Palliative Care News. Palliative care offers support for a variety of symptoms through interdisciplinary care. But, in addition, stroke leaves people with huge changes in identity.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Within hours of recording this podcast, I joined a family meeting of an older patient who had multiple medical problems including cancer, and a slow but inexorable decline in function, weight, and cognition. Ann: Thank you.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

As I argue on the podcast, ELNEC has likely done more to lift the primary palliative care skills of clinicians than any other initiative. He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

Hospice of the Midwest’s services within the Marshalltown community include assistance with medical equipment and medication order and delivery, developing patient care plans, providing home assessment consultations and a veteran honors program. has launched a new inpatient hospice facility.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Common threads among their remarks show that leaders in the hospice community continue to have their eyes on pervasive workforce challenges, potentially disruptive payment models and an evolving regulatory landscape. Hospice is now on the same playing field as other types of health care, in terms of being rated by consumers.”.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The predictive analytics tool calculates the likelihood that a patient will die within six months and become eligible to receive hospice care. The technology flags declines in patient conditions through the health system’s electronic health records that prompt physicians to hold discussions around hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! Frontpoint Health has completed its acquisition of the Texas-based home health and hospice company High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC).

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Hospice providers need to evolve with their changing patient populations and the larger health care system, according to Greg Hagfors, CEO of Partners In Care. A group of volunteers had brought the hospice concept from the United Kingdom to Oregon, according to Hagfors. Do you anticipate further diversification?

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2024

But what I will tell you is that there are programs in place where if the applicants go through the process and certify to CMS that they have a program that will service the needs of a community when it comes to hospice care — and they are able to meet the standards — that we will certify them to be able to provide hospice care,” Becerra said.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Palliative care will be expanded. Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care. The bottom line is to help more people.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Middlemen in any industry should be adding value, and that value should be measured in health care through the lens of whether it actually improves patient care, full stop.” Jain recently wrote about the influence of health care middleware companies in a column in Forbes. We pay for it all differently.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

We started to make the connection between the California moratorium on hospice business licenses and the influx of programs coming to Nevada, Arizona and Texas,” Karen Rubel, president and CEO of Nevada-based Nathan Adelson Hospice, told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She replaces Cathy Swanson, who has led the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider since 2021 when it rebranded as AMOREM following the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. The greatest barrier to further improvement is the ever-present workforce shortage affecting the health care industry at large and hospices in particular.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. reduction, the report indicated.

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Quality Matters Palliative care, a specialized medical approach focused on improving the quality of life for individuals facing serious illnesses, has a long and rich history that spans centuries. The modern palliative care movement has gained significant momentum in recent decades. Christopher’s Hospice in London.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2022

In addition to telehealth, the PHE allowed for the temporary removal of the requirement that a registered nurse or other skilled professional make an annual, onsite supervisory visit for each aide, as well as an annual assessment of the skills and competence of all individuals furnishing hospice care, and in-service training and education programs.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

This has prompted payers, providers and policymakers to take a closer look at lower-cost care settings, including the home. “I I don’t know that there’s enough access to hospice and palliative care services,” Rep. told Hospice News. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) In a statement , NHPCO pointed to three aspects of the report.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The deal expands Eden Health’s home health and hospice footprint in Washington, one of eight states in its service region. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual. Established in 1977, CHHH has an average daily census of 600 patients.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patients’ care needs, a major industry group said. CMS earlier this month released its 2024 hospice proposed rule , which included the 2.8% base payment rate increase recently proposed by the U.S. this year.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 19, 2023

These recommendations are the culmination of a year-long effort by each of these organizations to assess various options for improving program integrity in hospice care. Dombi. “Ensuring program integrity is essential to enabling good hospice care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

VITAS Healthcare, one of the largest providers of hospice and palliative care services in the U.S., Kathleen Coronado, a registered nurse, has been promoted to associate VP of hospice operations after 18 years at VITAS. Anthony Cosma II, a 12-year veteran of VITAS, assumes the role of VP of hospice operations.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The organizations penned a joint letter to CMS in November urging for increased oversight to help curb hospice frauds, including the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) and LeadingAge.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Consequently, many have launched additional business lines that enable them to reach patients sooner as well as capitalize on emerging value-based payment models. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

. “The simulation lab allows the new caregivers to practice the specialty care of hospice and really learn what hospice care is in a realistic environment prior to going into the patient’s homes,” Smith told Hospice News. “It’s Tidewell was previously a Stratum affiliate.

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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.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Serious Illness Care Model of Care was developed as a way of expanding primary palliative care skills to a wider clinician group,” Cullinan and Wasp told Hospice News. While most patients are able to articulate their values clearly to their oncology teams, sometimes additional support is needed.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

Data is more crucial to hospice businesses than ever before when it comes to payer and referral partner contracting, compliance and building their census. But even outside of new payment models, upstream providers are looking more closely at the numbers when selecting hospice partners.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

The return of sequestration is adding to the financial storms brewing in hospice, as providers contend with rising costs of delivering patient care, inflation and lackluster reimbursement. We must find a way to invest in sustainable, high-quality end-of-life care.”.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Hospice utilization in Indiana reached 48.9% among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Croix Hospice’s growth is showing no signs of slowing down. We found a culture in the team at Adaptive that was aligned with ours,” Phenneger told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

She came to the space with the goal of returning hospice care back to its roots, while integrating a more modern approach to meet the changing needs and expectations of patients and families, she told Hospice News. Entrepreneur Jessica McGlory founded Guaranteed two years after her own father passed away.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 25, 2024

Hospice also involves the nursing care of hospice patients’ loved ones, which can include a great deal of education, encouragement, and psychosocial support throughout the journey. Hospice is focused solely on symptom management and support through the dying process. Most hospice patients die in their homes.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2022

Building career paths for hospice clinicians. Clinical workforce shortages in hospice and palliative care are among the biggest threats to patient access, say some providers. We continue to grow our hospice and palliative medical partners practice with our fellowship program.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Historically, about 10% of the hospice’s volunteers who visit patients are pre-med students.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

. — Nick Westfall, CEO, VITAS Healthcare Earlier access and longer hospice stays can reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%, a recent joint report found from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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