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House Call, Hospice Company Enoble Care Merges with Clare Medical

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The companies indicated in a statement that the merger will enhance access in-home medical care and improve patient outcomes. In addition to home-based primary care, Enoble providers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The company also operates an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Virginia and Georgia. “By

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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

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hospice providers have the same problem — a workforce shortage — many seek to address it using unique solutions. Worsening workforce shortages have been keeping hospice leaders awake at night for several years running. Hospices, in turn, have taken new steps to gain or keep their staff, particularly clinicians. Though most U.S.

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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

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Currently, nine of the company’s locations are hospices, with more expected in the coming years. Hospice is a smaller part of what we have today, but we’re excited to make that a bigger part and bring hospice into our other operating states. My roots are in home care. “My My roots are in home care. NYSE: EHAB).

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Dana-Farber’s New Push to Integrate Palliative, Behavioral Services in Cancer Care

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More palliative care and hospice companies are developing programs to meet the specific concerns of these patients to improve access to care. The post Dana-Farber’s New Push to Integrate Palliative, Behavioral Services in Cancer Care appeared first on Hospice News. ” More than 1.3

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Customizing Hospice, Palliative Care Payment Contracts in ACO REACH

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Hospices and Accountable Care Organizations have the ability to customize payment contracts within the Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. At the time, those relationships were oriented around home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities, Osborne told Hospice News. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the U.S.

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How CON Laws Influence Hospice Quality, Program Integrity

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Variations in hospice certificate of need (CON) state laws are raising program integrity concerns. What ends up happening in states without CON is actually lower hospice utilization with way too many hospices in one service area, and often fragmented care without all four levels of hospice offered,” Ponder-Stansel told Hospice News.

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Hospices Seek Congressional Action on Staffing Constraints

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Years after it was first introduced, hospice leaders are calling on Congress to move forward legislation that would bolster their dwindling workforce. The most significant bill in recent years is the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), which has come before Congress time and again but has not yet been passed.

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