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

JULY 19, 2022

For better or worse, the growing presence of large insurance companies in the hospice and home health provider space could be transformative for the industry. Two transactions demonstrate rising interest among payers in owning the home-based care assets that serve their beneficiaries. Hospice leaders have to remember why we are here.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2023

NASDAQ: AVAH) home health and hospice margins. Though Aveanna’s home health and hospice segment has seen greater difficulty during the pandemic compared to its other business lines, the company remains optimistic about its long-term growth potential, according to CFO Dave Ashar. The company’s margins for that segment fell to 44.6%

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

The thing that sets them apart from each other is the type of patient that each service is tailored to. The priorities and outcomes of the two types of care can also be quite different. What Are The Similarities of Hospice and Home Health? Hospice is indicated for end of life care for patients with a terminal illness.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

She explains why VNS is bullish toward concerns about a hospice carve-in, and she also shares an outlook on the VBID demonstration’s extension through 2030. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

This article will outline tips and strategies to support better hospice documentation when painting the picture of decline. “Painting the picture” is a phrase often used to describe the process of documenting a hospice patient’s condition. I didn’t always understand how to chart for hospice.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Most people who work in hospice have a story. For Frontpoint Health CEO Brent Korte, that story began at 20-years-old when he volunteered to help dying patients in Calcutta, India. I was with my buddy, hair in a ponytail, and we walked in and volunteered,” Korte told Hospice News. “My My experience there changed everything.”.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

De novos have propelled recent growth among some hospice providers. Hospice of the Midwest expands with de novo Hospice of the Midwest recently opened a de novo in Marshalltown, Iowa, adding a fifth location to its footprint in the state. The hospice provider also has two locations in Minnesota and one in Nebraska.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

The COVID-19 public health emergency remains in effect,” an HHS spokesperson told Hospice News in an email. “As As the PHE lingers, so do questions around what it has brought to the table for hospices. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remain intact.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2023

Marie Wilson, RN Communicating with professionals in various healthcare roles — such as personal care assistants, patient care technicians, and certified nursing assistants — was a necessity to ensure the latest information was available to anyone caring for patients.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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