Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2023

Palliative care patients who receive psychological, emotional and spiritual support are more likely to elect hospice when they become eligible. The post Palliative Care Patients Receiving Psychosocial Support More Likely to Choose Hospice appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The most common comment our hospice members hear from patients and families is “why didn’t I get your services sooner?”

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Wladkowski, the Larry and Patty Benz Professor and an associate professor of social work at Bowling Green State University. This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Rutgers-Samaritan collaboration, in particular, is focused on bolstering clinical rotations and hands-on training opportunities for Rutgers-Camden students in nursing, social work and psychology. Founded in 1980, Samaritan is a New Jersey-based hospice, primary and palliative care provider. Tillis said in a statement.

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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.”. The average age among the veterans was about 65.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

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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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

The unique needs of families and children facing life-limiting can wear pediatric palliative and hospice care clinicians especially thin, and the potential for burnout can leave providers even more short-staffed than many already are. Even outside of hospice, caring for seriously ill children can take a mental and emotional toll.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. Northeast Georgia’s home-based palliative system started through their hospice operations. Northeast Georgia’s home-based palliative system started through their hospice operations.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

As it is not end-of-life care, patients can continue to receive life-prolonging or curative treatments, which they cannot receive if choosing hospice for most conditions. As it is not end-of-life care, patients can continue to receive life-prolonging or curative treatments, which they cannot receive if choosing hospice for most conditions.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2023

Meanwhile, the CSH Long Term Care Center is renovating its inpatient facility to include 14 patient beds, including an additional hospice bed supported by a local nonprofit, Liam’s Room. In addition to adult and pediatric palliative care, the health system also offers hospice, among other services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A growing number of educational and academic institutions also have created partnerships with providers to create new pathways for palliative care clinical training, with many focusing on nurses, social work and pharmacy students – areas that are hurting for qualified professionals.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Having peer-support and employee feedback loops are key pieces in some hospices’ onboarding models. Rising demand for hospice amid prolific clinical workforce shortages has providers laser-focused on effective recruitment and retention strategies. It’s getting doses of training that are more meaningful.”

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Pallimed

MARCH 22, 2021

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al., These misconceptions are common. Quite a wide gamut.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

The conversation took place on April 20, 2023 during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Hospice News: Medicare Advantage comes up a lot in discussions at palliative care but that is not the only avenue for reimbursement. Hospice News: Excellent. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2023

If pending legislation were to create new palliative care career opportunities, clinicians would be ready to take them, Dr. Holly Yang, incoming board president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) told Palliative Care News. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.)

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Croix Hospice recently unveiled data showing how the company leveraged predictive analytics technology to improve quality outcomes. In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Croix Hospice. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Building a Collaborative Care program provided the financial infrastructure to allow our team of social workers to expand our services and address many of the behavioral health needs of our patients, as well as our medical social work line,” Walton told Palliative Care News. For patients dealing with cancer, this is essential.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We’re seeing more and more nurse training programs, more social work training programs, etc., and the number of palliative care programs out there is increasing in academic medical centers,” Goldstein said during the Hospice News Virtual Staffing Summit. “We’re But business trends are also driving change.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Amid widespread staffing shortages, hospice and other health care workers may seek to leverage collective bargaining to secure higher wages or improved working conditions. For these reasons, a number of hospice leaders and industry groups have said that the U.S. “The Staffing is going to be a huge one,” Esparza said.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . Transcript.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Children are among the most underserved seriously ill populations in hospice and palliative care throughout the world. Children are among the most underserved seriously ill populations in hospice and palliative care throughout the world. The needs of these children and their families are changing,” Dale-Harris told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

When retiring hospice nurses are ready to pass the torch, often no one is there to take it. A dearth of nursing educators is contributing to hospice workforce shortages, leading providers to compensate by expanding in-house training programs. Currently, nursing schools and hospices are experiencing some of the same difficulties.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2023

Links exist between state certificate of need (CON) laws and hospice quality outcomes, researchers recently found. Roughly 86% of all hospices nationwide provide services in states that do not have certificate of need (CON) regulations in place, according to research from the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Data are reshaping the health care space, and hospice is no exception. Hospice providers have needed a window into access and utilization, as well as how lawmakers are shaping policies around health care. Data on CON laws has taken on new significance as regulators zero in on the hospice space.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2022

Stakeholders in the hospice space are optimistic that Congress will pass the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA). But the intention is that when things do move slowly, it’s to ensure that we do them right,” Hoover told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Two hospices have lost the battle against workforce shortages, with one halting some of its service lines and another shutting down altogether. Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters. Alaska-based Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) recently announced its closure, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

If enacted the bill would allocate dollars for hospice and palliative care providers, other health care organizations, grief counselors, youth-focused nonprofits, and schools to foster greater support for the bereaved. The post Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently finalized hospice payment rule. The concern, however, is that hospices lack the financial support and incentives needed to bridge barriers, with reimbursement a main point of contention, he said.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Five hospice providers made Inc. They include Texas-headquartered Traditions Health, Bridge Home Health & Hospice and Healthflex Home Health & Hospice, both in California. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

LGBTQ+ communities have been historically underserved by hospice, often due to mistrust of the health care system as well as discrimination. He is a board member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and has served as vice-chair and member of the Public Policy Committee and chair of the Palliative Care Council.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

He is also an ambassador for the hospital’s CalvaryCare program, designed to educate the health care community and the public about palliative care and hospice. Calvay is the only acute care hospital in the United States that is focused almost exclusively on hospice and palliative care. Hospice has grown steadily.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare has partnered with a local college to grow its workforce through an emergency medical technician (EMT) internship program. The hospice began offering the EMT certification program to staff in January before recently expanding it as an internship through a collaboration with The College of Wooster.

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Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

As lawmakers wrestle with necessary improvements to hospice program integrity, they should seek input from the professionals who provide that care, Dr. Holly Yang, incoming board president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) told Hospice News. And I think that we don’t need to do that alone.

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