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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

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California-based GMCH operates a pediatric palliative care center in the San Leandro area near San Francisco. GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies.

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Facility-Bound Hospice Patients Less Likely to Get SIA Visits

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Hospice providers in facility-based settings may be underutilizing Medicare’s service intensity add-on (SIA). Researchers analyzed 2020 claims data to identify associations between SIA utilization and hospice Medicare beneficiaries’ characteristics such as site of service, level of care and length of stay, among others. fewer minutes.

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Hospice of the Red River Valley Nurse Angela Maddock Obtains Hospice & Palliative Nurse Certification

Hospice Red River Valley

Angela Maddock , RN, CHPN, has successfully passed the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) examination through the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center. Maddock works as an Admissions RN at Hospice of the Red River Valley, and cares for patients in and around Fargo, N.D.

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Executive Changes at Niagara Hospice, Transcend Strategy Group, AMOREM, HomeCare & Hospice

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Niagara Hospice CEO Retires Lockport, N.Y.-based based Niagara Hospice will soon have a new president and CEO with the upcoming retirement of John Lomeo, who has led the organization since 2000. Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services.

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Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

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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.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

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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 of the Red River Valley Certified Nursing Assistant Katrina Zierden Obtains Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant Certification

Hospice Red River Valley

Katrina Zierden , CNA, CHPNA, has successfully passed the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (CHPNA®) examination through the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center. Zierden works as a CNA at Hospice of the Red River Valley, and cares for patients in and around Detroit Lakes, Minn.