Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

The provider’s palliative care team includes a physician medical director, social worker and nurse practitioners who now offer in-home palliative care to adult patients 18 and older facing a serious illness. “As Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2022

For instance, if a hospice with a $15 million annual revenue has nine medical directors on staff, this should “jump off the page” for a buyer, he said. This can call into question whether these medical directors were on staff because they were giving the hospice direct lines of patient referrals. said Kulik. “Is

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2023

More research is needed to dig deeper into the impacts of cannabis use for pain and symptom management in patients with serious and terminal illnesses, according to Dr. Karl Steinberg, medical director for Hospice by the Sea. With cannabinoids, we don’t typically prescribe them very much,” Steinberg told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

The hiring of Lopez as president comes about six months after The Denver Hospice also named a new medical director in Dr. Robert Howe. Care Synergy is also the national center for the innovative Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program, developed by Johns Hopkins University.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She previously served as its associate medical director following her fellowship, then moved on to become its director of pediatrics before ascending to her current leadership position. “It Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director. Goode will continue to care for patients on a part-time basis.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

These patients have unique mental, physical and socioeconomic needs when they come to hospice, according to Dr. Faith Protsman, VITAS regional medical director in California. “So Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). . So often veterans and their special needs are overlooked. Particularly at the end of life, they need specialized care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. The dollar amount was undisclosed.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

He had served as medical director for several hospice organizations. “Instead of earning an honest living by treating patients and billing fairly, this doctor chose to defraud the government and the taxpayers of money that was intended to help terminal patients needing end-of-life care,” Clay Joyner, U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

. — Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager professional service, Axxess In some ways the pandemic has been a propellant for clinical innovation in the hospice space, according to Dr. Faith Protsman, regional medical director of California at VITAS Healthcare, subsidiary of Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE).

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

If restrictions eased around controlled substances, then hospice providers might be more open to their use, according to Dr. Karl Steinberg, medical director for Hospice by the Sea. “It’s a challenge to navigate state rules with federal laws versus the hospice or palliative individual’s best interests and the end-of-life care plan.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

I was the palliative care medical director and associate hospice medical director for their four or five hospice teams. While I was working for a hospice agency in southern California, there was a community-based palliative care program with about 200 patients.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Offering palliative care in an emergency setting is valuable to both immediate and long-term patient outcomes, according to Dr. David Curley, medical director of The Miriam Hospital’s emergency department. “A

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2023

In some cases, numerous licensed hospices have been operating from the same addresses, often with the same CEOs, medical directors and staff. These problems first drew attention in California, prompting state legislators to enact a moratorium on new licenses pending an audit of approval processes.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2023

Understanding these perspectives can drive conversations about management of these symptoms, according to VITAS Medical Director Robert Nguyen, who worked on the study. Views on pain and discomfort at the end of life can differ among various demographics.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

“It is wonderful to expand this important service and to be able to help both patients and their families during this difficult and also sacred time of transition,” Dr. Claudia Petruncio, medical director of AHHMC, said in the announcement. “It

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%. Nationally, registered nurses saw average salary increases of 5.95% in 2022.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2023

Among those partners are referring providers and board-and-care facilities, according to Dr. Martina Meier, executive medical director of hospice and palliative care at Providence. The funds have allowed for expanded training as well as stronger community partnerships, Snodgrass stated.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the process of our work, we realized that with our marketing, we could only reach a certain population,” Dr. Grant Smith, medical director of the Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence (PCCOE) Community Partnerships Team, said.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Including licensed social workers in the scope of eligible providers who can bill for advance care planning services addressed a major roadblock in reimbursement, according to Dr. Carole Montgomery, executive medical director at Respecting Choices.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Wider availability and a greater wealth of knowledge around these substances could go a long way in understanding their application and effectiveness in end-of-life care, according to Dr. Karl Steinberg, medical director for Hospice by the Sea. Steinberg is also CEO of California-based Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Inc.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6% Medical social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly increase, but in terms of productivity tended to have larger caseloads, with a national average of 29.15 Registered nurses also saw high turnover rates at 25.15% turnover and accounted for 16.97% of vacancies.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

Our medical director is a volunteer and has been here for 22 years. Our volunteers actually go through a really lengthy training program and are willing to do that. We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Dr. Merkel engaged with his partner Dr. Robert Kasulke to spear head the medical care. Dr. Kasulke became the first High Peaks Hospice Medical Director, and today he continues to serve as Medical Director for the Hospice in Jefferson County. Ann and David gathered a team. Lawrence Counties.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Thus far, the initiative has yielded positive results, but the process hasn’t always been easy, according to Dr. Gregg VandeKieft, executive medical director of the institute’s Palliative Practice Group. Snags along the way included dairy cows blocking staff from reaching patients.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

First Docs partners with those providers to ensure continuity of care in collaboration with hospice medical directors. “I’m The company’s clinicians monitor patients to determine when they become eligible for hospice or palliative care, Bhatia said. I’m a big believer in hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

We’re not going to take the place obviously of a medical director or a certified hospice nurse, but we are going to give them another tool to question their thinking and make sure that what needs to be documented is being documented.” What other programs can we help you find for them?

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

The center is not immune to the labor pressures, but seeks ways to do more with less to ensure patients’ needs are met, according to the center’s medical director Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf. This includes rehabilitative inpatient and outpatient acute and chronic pain management. “I

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

Over time, Unity’s palliative care team began serving more patients in their homes, including those with other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder or advanced dementia, according to Medical Director Dr. Amy James.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2022

Any communications that suggest a physician is being offered a compensated medical director position for referrals risks an exposure scenario.”. “Contracts should have consistent terms that are vetted by legal and compliance professionals and maintained up to date,” McDermott told Hospice News in an email.

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Palliative Care Chat Podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2021

He was medical director of the first hospice residence in Massachusetts, and then became a teacher to medical students about palliative care. He was medical director of the first hospice residence in Massachusetts, and then became a teacher to medical students about palliative care. He is now retired.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 22, 2023

The textbook includes chapters written by Hackensack University Medical Center cardiac care experts, including: “Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support,” by Kanika Mody, M.D., Medical Director of LVAD Service and Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, and Andrea Stuart, Chief PA of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

In Accord’s production of “Lily,” a member of the local Rotary Club portrayed the title character with a hospice medical director in the role of Joe. -Susan Turner, VP, community programs and services, Accord Hospice The actors in these performances include the hospice’s staff themselves and members of community organizations.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Piromalli is also co-medical director of Project ECHO. Flexibility is a common thread woven throughout palliative care education programs, according to Christopher Piromalli, associate professor at The University of New Mexico.

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