Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

We have a rapidly aging population and no specialized palliative workforce to care for this increasingly complex, vulnerable population,” Dr. Benjamin Kornitzer, agilon’s chief medical officer and a co-author of the study, said in a statement. The findings appeared in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Our program is staffed by nurse practitioners and social workers, under the oversight of our medical director. Palliative care has been one of the largest growing segments of the health care industry in the last decade despite challenges such as staffing shortages, reimbursement headaches and misconceptions regarding this type of care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Recruiting and retaining palliative care professionals can be a difficult feat for organizations, in part because not enough medical and nursing students are exposed to palliative care during their education. Communication and peer support elements are among the key training elements for palliative workforce sustainability and growth.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 2023 Annual Leadership Conference.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of primary and palliative care at Contessa, a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED). As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

According to language in the proposal, designated physician members of the hospice interdisciplinary team may certify patients for hospice if the medical director is unavailable. Clarification from CMS in these areas will be helpful to hospices, physicians and those reviewing hospice records for compliance.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth partners with the LifeSpan Health System’s Cancer Institute and Accountable Care Organization (ACO), as well as Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Newport Hospital, Coastal Medical, Brown Medicine, South County Hospital and Sturdy Memorial Hospital. How did HopeHealth’s pediatric palliative and hospice services begin?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

There can be long hours, higher caseloads, patient/caregiver heightened emotions that lead to higher levels of stress than in other medical care settings.” Trinh, team physician and medical director designee; Mary Grace Holvenstot, senior human resources generalist; and Shelia Robinson, human resources generalist.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Programs that integrate both palliative care and home-based primary care are proving effective at improving patients’ quality of life and reducing health care costs. Bringing together home-based primary care is a win-win for patient and health care providers, Chiang said at the HAP Foundation’s Serious Illness Symposium in Naperville, Illinois.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“Our expert palliative care providers create a layer of support to improve quality of life and help patients manage all facets of living with a serious illness,” Dr. Sherry Ng, medical director of palliative care at Stamford Health, said in a statement. Hospices provide most of the remaining 50%.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2023

About 18% of study participants had a medical cannabis license, with more than a third (35%) utilizing marijuana during the last year. Patients that utilized cannabis were more likely to be younger, male, African American, disabled, have lower incomes and have Medicaid insurance, researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

These teams provide medical decision-making assistance, pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, care coordination and assistance with life-planning decisions, according to Yusimi Sobrino-Bonilla, clinical supervisor of palliative care services for Valley Health System.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They want to see if there’s any excessive use of medical care because of telehealth. Expanding the regulatory parameters of telemedicine could benefit underserved rural communities in particular, according to Dr. Samyukta (Sam) Mullangi, medical director of Thyme Care. During the pandemic, the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Patients at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center can now take advantage of a new palliative care program that brings the care from the clinic or hospital into the patient’s home. 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.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

The Miriam Hospital is launching a program that combines palliative care and emergency medical services. 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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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 1, 2022

High Peaks Hospice would like to honor our Medical Director, Dr. Curt Gedney for National Doctors Day by sharing information about him with the team. After graduating from Medical School, to assist in the repayment of his school debt, he went on to fulfill a commitment to serve an underserved area for a three-year period.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As these programs grow, I think it will become more apparent just how essential these skills are,” Dr. “As these programs grow, I think it will become more apparent just how essential these skills are,” Dr. Alana Sagin, associate professor of hospice and palliative care at Perelman and CARE-7 curriculum director, told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Palliative care providers in several states are finding the best way to connect to the community is through pre-existing, and in some cases, non-medical community groups. In California, a collaboration between Stanford Medical Center and several community organizations has been in development since before the pandemic lockdown.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

Looking ahead to greater reliance on value-based payment models, this approach may become even more critical, according to Igal Ladabaum, co-founder and CEO of Hospi Corp, the medical supply company that developed the Macy Catheter for rapid administration of medication and fluids. “If Historically, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

As the demand for palliative care continues to grow, so too has the way businesses have bolstered their programs to better serve patients. Providers are consistently looking for new methods to deliver responsive, value-based services that can generate savings and reduce high-acuity utilization. Enter UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cancer patients can benefit from the interdisciplinary support of a palliative care team, but a main barrier to access is that oncology clinicians often lack insight around these services, according to Dr. Julie Gralow, chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

It does create that alignment of incentives in a way that I think is very positive for the palliative provider.” Tom Cornwell, national medical director of Village Medical at Home in Chicago, indicated. But despite the upswing in profile, insurance coverage and payment for palliative services remain difficult to come by.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The funding round will allow Thyme Care to deepen its partnerships with health care providers across the continuum and widen its geographic reach, according to Dr. Samyukta Mullangi, the company’s medical director.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

Few clinicians have the specialized training to provide pediatric palliative care, according to Sara Dado, senior director of clinical programs for Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care. Many hit obstacles such as a dwindling workforce, limited access to training and a generally poor understanding of children’s specific needs.

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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

JUNE 15, 2023

Today, she is the executive director of the program, Idaho-based Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley, which serves an average of 55 patients daily in a largely rural community. I am the new executive director for Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

In that position, he will support the organization’s Home Visit Physicians and Palliative Medical Partners programs. Pagliaro joined the organization in 2012 as a hospice and palliative physician, ascending into roles such as associate director of palliative medicine and vice president of medical services.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Prior to that, she was chief nursing officer at the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, also holding leadership roles at Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care and Capital Hospice, now Capital Caring. Additional services include medical equipment assistance, a telehospice program, and music, reiki and pet therapies, among others.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In addition to hospice, VITAS offers palliative care and home medical equipment services. She has held previous clinical and leadership positions at Hospice of the Chesapeake since joining the organization in 2020, including hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and director of medical services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Hospice would likely change from the Medical Director-led IDT team with standard COPS, to a landscape of payer-source-driven rules for each patient. KanTime can capture affiliated providers, documents and palliative care-to-hospice transitions seamlessly by overlaying medical records for easy reference.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2024

Ingrid Berg, palliative medicine physician at CHI Health, an affiliate of Creighton University Medical Center. Additionally, patients with severe enduring anorexia nervosa often have longer inpatient admissions and a history of various medical treatments, the research found.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He went on to become the organization’s medical director. “ He went on to become the organization’s medical director. “ John Mulder, chief consultant for hospice and palliative care medicine for Michigan’s Faith Hospice, was drawn to the field after witnessing his father’s difficult end-of-life experience.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

Additionally, the proposal would clarify that designated physician members of the hospice interdisciplinary team may certify patients for hospice if the medical director is unavailable. The RFIs contain further questions about the utilization of higher-cost palliative treatments under the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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