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Helios Care CEO Dan Ayres: Hospice Partnerships Drive Innovation

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Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that includes five hospitals, a home health agency and two skilled nursing facilities, as well as dozens of community-based health centers and school-based health centers. It’s purely a programmatic collaboration to jointly improve the care for the communities we serve.

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Ohio’s Hospice Expands Partnership with Senior Living Provider United Church Homes

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UCH is the 22nd largest multisite, nonprofit senior living organization in the United States, according to the 2022 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 ranking, serving nearly 7,000 residents in more than 90 communities in 15 states and two Native American nations. The formation of this alliance is not just based on aligning our skills.

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CMS’ Proposed Method of Selecting SFP Hospices May Be Flawed

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to launch the program in 2024, according to language included in the agency’s proposed home health rule for 2024. A chief concern is the algorithm that the agency has decided to use to select providers for the program. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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CareSource Partnership with Radiant Alliance, to Combine Hospice, Palliative Care, Senior Living and Payer Assets  

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We are the first to actually do it.” The network leverages its member organizations’ collective size in negotiations with vendors, payers and referral sources, collaborates on back-office functions and shares some expenses and infrastructure. Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013.

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Certificate of Need Laws May Influence Hospice Quality Outcomes

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We did find that the states that do have CON for hospice seem to be associated with a higher level of quality,” Gaines told Hospice News in an email. The association is predictive, but we can’t say that CON status necessarily causes higher-quality outcomes. The agency requires hospices to submit HIS data for each patient served.

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Geisinger Division Chief Dr. Glen Digwood: Payment Reform Critical to Palliative Care’s Future

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Geisinger is a nationally recognized health system headquartered in Dansville, Pennsylvania, that currently serves more than 1 million people in its home state. We have traditional inpatient consultative services at four of our system hospitals. What is covered and who is eligible? The approach is a slow build over time.

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Voices: Ryan Krout, PharmD, VP, Clinical Management, Enclara Pharmacia

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And he also explains how Enclara’s benefits reach far beyond hospice agencies alone to make a positive impact on patients and families. Our Clinical Management department is comprised of pharmacists who serve as clinical and business consultants. We work closely with hospice clinical and executive leadership.