Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Improved patient and staff satisfaction are among the most significant returns on investment for hospices that are pouring greater resources into trauma-informed training. This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve.

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2024

Hospices need a greater understanding of both the depth of these patients’ suffering and the scope of their unique needs to improve trauma-informed care delivery, Kotwal said at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Home health and hospice provider Amedisys Inc. New CFO Takes the Reins at Bristol Hospice. Utah-based Bristol Hospice has named Jerry Copeland as its new CFO. Copeland was most recently CFO of Reliant at Home in Texas and served in the same role for Dallas-based Sage Hospice before that.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital recently received approval from legislators to relaunch hospice and home health services nearly a year after a local provider shut down. Bartlett Regional Hospital in January began the process of taking over HHCJ’s hospice and home health patients to fill care delivery gaps in southeast Alaska.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Home health and hospice provider Enhabit, Inc. The company’s more than 10,000 employees provide care from 105 hospice and 252 home health locations in 34 states. The company plans to deploy $50 to $100 million annually towards transactions, leaning 60% to 70% in the direction of hospice, Jacobsmeyer previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

VITAS Healthcare, one of the largest providers of hospice and palliative care services in the U.S., Kathleen Coronado, a registered nurse, has been promoted to associate VP of hospice operations after 18 years at VITAS. Anthony Cosma II, a 12-year veteran of VITAS, assumes the role of VP of hospice operations.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2022

Hospice provider Care Dimensions has tapped Dr. Stephanie Patel as its new CEO, upon the retirement of previous top executive Patricia Ahern. Patel has been chief medical officer for the organization since 2006. Care Dimensions is the largest hospice provider in Massachusetts. What are your top priorities?

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice’s New Senior Living Inpatient Facility Michigan-based Angela Hospice recently unveiled plans to open a new inpatient center at a senior living facility. Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

She returns to the company after nearly three years at the helm of San Diego-based The Elizabeth Hospice as its chief strategy officer. Bliss has more than 18 years of hospice leadership experience, along with 12 years of managing hospice and home health operations across multi-site locations.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Without family caregivers, many hospice patients would be unable to receive care in their homes. If these family caregivers were to suddenly disappear, the health care system as we know it likely would be on the hook for that additional $470 billion of support and service,” Link told Hospice News. “We In 2010, the U.S.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

They’re vulnerable patients that might not have a lot of social support for a home hospice situation. Its palliative care program began in 2006, launching its first clinic in 2010 and growing ever since, Cohen stated. Among the unit’s aims is to improve timely access to hospice when the need arises, said Cohen.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Association Board of Specialties didn’t recognize hospice and palliative care as a subspecialty until 2006. Daly said she wasn’t aware of other neuropalliative care practices structured this way, though there are neurologists who work within hospice organizations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

Fernandez oversees the Florida-based hospice company’s finances, investor relations and accounting functions. He held the role for two years after serving as CFO at Tenet’s North Shore Medical Center from 2006 to 2012. Established in 1978, Miami-headquartered VITAS operates 50 hospice programs in 14 states and the District of Columbia.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Additionally, among beneficiaries who died between 2006 and 2011, one in eight toggled between a hospital and an SNF during their final year of life, the study found. The post How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle appeared first on Hospice News.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Tej Dhillon, founder and CEO of Seva Hospice, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Hospice News. I wasn’t in the health care field.

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HPNA podcast

JUNE 3, 2024

Moderated by Dr. Betty Ferrell, this episode discusses the adult-gerontology nurse practitioner's role in hospice and palliative care. This podcast episode coincides with an article written by Heather and Kelly in the June 2024 issue of the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001025.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

MAY 16, 2024

Brenner, MD MPA has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. I served in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Kolkata, India on various occasions (2002-2006) which inspired my eventual path toward palliative care.

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1-800-HOSPICE

APRIL 11, 2023

1 In fact, general practitioners, not hospice or specialists, provide most palliative care. Palliative medicine grew out of the hospice movement and was recognized as its own medical subspecialty along with hospice in 2006. This fact leads many to conflate palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care.

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NHPCO

AUGUST 19, 2022

Alexandria, VA – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) announced that Christopher Arnold has joined the NHPCO team as Vice President of Finance. From 1996 to 2006, he served in various business analysis, management, and finance roles at companies including KMPG, Nextel Communications, and Beers & Cutler.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. Eric: And Susan? And so- Eric: A lot of care was just a tiny, tiny baby by that back then. Susan: Yeah, I don’t think the word even surfaced.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. You cannot be in hospice. One, this is one of the, maybe the first model, maybe other than hospice, that provides supportive services for caregivers- Malaz: Correct. So that’s one.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess, to discuss the upcoming HOPE assessment changes for hospices and the increasing emphasis on quality. Hospice News: Share a bit about your background and the path that led you to your current role.

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