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Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care

Hospice News

The Phoenix Children’s palliative care program was launched in 2009. When it started in 2009, the program was strictly inpatient. Working in hospice care as well, she began to see the benefits of having difficult conversations and making important care decisions before the patient was in hospice. “We

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

She served as director of compliance for Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care from 2001 to 2009. Egging has served as president of The Denver Hospice since 2009, where she led health information management, quality and compliance departments. This marks her return to the organization.

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Appellate Ruling in Care Alternatives FCA Case May Set New Precedent

Hospice News

Additional allegations of hospice fraud came the following year in November 2009, when the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) subpoenaed Care Alternatives for allegedly altering the medical records of 112 patients, along with allegations of violating the anti-kickback statute.

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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

Hospice News

The company was established in 2009. Stonerise provides hospice, home health, transitional and skilled nursing care, and therapy services to more than 2,000 patients across West Virginia and Southeast Ohio. Following the deal’s close, the company will continue to operate under the Stonerise brand.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. CAPABLE began with a 2009 pilot at a Johns Hopkins site in Baltimore and since has expanded to more than 40 locations in 21 states. With this new agreement, Care Synergy will be taking over those management functions. “We

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

Hospice News

A 2009 study found that high levels of employee satisfaction correlates to more positive perceptions among families of the care their loved ones received. .’ I think we’re losing a lot of nurses because of this because their family is so unhappy.”

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

Established in 2009, St. “What we found with this tool is that we could transition patients in need quicker, identify declines faster and get the appropriate team members there to be with them in a timely fashion, especially during those last and important days of care.”

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