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Tapestry Hospice Execs Settle Fraud Case for $1.4M; Prison Term, $3M Penalty in Angel Care Case

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Tapestry Hospice Executives Settle in FCA Case A federal court in Georgia recently announced that executives at Tapestry Hospice of Northwest Georgia LLC have agreed to pay $1.4 Located in Calhoun, Georgia, Tapestry Hospice’s service region spans 10 counties in the state. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.

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CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

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.” One key set of data pertains to the utilization of continuous home care (CHC), general inpatient care (GIP) and inpatient respite care (IRC). Between 2010 and 2019 Medicare paid a total of $6.6 billion to non-hospice providers for services provided to hospice beneficiaries, according to a report from the U.S.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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“I am excited to join the executive team at Hospice of the Chesapeake and support future growth of the organization as well as continue to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality supportive and hospice care to the community,” Fetzer said. Howe has more than 14 years of experience in hospice.

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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

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“Particularly those [caregivers] in rural areas experience unique challenges, as they have limited access to support and hospice and palliative care services because of their distant location,” Patano said. The researchers’ analysis spanned the experiences of 1,470 caregivers across 18 studies from 2010 to 2023.

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Traditions Health of Spartanburg, South Carolina Demonstrates Commitment to Delivering Veteran-centric Care as a We Honor Veterans Partner

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Franklin, TN – Traditions Health is proud to announce our Spartanburg, South Carolina branch is now a Level One Partner with We Honor Veterans (WHV), a pioneering program developed by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Primary Care Clinicians Provide Palliative Care Without Realizing It

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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. All hospice is palliative, but not all palliative medicine is hospice.

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Hospices’ Mythbusting Strategies: ‘It’s Not Brink-of-Death Care’

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National hospice utilization rates have hovered around this vicinity for the past decade, with 44% of decedents receiving these services in 2010, the Alliance report found. We must be better at positioning hospice care as a part of improving their lives, rather than simply being present at death.”

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