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

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Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Congress Grills HHS on Hospice Program Integrity

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Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Though he pledged more detailed responses at a later date, Becerra told lawmakers that CMS is certifying hospices in markets where there is a need identified in the community. “I Michelle Steel (R-Calif.)

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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How Death Doulas Can Help Hospices Improve Health Equity

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End-of-life doulas can help hospices’ efforts to improve health equity in hard to reach settings while also improving quality in the last days of life. The quantity and quality of patient visits during the last days of life is an important quality measure for hospice providers. That’s invaluable to a family.”

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Angels Care Hospice Expands Services to Fill Regional Gaps

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Mansfield, Texas-based Angels Care Hospice has set the ball rolling on expanding to two additional counties, reaching areas that have lacked a provider for more than a decade. Angels Care is a portfolio company of AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc. Angels Care is a portfolio company of AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc.

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Staff Training Key to Improving Hospice Quality Among LGBTQ+ Patients

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Hospice staff training models with culturally appropriate LGBTQ+ components are key to improving quality outcomes among an increasingly diverse base of underserved seniors. of the overall population in the United States in 2010, according to a report from SAGE. It’s also important that we push for diversity among service providers.

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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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Anti-kickback and health care fraud cases have recently cropped up in two southern states, with hospice personnel facing millions in fines and one owner facing imprisonment for their involvement. David Lovell, its founder and owner, launched the for-profit hospice in 2010, and the enterprise became Medicare-certified in 2012.