Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice.

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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. 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.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2024

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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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

California-based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest integrated health systems, has opened a hospice de novo on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The new location is the most recent of a series of investments that Kaiser has made in the home setting, including hospice and palliative care. Our growth path is still there.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The home health and hospice provider recently announced the leadership changes in a filing with the U.S. The company in June announced plans to acquire the massive home health and hospice provider Amedisys for $3.3 She also served as COO of Camellia Healthcare’s hospice division before leaving the organization in 2013.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2023

The study included patients between the ages of 18 to 64 who were newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancers between 2010 and 2019. The post How Medicaid Boosted Palliative Care Utilization appeared first on Hospice News. More cancer patients have been receiving palliative care since the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid. About 18.9%

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. The hospice and palliative care provider operates in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2023

Effective May 1, the North Carolina-based hospital UNC Health Southeastern (UNC) will transfer ownership of its community-based hospice operations to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. The hospital will continue to offer inpatient hospice services. About 585 died while receiving hospice care that year. Census Bureau.

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HPNA podcast

MARCH 3, 2025

Listen for what the health care teams did well, areas where they could improve, and how administrators can champion hospice and palliative care services to make end of life easier for patients and their families. This led her to also become a board-certified pediatric hospice and palliative nurse in 2009.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The varied routes of palliative care payment trends taking shape in todays reimbursement landscape could have significant effects on the future outlook of sustainability and access to these services. The KCC model includes waivers that allow patients to receive kidney dialysis treatments and transplant services concurrently with palliative care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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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 was a part of the second-ever class to sit the palliative care certification exam in 2010. Things have changed in the decade following Daly’s certification.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

The hospice chaplain shortage is reaching a tipping point. As they work to recruit and retain their chaplain labor force, hospices are contending with a barrage of issues that also can impact patient access. More than 7,768 chaplains were employed by hospices nationwide in 2019, according to the Zippia report.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. Between 2010 and 2019 Medicare paid a total of $6.6

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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. A few are let out early on compassionate release. This is Eric Widera.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

Some hospice owners have been selling their businesses soon after securing a license. The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen program integrity for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. “I

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. The recently proposed 2024 hospice payment rule contained a 2.8% of hospice days and 93.7% In Fiscal Year 2022, routine home care accounted for 98.8%

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2023

Though older Asian-American adults may be less likely to discuss pain and symptom management needs with their health care professionals, they may be more receptive to the psychosocial support included in hospice and palliative care, according to recent research from VITAS’ Healthcare. between 2010 and 2019. and 20%, respectively.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The recent article by the New Yorker and ProPublica that branded “hospice” as a profiteering “hustle” was an outrageous misrepresentation of the provider community. The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. Even when a hospice plays by the rules, death does not.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

First Docs is a physician-led internal medicine practice that offers a range of health care services and frequently collaborates with hospice, palliative care, and home health providers, among others. CEO Dr. Sanjay Bhatia founded First Docs in 2010, introducing its proprietary 360 Community Medicine Care Model.

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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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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Two major shifts are transforming the landscape of hospice. First, private equity firms are gobbling up hospices. Thus, they have little in the way of long term vision for hospices, instead focused on cutting costs and maximizing profits. . People with dementia make up about half of hospice admissions. AlexSmithMD.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

And with the advent of new payment models, hospices are no longer on the outside of those programs looking in. In 2010 and 2011, he was a special advisor to then U.S. Jain initially voiced these concerns in an April 12 article in Forbes , but elaborated in a subsequent interview with Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. The researchers’ analysis spanned the experiences of 1,470 caregivers across 18 studies from 2010 to 2023. And this really facilitated their caregiving in rural areas.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope 00:31 Thanks.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The research spanned 40 studies across 10 databases in 12 countries from 2010 to 2021 that measured the level of understanding using the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN) scale. The post Knowledge Gaps Among Nurses Create Barriers for Patients Across the Globe appeared first on Hospice News. to 9.96), the analysis found.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in hospice and palliative care have been persistent problems in the field for decades, including among communities of Asian origin. To help providers close some of those gaps, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released a new Chinese American Resource Guide. .

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 6, 2024

Franklin, TN – Traditions Health is proud to announce our Lawrenceville, Georgia branch is now a Level Five Partner with We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Traditions Health opened its first agency in Bryan, Texas in 2008.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. So, in front of us today, we have a variety of hot sauces and chicken wings. Anne: Right.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

” Dr. Kotwal’s work showing how social isolation impacts end-of-life health care use , including hospice and acute care. ” I actually just had a woman that I care for on hospice who I asked, “Do you feel lonely?” Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast. Carla: Thanks so much. Nice to see you all.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 14, 2024

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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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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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Many years ago for the first study; I believe it was in 2009, 2010; I met with Susan Mitchell at the Institute for Aging Research, and told her that I wanted to study the use of feeding tubes for people with advanced dementia. Rehabbed to Death. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Traditions Health

JUNE 26, 2023

What Makes a Good Hospice Volunteer? Many families turn to hospice to help make a loved one’s final months or weeks more comfortable. Hospice addresses a person’s mind, body, and spirit as they go through this challenging phase of life. Below are some of the top qualities of a good hospice volunteer.

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GeriPal

MAY 18, 2023

And then in 2010, the AGS took over because it was sort of wafting out there and people were wondering, when are you going to update it? And we were trying to get funding from different places and then AGS kind of stepped in and so they’ve been the stewards of it since 2010. Who’s going to update it? Mike: Yeah.

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Changing Lives Podcast

JUNE 6, 2022

A report by Volunteer Canada revealed that Baby Boomers and Senior Adults provided more than 1 billion volunteer hours in 2010! Clearly volunteering provides non-profits and charities a wealth of expertise, which allows these organizations to provide a multitude of services for free or a very low cost to their communities.

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