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

Hospice News

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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Ep.13: How Becoming an Accredited Organization will Help you Build More Partnerships and Increase Referrals

Home Care Pulse

They required nurses to perform assessments before initiating care and regularly every 60 days. And that’s even though we were strictly a personal care provider and not providing any skilled nursing services. So we don’t come there, you know, looking for, you know, for medical type of, of care being provided.

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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

Hospice News

Over the course of the six-month pilot, providers received a 95% patient satisfaction rate, while saving $3 in hospital bills for every $1 spent toward palliative care. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989.

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Hospice Gives the Gift of Quality Family Time

Hospice Red River Valley

They would share a cup of coffee and conversation together as well as completing his personal cares. He looked forward to his Hospice visits. In 2010, he was honored at a banquet in Washington DC and awarded the Silver Helmet Award as the AMVET of the year. With the help of Hospice, Dad lived until he died.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

Michelle Cone ( 03:28 ): So, you know, at its most basic level, it really allows home care agencies to monitor and promote the quality of care that they provide to their clients with actual quantitative data. Readmissions have been tracked and monitored by c M S for over a decade now. Michelle Cone ( 04:56 ): Absolutely.