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Center for Hospice Care Revives Respiratory Care Program

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Dubbed as BreatheEazy, the respiratory program began in 2011 and relaunched in 2024. Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has revamped its respiratory care program for patients with lung disease after a temporary pause during the pandemic.

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Agrace Takes 3-Pronged Approach to Widening Midwest Footprint

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the nonprofit rebranded in 2011 with a goal of being more distinctive across its service lines. In addition to hospice, Agrace offers adult day services, bereavement care, dementia support and an Age at Home program, which provides nonmedical personal care services. Established in 1978 as HospiceCare Inc.,

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Specialized Palliative Pharmacists Have Key Role in Interdisciplinary Teams

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Earlier research , published in 2011, indicated that recommendations from palliative pharmacists were widely accepted by clinical teams and improved patient outcomes at a higher rate than generalists.

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MA Beneficiaries More Likely than Fee-for-Service Patients to Enter Hospice from Community Setting

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million patients who elected hospice in the last 90 days of life during the years 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018. In 2011, for example, 50% of MA patients came to hospice from the community, compared to 39% of those in traditional Medicare. .” For this study, researchers examined medical records for a cohort of nearly 3.2

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How Four Questions Can Reduce Costs, Boost Hospice Utilization

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation ran the project between 2011 and 2015 at 32 participating hospitals and health systems. A key component of the initiative was a “Four Questions” framework for goals-of-care conversations.

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New Leaders Emerge at Hospices Coast-to-Coast

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He succeeds Neil Golub, who recently retired after serving in the role since 2011 at the Chemed Corp. VITAS New Financial Planning VP VITAS Healthcare has tapped Bernardo Ferreira as its new vice president of financial planning and analysis. NYSE: CHE) subsidiary. Ferreira oversees VITAS financial planning, forecasting and analysis functions.

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Bristol Names Nurse Melissa Broadway as New Chief Clinical Officer

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Broadway entered the hospice field as a bedside nurse in 2011 at a Texas location of Gentiva-Kindred Hospice. Based in Salt Lake City, Bristol Hospice is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Webster Equity Partners. The company employs more than 3,000 staff in more than 76 locations across 18 states.

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