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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

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“We are honored to have provided care to our home health and hospice patients and their loved ones. We wish them the best, and are hopeful that we can accommodate a smooth transition to ensure continued quality, compassionate care.”. It also offers pharmacy and durable medical equipment services.

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Compassus’ Laura Templeton: Education, Better Reimbursement Needed to Foster Palliative Care Growth

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What has led your career journey into palliative care? I worked in acute care prior to coming into the more integrated home-based care scene at Compassus in 2012. Your palliative care team can be instrumental in listening to the goals of a patient and helping to guide them around the care they desire.

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Top Hospice Trends to Watch in 2025

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An OIG study of hospice billing claims submitted during 2012 found that 31% of the GIP claims that providers submitted to CMS were inappropriately billed to the tune of an estimated $268 million that year alone. also recently expanded its disease-specific program for dementia patients, dubbed Magnolia Care.

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VITAS Earns AHA Heart Failure Certification Across 56 Markets

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The certification signifies that a hospices heart failure program complies with current AHA standards and evidence-based requirements designed by heart failure and home-based care experts. In 2012, heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7 Close to 6.7 Close to 6.7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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An ‘Urgent Need for Palliative Care, Heart Failure Care Integration

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Palliative care plays a crucial role in addressing patients specific heart failure-related symptom burden, the researchers noted. Integrating these services can aid in goal-concordant care delivery, improved caregiver assistance and overall management of emotional, spiritual and physical symptoms, the analysis found. dollars.

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Hospices Facilities Launch, Renovate With Growth in Mind

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The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. An estimated 50 patients will be impacted by the temporary closure.

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VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart Failure 

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Case in point, the organization recently achieved a Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association, which evaluates provides in accordance with evidence-based standards designed to ensure high quality care and adherence to clinical practice guidelines. In 2012, heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7

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