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

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Two barriers interfere with palliative care growth — identifying patients in need and a fragmented reimbursement system, according to Laura Templeton, COO and executive vice president at Compassus. As a nurse, Templeton has leveraged her clinical experiences to help navigate challenges that prevent patients from accessing care.

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VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart Failure 

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Hospice and palliative care provider VIA Health has long invested in disease-specific programs. The certification process takes into account six domains: program management, personnel education, patient and caregiver education, care coordination, clinical management and performance improvement. Close to 6.7 death certifications.

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Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

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This is the second PACE center that the nonprofit senior care health system has opened and the first such program in its home county, Hillsborough. Empath’s first center, Suncoast PACE, launched in 2012. We exercise; we do all kinds of fun things.” A third center is planned for Florida’s Manatee County later this year.

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Hospices Facilities Launch, Renovate With Growth in Mind

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Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. Julia Hospice & Palliative Care is holding a fundraising event on October 5 to garner support to refuel construction efforts.

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Hospices Gear Up to Reach More Heart Failure Patients, Enhance Quality 

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The number of people who suffer from heart failure is expected to rise by 46% between 2012 and 2023, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported. As of 2020, those individuals represented only about 10% of Medicare decedents who elected hospice, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

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Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. Empath has also been stepping up its investments in care models like PACE and adult day services.

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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.”. in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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