Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

Suicide rates among cancer patients saw a “sharp slump” between 2013 and 2017, with researchers attributing the decrease to several potential factors. Since then, patient data trends showed a “significant decline” in suicides among cancer patients, particularly among seniors between 60 and 69 years old, according to the researchers.

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Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013 to leverage member organization’s collective size in negotiations with vendors, payers and referral sources. Admission to the network means that Aetna will also cover a range of benefits for Ohio’s Hospice and Pure Healthcare patients.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

of hospice care days in 2013, CMS reported. Scrutiny of GIP utilization has been ongoing for a number of years, dating back to 2013 reports from the OIG. Utilization overall has been declining. GIP represented 1.8% Last year, that number dropped to 0.9%.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

in 2012–2013. Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. Worldwide, the percentage of home deaths rose to 32.2% during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The bill was spurred by a 2013 recommendation from a previous government body — the Commission on Long Term Care — for Congress to convene another group to carry on its work after its term expired. Rosen in 2019 co-founded the bipartisan Comprehensive Care Caucus with Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

For the Health Affairs study, researchers examined 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients who had been hospitalized between 2013 and 2019 for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia. Patients who had easy access to primary care providers were also less likely to return to the hospital.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Three hospices in 2013 established Ohio’s Hospice, for instance. Among the organization’s goals of the collaboration is to reduce overhead costs, improve the members’ bargaining position with payers and health plans and smooth the transition into value-based payment models, such as Medicare Advantage. CHN is actively recruiting new members.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

The company received its Medicare certification in 2013. “We (NASDAQ: PNTG) has purchased California-based Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care in the San Diego area for an undisclosed amount. Ardent, which also offers home health care, serves between 20 and 50 hospice patients per day, according to National Hospice Locator.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Barbara: Oh, I think it was 2013. Now, my SWHPN friends will get mad at me if I got that wrong, but I think it was 2013. Summary Transcript Summary. In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript.

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Hospice News

MARCH 30, 2023

Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013. Ohio’s Hospice is deepening its relationship with United Church Homes (UCH) to expand hospice and palliative care options for the senior living and support services organization’s residents.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She also served as COO of Camellia Healthcare’s hospice division before leaving the organization in 2013. CEO Switches at AMOREM DeSha McLeod has become CEO of North-Carolina based AMOREM. The mission of AMOREM was one of the primary things that drew me in,” McLeod told local news. “The

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Utilization continuous home care has dropped precipitously during the past decade, with labor pressures, regulatory scrutiny and billing challenges as contributing factors. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). This is down from 1.8%

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Additionally, Bivek Pathak has become Empath Health’s chief information and digital strategy officer after holding a similar position at Trustbridge since 2013. Established in 1981, the community-based nonprofit hospice serves eight counties in Virginia. Conlee Fisher Clark has become its new director of growth.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Before joining Guaranteed, Malone served as vice president of sales and partnerships at mental health provider Thriveworks since 2021. Cottrell has led the nonprofit hospice organization since September 2016.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Researchers analyzed data on hospice acquisitions between 2013 and 2020 to compare changes in sites of care or patient population compared to other for-profits that did not undergo a transaction. Patients with lower HCC scores often need hospice care for longer periods of time, though their care needs may be less intensive or complex.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

million by 2040, up from 721,166 in 2013, according to data from the University of Alabama. Statewide, this age group is expected to reach 1.2 Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alabama reached 47.4% in 2018, falling slightly under the national average of 50.3% Adults older than 65 account for more than 16.5%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Before that, Conroy was the director of human resources at Unity College in Maine since 2013. Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 31, 2022

Samaritan in 2013 launched its first hospice and palliative care fellowship program in concert with the Rowan University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine. As demand grows, we know we’ll need more resources from different avenues, with the bulk needed in our operations.”. Building career paths for hospice clinicians.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Established in 2013, the collaborative began with three hospices and now includes 10 providers (including Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio) as well as joint venture partners and community organizations. The number of adults 60 and older is anticipated to reach 30% by 2030, projected the Ohio Department of Aging.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2023

Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013. Among the partners, Metta has the most experience working in the home setting. Metta Healthcare is the parent company of Ohio’s Hospice and the palliative care provider Pure Healthcare.

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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. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The statewide alliance formed in 2013 with three hospice members. Established in 1982, Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is an affiliate of nonprofit providers in the Ohio’s Hospice collaborative serving 58 counties in the northeast region of the state.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

He held similar positions from 2013 to 2016 at Kindred at Home before it became CenterWell Home Health, Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care services business. “His Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years. As Bigiarelli takes the helm, she will be focused on growth, she said in an announcement. Palliative care will be expanded.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

million since its formation in 2013, according to the online startup database Crunchbase. The needs of today’s seriously ill patients necessitates the development of new, longitudinal care models that integrate the patient-centered principles of hospice and palliative care, Dr. Darren Schulte, CEO of VyncaCare, told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Davis was previously pediatric division chair at the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, serving at the organization since 2013. She is charged with overseeing the home health and hospice providers Colleague Assistance Fund, which supports employees during times of personal need. The hospice provider topped Inc.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Ohio’s Hospice Ohio’s Hospice has been an innovator since its founding in 2013 and continues to have its eye on the future. Nationwide, a growing number of nonprofit hospices are banding together in regional collaboratives to better compete with larger, often for-profit providers. NYSE: CVS) subsidiary Aetna.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

CEO Mike Suor founded the company in 2013 with just himself, a nurse, and a biller on the payroll, he told Hospice News. San Diego-headquartered Bridge Home Health & Hospice, with 527% growth, was the highest-ranked hospice provider on the magazine’s list at No. In 2020, Bridge recapitalized with private equity dollars.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This belief is based on adult studies (Bluebond-Langner et al 2013; Bluebond-Langner et al 2015), and both Pollock (2015) and Rainsford et al (2018) argue that the assertion that home is the preferred place is not supported by evidence. References Bluebond-Langner, M. References Bluebond-Langner, M. DOI:10.1177/0269216313483186. Beecham, E.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Ohio analyzed data for cancer patients between 2013 to 2017, finding that aggressive care in the last 30 days of life was more common among nursing home residents than community-dwelling older adults, at 64% versus 58%, respectively. That number reached 92.5

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MARCH 12, 2024

Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013. In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! It also operates a palliative care arm, Pure Healthcare.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Scrutiny of GIP utilization has been ongoing for a number of years, dating back to 2013 reports from the U.S. If you’re a hospice not providing a lot of GIP or not a lot of continuous home care, and then you start providing a lot more — you’re probably putting yourself at much higher risk for being selected for an audit.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

Sciullo joined Suncoast Hospice in 2013, which is now an affiliate of Empath Health. This week Sciullo will retire, with Empath President Jonathan Fleece standing ready to take the helm. Fleece is the former CEO of Stratum Health, which merged with Empath in 2020. . That is really where we need to go in the future.

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

The study looked at claims data from January 2013 to December 2017 among 146,329 older patients with metastatic breast, colorectal, lung, pancreas, or prostate cancer. Palliative care could prevent many ED visits. This study reviewed data on almost a billion (854,911,106) ED visits, of which 4.2% were made by patients with cancer.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

in 2020) dropped to the lowest number since 2013 (47.3%). . For Immediate Release. December 15, 2022 . The number of deaths grew significantly faster than hospice enrollment, in large part because of COVID-19. After several years of growth, the percentage of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice at the time of death (47.8%

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JANUARY 12, 2023

JAMA IM 2013, you had a paper that showed what, 300, $400. And especially those cost and return on investment evaluations are even more important I think today than perhaps in the past. Eric: And you’ve done that, right? Just gigantic. And there may be some similar geriatrics organization.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Despite PROP’s optimism, CDC observed that “age-adjusted overdose death rates involving synthetic opioids, psychostimulants, cocaine, heroin, and prescription opioids during 2013–2019” increased 1,040%, largely as the result of illicit fentalogues (62-64). Kollas provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin. ISSN 0885-3924.

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