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Dr. Andrew Mayo: Hospice Leaders Face ‘Delicate Balance’ in Today’s Regulatory, Workforce Climate

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Croix Hospice in 2014 as an associate medical director. Mayo has focused on geriatric care for 17 years, completing a residency in family practice at Bethesda St. Andrew Mayo, chief medical officer at St. Croix Hospice. Mayo joined St. The Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G.

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Gilchrist and Luminis Health Form Joint Venture, Find ‘Sweet Spot’ in Health Care Delivery

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Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. It’s taken a lot of time and work together, but it’s going to be worth it for the patients,” said Schwartz. “We

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

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In addition to acquisitions, LHC was involved in 30 out of the 69 joint ventures that completed in the hospice and home health space from 2014 to 2021, Kulik said. The acquisition took many in the space by surprise.

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Pennant Group CMO Derrel Walker: Hospice, Home Health Can Complete the Care Continuum

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We started doing the house calls, mobile palliative care, geriatric primary care work. We started to develop that process in 2014 through 2016 with pilot programs. Does a patient need palliative care, or do they need geriatrics, or do they need primary care? Then I kind of wandered. What is it that they need the most?

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. As is the case for many issues in geriatrics: some of the time, not all the time. I think it was 2014, but we did a survey of driving rehabilitation specialists in the U.S. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. I don’t know.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011-2014 JAMDA 2020 Efficacy of Gabapentinoids: Gabapentinoids for Pain: Potential Unintended Consequences. Donovan Maust is a geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher at the University of Michigan. 2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM.