Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

A third hospice FCA case, involving Molina Healthcare, has also been referred to the Supreme Court over questions of particularity. These cases often hinge on the question of patient eligibility for hospice care based on a six-month terminal prognosis, and typically involve a qui tam complaint.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Beginning this July, Summit Health patients will have access to palliative care consultations and expanded services through the partnership. . In 2014, Partners In Care began offering palliative care services to patients of Summit Health’s oncology department at the Eastside Clinic in Bend, Oregon.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It

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Hospice News

AUGUST 28, 2024

John Thropay, a former medical director for several hospice companies, to 37 months in prison for his involvement in a $2.8 million hospice fraud scheme. Among the companies for which Thropay worked was Blue Sky Hospice, located in Van Nuys, California. Justice Department.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In her new role, she’ll oversee Trustbridge’s medical staff providing home- and facility-based hospice care. Trustbridge was born in 2014 through the merger of Hospice of Palm Beach County, Hospice of Broward County and Hospice by the Sea.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Continued slowdown of hospice caps: The legislation extends the cap calculation methodology implemented by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014. Press Contact: Madison Summers. NHPCO Communications. Ph: 571-412-3973 .

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 17, 2024

I am deeply honored and absolutely thrilled that AAHPM has recognized me as an “Emerging Leader” in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. When I was nominated for this distinction, I looked at the list of HPM professions who were named Emerging Leaders in 2014 and 2019. The list stopped me in my tracks.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A revolution is needed in hospice care, complete with a new mindset, updated care models and redesigned payment systems, Dr Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice, told Hospice News. Hospice News spoke with Pujari about her vision for hospice care and what it would take to make it a reality.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

The pilot, called Partners in Palliative Care (PIPC) , focused on streamlining processes for those receiving palliative care support at the end of life. Over the course of the six-month pilot, providers received a 95% patient satisfaction rate, while saving $3 in hospital bills for every $1 spent toward palliative care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014. those experiencing homelessness). It’s been quite a ride.

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Hospice News

APRIL 5, 2023

Barnett, in her public comments on the proposal, contends that hospice patients are often too sick to travel for an in-person examination and that they need to receive pain management quickly upon admission. Pain management is a cornerstone of hospice care and can have a substantial impact on patient and family satisfaction.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

“It’s about connecting a community of need to this type of care and delivering a complete, seamless care approach to care for these patients. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care. This is the path we took to integrating that.”.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Widespread workforce shortages also have hospices struggling to offer competitive compensation in a shrinking resource pool. Sequestration was established in 2014 by the Budget Control Act. Its suspension during COVID-19 has been a lifeline for hospice leaders pummeled by a mix of several financial and operational challenges.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Digging into palliative care barriers Not enough cancer patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO) receive concurrent palliative care services when the need arises, according to a study published in January in Urology Practice, a journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

With this in mind, he spearheaded the creation of Empath Health in 2014. Empath offers hospice care through Suncoast Hospice, Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough and Tidewell Hospice. You’ve spoken before about keeping the patient and family as the “true center of hospice care.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

“The passage of state laws related to communication about palliative care options increases the likelihood that patients with cancer will spend their final days at home or in hospice care, rather than undergoing aggressive treatment interventions in hospitals or other health care settings.”

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Developed in the late 1990s and undergoing incremental changes, until recognised that this pathway represented a number of significant failings, led to the publishing of a damning report by The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People in 2014. In October each year we recognise Hospice Care Week.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Eric: Whenever I hear about for-profit, non-for-profit, the differences between them, mostly everybody turns to, I think, your 2014 paper looking at the differences between for-profit and non-for-profit. What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care?

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

families, time in hospice falls short of recommendations. That means more than half of Americans receive less than three weeks of hospice care. Why do most people receive less time in hospice than recommended? First, let’s consider the importance of a quality length of stay in hospice. Support Care Cancer.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

Jeff: I’ve been doing this since 2014. Alex: 2014. And specifically around hospice care, end of life care in prisons, is there something that you would change or make sure maybe we do differently or maybe other places do the same? Jeff, how long have you been working here? Jeff: 43 years.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Kate: No, it’s a tough answer in part because, as Scott mentioned, this was being implemented somewhere in the 2014/15 range after funding and building and that pilot year. Kate: This is where maybe that bottle of alcohol’s needed. laughter] Eric: Enough said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Different health systems often fail to serve these families because they don’t have the right resources or because it’s very difficult to manage care.”. Patients with dementia are among the fast-growing populations in terms of hospice utilization. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.

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