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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

Hospice News

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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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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[link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. The Peach program has cared for over 1,000 clients. Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

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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Empath Health CEO Sciullo: Hospice Leaders Need Exposure at the Bedside

Hospice News

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. Before coming to hospice you worked as an oncology social worker in Ohio. I’ve never forgotten that.

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

Hospice News

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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Government Funding Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities, Averts Cap Cut

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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. There is no requirement for hospices to use MFTs or MHCs and a social worker is still required if needed under a patient’s plan of care.

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Palliative and end of life care as a human right

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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.