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National Alliance’s Scott Levy: Hospices Need ‘Regulatory Relief’ to Protect ‘Sacred Benefit’

Hospice News

The hospice industry is undergoing a transformative period of rising demand and regulatory changes. This is according to Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer at National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). I started out in a lower-level government affairs position at Amedisys in August 2015.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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Health Systems Adapt to Changing Environment by Expanding Hospice, Home-Based Care

Hospice News

Home-based care, including hospice, is an increasingly attractive space for health systems and hospitals — a trend that accelerated during the pandemic. Health systems are bringing care to the home by a number of routes. of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Key Trends to Watch: Health Systems Moving into Hospice, Home-Based Care

Hospice News

Coupled with the entry of more payers into the space, the influx of health systems into home health, hospice and community-based palliative care stands to change the competitive dynamics in markets nationwide. This is the last of three articles that explore some of health care macro-trends that could impact hospices.

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The Forces Driving, Impeding Access to Pediatric Palliative Care

Hospice News

Seriously ill children represent some of the most underserved populations nationwide in terms of quality and access to supportive health care, according to Katie Leonard, director of pediatrics at California-based Anchor Health. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home. Home health teams represented 5.5%

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Data Trends Point to Palliative Care’s Return on Investment

Hospice News

Receiving palliative care could help avoid the risk of death in a hospital setting for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The post Data Trends Point to Palliative Care’s Return on Investment appeared first on Hospice News.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

There is a belief that the preferred place of death for adults and children is home (Ellingsen et al 2014; Pollock, 2015; Rainsford et al 2018). Rather, it is suggested that the preferred place of death is a “safe” place which may or may not be home (Rainsford et al 2018; Dunbar, Carter and Brown, 2019). Bluebond-Langner, M.,