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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Recent research has found that receiving high-acuity services alongside supportive care can help ease pain. The findings come as regulators navigate the future outlook of these services in end-of-life care delivery. Patients’ pain levels were assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) index.
Hospice News
AUGUST 1, 2024
A large aim of the transaction is to expand access to quality, comprehensive end-of-life care across a broader region in the state amid challenges such as rising competition and economic pressures. About 80,150 Medicare decedents in Ohio utilized hospice services in 2021, according to the U.S.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 3, 2024
The bill builds upon the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, designed to speed transitions to patient-centered, value-based care. extension of MACRA’s advanced APM incentive in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which expired at the end of last year.
Hospice News
JULY 12, 2024
Angela’s Hospice provides end-of-life care to adult and pediatric patient populations. Established in 1985, the faith-based nonprofit also offers palliative care, grief support and virtual telehealth hospice services to caregivers and patients. For nearly 50 years, this organization has delivered on that mission.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 8, 2022
of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. For most, this extends to end-of-life care. This integration by Kaiser reflects the ways health systems will need to adapt as they care for the rapidly growing, often chronically ill, Medicare population. Census Bureau.
Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which requires providers to acquire a building and design a center to house a PACE program. More than 30 interdisciplinary staff members provide care at the 5,600 square feet facility. Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice offers end-of-life care across three counties in its home state.
Hospice News
JANUARY 31, 2024
Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Families often want pediatric palliative care, but the reimbursement is nearly nonexistent,” Sheehan told Hospice News. But it goes both ways.
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