Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Oregon passed a law in 2015 to create its Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council. Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. The reasons for this run the gamut.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press. Each year an estimated 2.5

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Children’s Specialized Hospital in 2015 launched its Pediatric Palliative Care Anchor Training Program, which includes interdisciplinary education pathways for professionals to expand their expertise and skills in serious illness care for children and families. We started back in 2015 with the actual conception of this program.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

The patient records came from 280 cancer centers nationwide between 2015 and 2019. The study highlights a need for oncologists to revisit goals-of-care conversations with patients as they near the end of life, including discussions of hospice.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2023

Maryland is among the states with the highest volume of legislation, having introduced 29 palliative care bills between October 2015 to October 2021, the most current available data on Yale’s policy tracker. A couple challenges that palliative care has been dealing with is that it is not a super well-defined set of services.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Fratkin founded palliative care provider ResolutionCare in 2015. Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. Snags along the way included dairy cows blocking staff from reaching patients. palliative?care care services for?patients

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Western Reserve merged with the Hospice of Medina County in 2015, and the combined organization continues to offer services under both brands. The organization is a subsidiary of Western Reserve Care Solutions. In 2022, Western Reserve acquired Stein Hospice in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Western Reserve merged with the Hospice of Medina County in 2015, and the combined organization continues to offer services under both brands. “We are excited to welcome Hospice of North Central Ohio to the Hospice of the Western Reserve family,” Finn said in a statement shared with Hospice News. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

About 21% indicated that their own health was poor in 2020, up from 17% in 2015. More than a third (34%) of family caregivers were Baby Boomers in 2020, according to a report from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC). Moreover, caregivers are 12x more likely to contemplate suicide than noncaregiving peers, the CDC indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release. By 2050, adults 65 and older in the United States will comprise an estimated 88 million, representing 22.1% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. These patients are expected to consume health care services and socio-economic supports at disproportionately higher rates than prior generations, placing a heavier burden on the health care system, according to the Census Bureau’s 2015 report. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

between 2015 and 2016, according to a report from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. We would be supportive of any legislation that would create investment in nursing education programs that would train additional nurse educators and bring forward more nursing schools and different opportunities to train.” respectively.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Bello and his wife Sade Bello, the hospice’s administrator, launched Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care in 2015. To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This represents 46% growth in the senior population since 2015. By 2030, one out of every five people living in Indiana will be older than 65, according to the Indiana Business Research Center. Hospice utilization in Indiana reached 48.9% among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

North has been with the company since 2015, beginning as senior vice president of operations. (NASDAQ: AMED) is departing the home health and hospice company as of Aug. 31, according to a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. He became CIO the following year. NYSE: HUM). “In

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Messina co-founded Contessa in 2015, remaining with the company in a leadership capacity during its transition into Amedisys Inc. Led by co-founder and CEO Travis Messina, Contessa Health became an innovator in the palliative care arena, with the company’s success reflected in its multiple health system joint ventures.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

He joined the hospice provider in 2015 as director of market development before moving up the ranks to general manager in 2018 and senior general manager in 2022. CEO Switches at AMOREM DeSha McLeod has become CEO of North-Carolina based AMOREM. The mission of AMOREM was one of the primary things that drew me in,” McLeod told local news. “The

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Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

For example,] a 2015 national study of transgender people found that in the prior year, 23% of respondents avoided going to a doctor when they needed to because they feared being mistreated, and 33% did not go because they could not afford it. Transgender individuals are among the most underserved communities.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The hospice organization in 2015 began considering a “retooling” of its C-suite structure in preparation of rising regulatory oversight, Roa said. The hospice organization in 2015 began considering a “retooling” of its C-suite structure in preparation of rising regulatory oversight, Roa said.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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). When considering the future of children’s palliative care within the UK, it is recognised that an equitable palliative care service is needed (Together for Short Lives 2023).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hathaway founded PALS after her husband died of terminal cancer in 2015. Bereaved families often face tremendous challenges fielding a barrage of tasks following a loved ones’ death, according to Grant Marylander, grief counselor at Trail Winds Hospice, which provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015. Corrigan was recently the assistant general counsel of operations at Springstone Health Opco since 2015, serving as general counsel and chief compliance officer at Cornerstone Healthcare Group prior to that.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care. We had two palliative care clinics.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press. But it goes both ways.

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

Coplia joined Angela Hospice in 2015 as its executive director, stepping into her current role in 2019. “His strategic vision, proven record of operational excellence and sheer passion for this work make him the perfect fit to effectively guide Alive.” Angela’s Hospice provides end-of-life care to adult and pediatric patient populations.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. As more care moves into the home setting, more hospitals and health systems are throwing their hats into the ring. This is the last of three articles that explore some of health care macro-trends that could impact hospices. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2024

A 2015 study analysis published in the journal BMC Public Health found that nearly two-thirds of the female home care workforce experiences some type of workplace violence annually. . Additionally, home health and hospice workers face higher safety risks and a myriad of unique challenges compared to other health care providers.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015. Previously known as Hospice by the Bay, the organization rebranded in 2021 to reflect a broadening scope of services.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2022

Companies that develop socially-conscious practices for racial and ethnic diversity were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians, according to a 2015 McKinsey & Company report. between 2010 and 2019.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Heather: I do Alex, and I’m so happy to have this song request, it’s called The Eye by Brandi Carlile, which comes from a quite old 2015 album called The Firewatcher’s Daughter. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? Schilling, L.,

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

The MAID issue then came on the table in Canada after the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Carter v. A recent Human Rights podcast discussed the story of a Canadian seeking MAID because he could not afford to stay housed. We talk about the role of palliative care and lack of access for many people living with serious illness in Canada.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

And as of 2015, the survey started to ask folks about cancer history, just some broad questions about lifetime history of cancer and whether they’ve had a cancer diagnosis in the past year. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Katie: Oh my gosh, can’t believe I’ve been here more than once now. Bragging rights. 2017 podcast.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A 2015 simulation estimated that annual savings in 2011 ranged between $316 million and $2.43 Rather than continue to litigate the case, the company settled for $1 million. While I cannot personally dispute the accounts of the whistleblowers in the case, AseraCare did garner support from industry stakeholders.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

With the passage of the PACE Innovation Act in 2015, and the 2019 Final Rule from CMS, new PACE pilot programs are being approved in multiple states. There has long been a substantial overlap between home care and hospice, but we’re now seeing these providers looking into other areas of health care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. The hospice provider also offers pet and music therapy, as well as bereavement support services. has launched a new inpatient hospice facility. Construction recently began on the 14,000-square-foot center.

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For example, in late 2015, Washington Legal Foundation alleged that one of the members of CDC’s Core Expert Group (later identified as PROP member, Jane Ballantyne) had “served as a paid consultant to a law firm planning multi-district litigation against opioid manufacturers (4, 33, 34).” Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.

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