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How Hospices Can Leverage Social Media Marketing

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This is for many purposes, including in their roles as consumers as they search for information about products, purchase and consume them, and communicate with others about their experiences, a 2016 study indicated. Marketers have responded to this fundamental shift by increasing their use of digital marketing channels.

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The Case for a Palliative Care Medicare Carve-Out

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Launched in 2016, the MCCM model was designed to curb costs, improve quality and family satisfaction, and keep patients in their homes. The model pointed to the benefits of allowing patients to receive palliative and hospice care concurrently with curative care, which was found to reduce health care costs and improve quality.

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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

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Bell previously served as the nonprofit hospice providers vice president and chief medical officer since 2016. Brian Bell as its new president and CEO. He succeeds Judith Wooten, who retired in 2024. The nonprofit organization provides hospice, palliative care and advanced care planning services across 44 counties in Arkansas.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016. Patients in the United States received more than 2.2 Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2

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New California Law Further Tightens Hospice License Oversight

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The first report indicated that about 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a condition-level deficiency that posed a serious safety risk. The agency identified 313 hospices nationwide as “poor performers” in 2016, representing 18% of the total number of providers surveyed that year.

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Intrepid USA Settles FCA Allegations for Home Health, Hospice Claims

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The Justice Department alleges that 19 Intrepid locations between 2016 and 2021 submitted home health Medicare claims for ineligible patients. “This settlement reflects our commitment to ensuring that these benefits are used to care for those who need them and not just to enrich those who seek to provide them.”

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IntellaTriage Acquires NurseLine

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NurseLine was founded in 2016 to offer nationwide nurse-based triage services during nights, weekends, and holidays, aiming to reinforce providers’ clinical teams and boost efficiency. The exact dollar amount of these investments were confidential. ” The post IntellaTriage Acquires NurseLine appeared first on Hospice News.

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