Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Slightly more than 240 medications were in short supply at the close of Q1 2022, compared to 195 during the same period in 2016, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). These factors can make the always-difficult decision about end-of-life care even harder for patients and families.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

A federal jury last November convicted Akula on 23 counts of False Claims violations reaching nearly $47 million between 2013 and 2016, with the company billing Medicare for $62 million total. The FBI thanks its partners the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines. The lawsuit contends that the claims denials denied Partners in Care its right to procedural due process. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

We identified numerous indicators of such fraud and abuse by hospice agencies, which typically offer palliative end-of-life care to individuals with medical diagnoses of fewer than six months to live.” “The state’s weak controls have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse,” CDOJ indicated in its report. “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The health system consists of 37 hospitals, 215 primary and specialty care clinics, 40 senior living facilities and home health, hospice and sports and wellness facilities. Kore Cares will retain its name to provide “continuity” for patients and referral sources, according to the announcement. Seniors are projected to make up 27.5%

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2022

The state sharpened its gaze on the hospice space in the wake of two 2019 OIG reports showing that about 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a condition-level deficiency that posed a serious patient safety risk.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Past payment model demonstrations that included community-based palliative care offer a window into how these services could generate cost savings and improved quality. Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Prison populations across the United States saw a 280% rise in incarcerated seniors in this age group from 1999 to 2016, the research found. The pair examined nearly 20 studies spanning serious illness and end-of-life care delivery among prisoners nationwide.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Gerard had been COO of Amedisys from 2016 to 2022. Florida-based TheKey is a provider of home care, memory care and specialized care services in more than 100 markets throughout the U.S., I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive Officer at TheKey!” Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2022

Witnessing the success of that oncology collaboration led physicians in other Summit departments to recognize the benefits of offering palliative care, according to Partners In Care CEO Greg Hagfors. ” Partners In Care offers palliative, home health and community- and facility-based hospice care, among other services.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

She was also a human resources business consultant at consulting firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) from 2016 to 2023. Sarah brings to Androscoggin her decades of HR experience in organizations of various sizes, including in the manufacturing, health care, financial services and technology industries,” the organization posted on social media.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The state sharpened its gaze on the hospice space in the wake of two 2019 OIG reports showing that about 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a condition-level deficiency that posed a serious patient safety risk.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Driving a push for reform is the rising demand for end-of-life care amid widespread clinical shortages, according to Andy Siegel, chief business development officer of Virginia-based Goodwin Living. Roughly 62% of IMGs have secured residency positions across the country last year, a rise from 44% in 2016, the report found.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2022

New Hampshire, which scrapped CON in 2016, was the most recent. On the other hand, states without CON regulations could have an influx of providers, causing confusion among consumers bombarded with too much information and too many options for end-of-life care, Wehri told Hospice News. Will CON laws last?

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HPNA podcast

MAY 1, 2025

Whether you're a hospice nurse, a health care professional, or a family member navigating end-of-life care, this episode will speak to the heart of what it means to accompany someone at lifes end with compassion, courage, and creativity.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Most notably, this includes the publication of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (2), which updated the guidance previously provided by the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (3). CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016. RR-3):1–95.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Earlier this year, it was awarded the prestigious 2023 Circle of Life Award from the American Hospital Association, which recognizes programs for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Initial reviews of patient care revealed deviations from best practice, including missed referrals, care team members initiating discussions about donation with families, and misconceptions about the donation process. The number of organ donors in 2021 was 31, with more than 22 donors in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Crouch in 2016 became a home care and assisted living facilities physician at the organization. Crouch brings more than 30 years of health care leadership experience to the role. Fluent in English, French and Arabic, Abdo has led the Louisiana State University’s geriatric medicine fellowship program since 2016.

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For Immediate Release November 10, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) release of the final Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) report and At-A-Glance report.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

But AMOREM wants to ensure its faith communities that they are a priority for the organization and that they feel supported when any of their congregants need end-of-life care.” He previously served in similar roles at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care since 2016 prior to its merger in 2020 with AccentCare.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For those who have since passed, we share these in their memories with deep appreciation for what they have taught us about life and living. Rob Riddell, a cancer survivor, had a good life: a job he loved, faith and optimism in spades, and a large, happy family. In 2016, at the young age of 54, the cancer returned.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 27, 2017

In this episode Yolanda Penders (End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium) presents a study which aimed to investigate the self-reported out-of-pocket costs associated with healthcare in the last year of life of older adults in Europe. abstract

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The Bucket-List Blog

JUNE 10, 2016

Later, we made this simple video to use as part of our 2016 Bucket-List Challenge. When we shared the story of Mr. Ramirez’s very special wish on o ur Facebook page , it reached nearly 400,000 people. Special thanks to his family, and especially his granddaughter, Blue, for sharing their memories and photos with us, and with you.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health (APPG) (2016) Triple Impact. National Academy of Medicine. Unleashing the Power of the Nurse to Achieve Health Equity. link] Accessed 30th September 2024. How developing nursing will improve health, promote gender equality and support economic growth. London, House of Commons.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Data have shown that of the top 5% of healthcare utilization in the US, only 11% are at the end of life (Aldridge & Kelly, 2015). Many have persistent unmet care needs leading to high costs with questionable quality outcomes (Salzberg, et al. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2024

“Financial incentives to reduce costs in MA appear to promote less use of potentially burdensome treatments but also leave some patients without home-based or facility care after hospitalization.” For the study, researchers examined Medicare claims data for more than 1 million patients who died between 2016 and 2018.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

But for the past four years, a lesser-known payment model demo, the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), has been hitting every target — reducing costs, improving quality and family satisfaction and keeping patients in their homes. Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021. .

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Cassidy is a nurse practitioner, board-certified in palliative care, who also worked for 30 years as a professor of nursing. During her clinical practice in a hospital, she recognized that the end-of-life care needs of some patient populations were not being met. “So It’s a gap in the continuum of care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2023

Office settings accounted for 61% of all ACP billing between 2016 and 2019, according to OIG. CMS in 2016 began to reimburse physicians and other qualified Medicare health care professionals for face-to-face advance care planning discussions with patients and families.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Cottrell joined the hospice in 2016. Under Cottrell’s leadership, the hospice in 2020 expanded its service lines to include palliative care. Patients at the hospice house receive 24/7 inpatient end-of-life care from nurses and aides. CHPC provides end-of-life services to homebound and facility-based patients.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

YoloCares has an adult day program and offers caregiver and advance care planning services, along with grief support. Its palliative care program launched in 2016. Quality end-of-life care in California is under siege.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Yet he never formally served as a leader or member of PROP, and until the CDC NCIPC-BSC Meeting on July 16, 2021, Chou avoided all allegations of conflicts of interest (COI) between his opioid research and co-authorship of the 2016 Guideline, unlike several other PROP members (2). Activities that did not pose a conflict (e.g.,

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

But if they can join with an ACO who does get rewarded for better care and lower outcomes, and they can have a shared savings agreement, they can get rewarded for the better outcomes they create.” Partnering with palliative care providers offers ACOs advantages as well, including significant cost savings, according Schramm.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

So, we asked my older son, Kai, who’s 18 years old, he’s an adult, “What is Palliative care?” ” And, he said, “End of life care.” ” I think we started the blog in 2007 or 2008, we were doing that up until 2016. Alex: Welcome to the second half. ” Love it.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Areej: I think it was 2016. Eric: 2016. And I think the most, I mean we can argue like why was this paper so important, I think this was the very first palliative care trial in people undergoing curative therapy. I entered this field wanting to actually optimize end of life care for patients with blood cancers.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

In this PONDER-ICU trial, we didn’t rely on palliative care specialists; we engaged bedside clinicians to have ICU communication and adhere to guidelines. Eric: And that’s similar to the 2016 JAMA paper, right? It was the first randomized palliative care trial in hematology, is the way that I think of it.

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