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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

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Former NAHC President Joins New Day Healthcare, Law Firm Bill Dombi has recently stepped into two new roles following his retirement as president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Bell previously served as the nonprofit hospice providers vice president and chief medical officer since 2016.

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New California Law Further Tightens Hospice License Oversight

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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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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

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Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.

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Avera at Home Gets Personal with Kore Cares Joint Venture

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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. currently, according to the U.S.

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

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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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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

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Before Help at Home, Mastrapa led the home infusion provider Option Care Health (NYSE: OPCH). Sheets continues to serve as board chair for the Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC) and a board member for the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday.

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California Hospice Owner Receives 25 Months in Prison for Fraud, Kickbacks

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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. In November, industry organizations called on CMS to examine the issue nationally.

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