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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Guaranteed’s New SVP of Growth, Strategy Tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed has named Ryan Malone as its new senior vice president of growth and strategy. Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016.
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. CMS introduced SIA in 2016. A recent analysis by St.
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Hospice News
JULY 22, 2024
MA enrollees were also more likely to receive hospice care and less likely to receive facility-based care after a hospital discharge, according research published in JAMA Health Forum. However, they identified gaps in which patients don’t always receive sufficient post-acute care. “We less likely to die in a hospital.
Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. An earlier version of budget neutrality was phased out in 2016. CMS that year reduced routine home care (RHC) rates by 2.7%
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
For terminally ill patients who lack secure housing or loved ones to care for them, hospice is typically not an option. Organizations called comfort care homes have been working to fill this gap. These are generally nonprofit residential facilities that will give patients a place to stay while they receive hospice care.
Hospice News
APRIL 13, 2023
Justice Department has indicted Eduardo Lopez, a former hospice executive and current senior vice president of a private equity firm, for violations of the Sherman Act. Lopez is charged with agreeing to “suppress and eliminate competition” for nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019, the U.S.
Hospice News
MAY 19, 2023
Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Palliative care will be expanded. Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years.
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