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Early Palliative Care Spending Rose Over the Last Decade

Hospice News

Though the numbers are still relatively low, spending on early palliative care rose between 2010 and 2019 for patients with advanced cancers, a recent study found. in 2017 through 2019 compared to 51% in 2010-2013. A decline occurred with between-provider variation, 45.3%

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RAND Corp.: Families Report Better Care from Nonprofit Hospices

Hospice News

RAND researchers analyzed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey data from 653,208 caregivers whose family members received care from 3,107 hospices between April 2017 and March 2019. hospices between 2019 and 2020. Of those, about 73% were for-profit companies, and 24% were nonprofits.

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Bridging the gap between clinical services and research

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

There is a growing body of evidence that patients treated in research active organisations have improved outcomes (Downing et al 2017, Jonker & Fisher 2018, Jonker et al 2019). Rees, M & Bracewell, M (2019). If you would like to find out more about this, please get in touch with us at researchtraining@uhbw.nhs.uk

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Former Hospice Executive Facing Federal Wage Fixing Charges

Hospice News

Lopez is charged with agreeing to “suppress and eliminate competition” for nursing services between March 2016 and May 2019, the U.S. He was vice president at Sierra Hospice & Home Health from 2018 to 2019, while holding the same position at Community Home Health Care Las Vegas from 2017 to 2021.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%. More than $200 million SIA payments were distributed in 2021, compared to less than $100 million in 2017, according to the Abt research. In terms of patients, that’s more than a million beneficiaries receiving SIA services in 2021, versus under 850,000 beneficiaries in 2017, the data found.

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LifeTouch to Merge with Arkansas Hospice

Hospice News

The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000. In 2019, LifeTouch was in the red for a similar amount. .” LifeTouch has been struggling financially for several years and has operated in the red since 2018. But the following year, it reported a more than $1.5

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, which purchased the provider from Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2019 for an undisclosed sum. Foundation since 2017, serving as its president from 2019 to 2021. Tortorella joined AccentCare as CEO last September.

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