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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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Launched in 2017, the hospice company serves predominantly rural-based populations in Montana, northern Wyoming and South Dakota. We also need to have expanded flexibilities that allow us to do hospice care in other ways. How does Stillwater Hospice approach growth? Number one is that availability is difficult.

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Research Finds Links Between Hospice Care, Reduced Cancer-Related Suicides

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Data trends have found that suicide rates among cancer patients have decreased during the last three decades, with improved psychosocial end-of-life care a potential factor. Suicide rates among cancer patients saw a “sharp slump” between 2013 and 2017, with researchers attributing the decrease to several potential factors.

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Key Research Trends: End-of-Life Disparities Across the Globe

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Recent studies spanning various countries have found that location matters for patients with cancer and opioid disorders when it comes to end-of-life care delivery, costs and outcomes. Settings examined included acute care hospitals, health care clinics, long-term care facilities and the home.

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State Legislators Mulling Bill Allowing LPNs to Make Death Pronouncements

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The Pennsylvania state Senate has approved a bill proposing to expand staffing requirements around death proclamations to include a wider breadth of hospice clinicians. If enacted, the legislation would allow licensed practical nurses (LPNs) providing hospice care to make death pronouncements.

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

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Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. In 2017, the U.S. Last year, The Joint Commission implemented similar requirements for hospices.

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Survey: 72% Say U.S. Health System Does Poor Job of Caring for Seniors

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About 72% of respondents to a National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) survey said they do not believe that the U.S. health care system does a good job of caring for the aging population. Though 74% expressed a positive view of hospice care, only 31% said they trusted the health care system as a whole.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

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Ginn served in that same role before being promoted to CFO in 2017 and executive vice president in 2021. The company in June announced plans to acquire the massive home health and hospice provider Amedisys for $3.3 AMOREM has locations across 12 counties in northwest North Carolina, which include four inpatient care units.

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