Remove 2017 Remove End-of-life care Remove Social worker
article thumbnail

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

Hospice News

Launched in 2017, the hospice company serves predominantly rural-based populations in Montana, northern Wyoming and South Dakota. For example, we try to buy vehicles for our nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. No other hospice care provider is offering vehicles where we are.

article thumbnail

How Palliative Care Could Address Unmet Needs of Patients With Rare Diseases

Hospice News

Palliative a quality, cost driver An estimated 25–30 million Americans have some type of rare disease (RD) and experience unique challenges as a result, according to a 2017 study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

Hospice News

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. So, for access to rural care, we’re going to have to depend on smaller rural programs.

Hospice 290
article thumbnail

Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

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.

article thumbnail

Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

Howe to the care team at The Denver Hospice,” Interim President Tricia Ford said in an announcement. “Dr. Established in 1978, The Denver Hospice provides care to more than 4,000 hospice and around 1,200 palliative care patients annually in nine counties in Colorado. .

article thumbnail

Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

Hospice News

I became a registered nurse in 2012 and received my nurse practitioner degree in 2017. My parents are both nurses and my wife is a nurse as well, so I’ve been around clinical care my entire life before we decided to branch out into hospice. I get into the field right alongside our staff to provide hospice care.

Hospice 264
article thumbnail

Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

Calls are growing louder for Congress to build stronger reimbursement and workforce incentives aimed at improving the availability and sustainability of rural-based end-of-life care. The legislation has taken a circuitous route through Congress in recent years, repeatedly reintroduced without passing since 2017.

Hospice 189