Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

Recent research has found that varying state laws around palliative care can impact cancer patients’ place of death. The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5 The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2017, the U.S. Last year, The Joint Commission implemented similar requirements for hospices. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care. COVID-19 caused widespread disruption across the health care system, including among hospices.

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Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2024

Big Bend Hospice has appointed new c-suite leaders for its newly formed parent company, Seven Oaks Health, which oversees its palliative care arm. Previously, he was COO of Big Bend Hospice. Wood joined Big Bend Hospice in 2017 as a consultant, later becoming CFO and ultimately the COO.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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 McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

Federal legislators plan to continue to work on passing a bill designed to bolster the hospice and palliative care workforce. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) has come before Congress several times but has not yet been passed. PCHETA was first introduced in 2017.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

One of the defining principles of hospice care is honoring the wishes of terminally ill patients. Now, with increasing frequency, a health care provider’s failure to honor those directives can lead to litigation or penalties by regulators. This can prevent or delay hospice care for individuals who chose to receive it. .

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

The letter highlighted the unique challenges that rural and frontier hospice and palliative care providers face, and how strengthened financial support could lead to sustainable access and better care transitions for serious and terminally ill rural-based patients.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

. “LifeTouch Hospice has a wonderful reputation for providing high quality, patient-centered care, and we look forward to learning, growing and serving together for many years to come.” The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000. Meanwhile, Arkansas Hospice has fared better.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The hospice, palliative care, and home health network Care Synergy has become the national center for the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program, developed by Johns Hopkins University. After considering the idea and assessing their capabilities, Care Synergy reached out to Johns Hopkins.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The hospice portion, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, is one component of the larger VBID demonstration that includes providers from across the continuum. Launched in 2017, the VBID demonstration is testing new approaches to reimbursement across a variety of health care settings. “It’s been a rocky road.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

Hospices have been advocating for lawmakers and regulators to take action on curbing fraud, supporting veterans and bolstering the health care workforce. Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting legislation designed to tackle the fraud issue as well as improve the quality of hospice care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

.” Blue Ridge Hospice Taps Altonia Garrett as COO Altonia Garrett has been tapped to become chief operating officer of Blue Ridge Hospice. As COO, Garrett will oversee all day-to-day operations and service delivery for the Virginia-based hospice and palliative care provider.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. The Denver Hospice is an affiliate of the Care Synergy network, a collaborative of nonprofit hospice, home health and palliative care providers in Colorado.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

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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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Changes to the SFP will be top priority for industry groups that will work with policymakers in the new year, according to Logan Hoover, vice president of policy and government relations at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “We He also wrote some sections of the Affordable Care Act.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Palliative care will be expanded. Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care. The bottom line is to help more people.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 days, according to a report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Recent data show that hospice stays of six months or longer can reduce health care costs in a patient’s last 12 months by as much as 11%.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Rinn has been CEO of VNA of Central New Jersey Community Health Centers (CHC) since 2017. ” VNA Health Group is a multi-state provider of home health, hospice, primary care and public health services, among others. At that time, the organization was called Hospice of Larimer County.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

The nonprofit provider in 2017 originally set a $24 million goal to expand its hospice and palliative care services across 41 counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, reporting last year that it surpassed this with a $28 million fundraising campaign. “In No similar facilities exist in Caroline County.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Millicent Burke-Sinclair, president and CEO of the hospice and palliative care provider Four Seasons, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

Aaby previously served as CFO from 1998 to 2017 at the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. The hospice and palliative provider also offers grief support and services to help address patients’ unmet pet needs. She will step into the role this June. Croix Health.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

(Alexandria, VA) – The Hospice Action Network (HAN), the advocacy affiliate group of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is pleased to announce its 2022 Hospice Action Network Angel Award Honorees. I have experienced hospice care as both a doctor and family member.”

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NHPCO

JULY 11, 2024

Dr. Harper’s lifelong leadership had profound and lasting positives impact across social work; hospice care; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). Her contributions continue to shape the landscape of hospice and palliative care today.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Writing for the Mayo Clinic, Mary K Buss, MD, MPH made an interesting observation: “Many PCPs already engage in primary palliative care but may not recognize their actions as palliative care.” 1 In fact, general practitioners, not hospice or specialists, provide most palliative care. 2017 Feb 28; (Vol. 280-286).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“Health care providers should receive training in palliative care and addiction medicine to provide equitable end-of-life care for people with OUD and other substance use disorders.” The post Key Research Trends: End-of-Life Disparities Across the Globe appeared first on Hospice News.

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