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5 ‘Hidden Gem’ Palliative Care News Stories in 2024

Hospice News

What Hospice VBID means for Palliative Care Palliative cares future reimbursement streams may see impacts with the impending end of the hospice component of U.S. These patients can later return to the nursing home with a higher-paying Medicare benefit before transitioning back to long-term care with lower Medicaid day rates.

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Addus Completes Tennessee Quality Care Deal, Anticipates More Transactions

Hospice News

Tennessee Quality Care is a portfolio company of American Health Partners, which operates companies in the home health and hospice; long term care, senior living and rehabilitation industries, as well as behavioral health care. This is a projected 37% increase from 2017. Census Bureau.

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

Hospice News

“We really do see the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives — especially as people are aging — and you think of the costs associated with leaving their homes and going into assisted living or a long-term care environment,” Tricia Ford, vice president of operations for Care Synergy, told Hospice News. “In

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Forks Community Hospital Launches Palliative Care Program Amid Financial Struggles

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Most of the hospital’s revenue shortfall comes from its long-term care facility — a 20-bed outfit. Atlantic General Hospital in Maryland saw costs fall by almost a third after implementing a similar program, according to a 2017 report in Mathematica Policy Research. Some research supports that prediction.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. The Oregon advisory group began producing a website to inform health care providers about palliative care, with a particular focus on long term care organizations.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

percent of the total distribution in the 2017 dataset to 20.3 Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. percent compared to the 2017 dataset ($300,506).

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Post-acute care (PAC) represents an important component of the healthcare delivery system in the United States, with the Medicare fee-for-service program spending more than $57 billion on these services in 2019 (The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), 2021a). UPAC is associated with aims from IMPACT.