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Forks Community Hospital Launches Palliative Care Program Amid Financial Struggles

Hospice News

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.

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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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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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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

A main reason more hospices are eyeing PACE services centers around an opportunity to diversify revenue streams and reach patients sooner in their disease trajectories, says Samantha Black, executive director of PACE services at TRU Community Care. The Colorado-based hospice provider began offering PACE programming in 2017.

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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. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

But onward to post-acute care and what we see coming in the future. . Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act.