Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2023

“In recent years, data has shown an increase in costs to the Medicare program resulting from claims for hospice care.” The state of hospice fraud Fraudulent or inaccurate Medicare claims cost the federal government an estimated $60 billion annually, according to a 2018 CNBC report.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2022

The four institutions will train these workers to advocate for greater access to palliative care among African American communities, as well as provide support and education to patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. When it comes to hospice in particular, the numbers paint a clearer picture.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2022

The business case for diversity, equity and inclusion in hospice care. Greater diversity, equity and inclusion in health care is more than a flash in the pan. It could impact hospices’ sustainability as well as their access to patients. These disparities must be addressed, but the work does not end there.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Also, more care is going to a home-based environment. A big part of this transformation for us is leveraging our expertise as a home-based care organization at our roots because most hospice care has been provided in the home, but using those roots to now expand home-based services beyond hospice.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 6, 2022

DUBLIN, CA – The 2022 Hike for Hope on May 14 at Del Valle Regional Park broke both attendance and fundraising records with more than 1,300 registrants and over $180,000 in support raised for Hope Hospice’s patient care and community programs. The prior records were 702 hikers in 2011 and $114,758 in 2018. ABOUT HOPE HOSPICE.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2025

The Minnesota-based pediatric hospice and respite care provider was established as a nonprofit in 2009. The journey to begin serving patients took nine years, with Crescent Cove opening in May 2018. It became the first respite and hospice home in the Midwest and third nationwide at the time.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

“We seek to strengthen the notion that in order to provide the highest level of care for hospice beneficiaries, we must provide ongoing focus to those services that enforce CMS’ definitions of hospice and palliative care and eliminate any barriers to accessing hospice care.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

.” For the study, researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with Black Americans 18 and older who suffer from a serious illness and their caregivers, producing a number of key findings: Knowledge of palliative and hospice care varied among participants. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Back then it was just Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard Inc. It was founded by a group of passionate and committed citizens and some community professionals who supported bringing hospice care to Martha’s Vineyard. We also just applied for a grant to expand support for caregivers of patients who have dementia or Alzheimer’s.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2024

MA enrollees were also more likely to receive hospice care and less likely to receive facility-based care after a hospital discharge, according research published in JAMA Health Forum. For the study, researchers examined Medicare claims data for more than 1 million patients who died between 2016 and 2018.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2022

Hospices have worked to improve engagement with underserved LGBTQ+ communities, but have a ways to go in understanding the unique challenges and experiences. This reflects issues that exist throughout the larger health care system, including among providers upstream of hospice that assist patients with advance care planning.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Organizations called comfort care homes have been working to fill this gap. These are generally nonprofit residential facilities that will give patients a place to stay while they receive hospice care. So many people that needed to access hospice care that couldn’t get it.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As with other demographic groups, hospice utilization among Hispanic, Latino and Latinx populations is low in comparison to Caucasians. Latino patients are more likely to die without receiving hospice care or even information about these services, the report indicated. “We Hispanics made up 6.7%

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. She has helped grow the hospice’s digital presence across a variety of media channels. Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Losing a parent or sibling through a sudden or complicated death can adversely impact children in various ways at different developmental stages, according to Danielle Visone, director at Tidewell Hospice’s Blue Butterfly grief support program. Peer support groups are a vital part of supporting bereaved children, Visones said.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. It currently operates an inpatient hospice facility in Centreville, Maryland. No similar facilities exist in Caroline County.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

We don’t have all the personal things that are really between the caregiver and the patient,” Joe Lyons, research coordinator for SEIU’s health care division, told Hospice News. “It’s So, on one hand, patients do benefit from hospice care, and those services do reduce health care costs.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 5, 2022

And so with home care, you know, like many other decisions, we, we really start and end with a customer customer at the table and customer centricity as the core insight for how do we make business decisions. And historically it’s been around finding the right care types for senior living, as you mentioned.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. But the decision is also empowering, because an array of supportive care and assistance becomes available to both the patient and family. Why Do Families Wait So Long to Start Hospice Care?

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. Long-term care facilities (LTC). 3. Hospitals.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. Long-term care facilities (LTC). 3. Hospitals.

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Elizz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Support your family and caregivers. In line with this approach, treatment focuses on pain and symptom management, and providing support (emotional, psychological, spiritual and social) to the person with the illness or disease and their family/caregivers. Long-term care facilities (LTC). 3. Hospitals.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year. While at the bedside of hundreds of people during the dying process, a hospice pioneer. Speaker 2 ( 00:40 ): Mm-hmm. , But Barbara is an award-winning, end of life educator and registered nurse.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics. Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Hospices in rural regions have particularly been hard hit by these labor pressures amid rising demand for their services, with recent years bringing program closures across the country. However, roughly 40% of the caregiver respondents were not able to name a nearby hospice provider.

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