Hospice News

MAY 22, 2023

Understanding these perspectives can drive conversations about management of these symptoms, according to VITAS Medical Director Robert Nguyen, who worked on the study. of Medicare decedents who used hospice in 2018, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. and 20%, respectively.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

She previously served as medical director at Suncoast Hospice. Sarkari was most recently the executive vice president and chief medical officer of Tidwell Health, a member of Empath Health. Martin-Whitley has been the organization’s director of hospice since 2018.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life, according to a 2018 study. AAHPM president and vice president and national medical director of Aspire Health. This tracks with available data. Resurrecting PCHETA. These sentiments were echoed by Tara Friedman, M.D.,

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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. No similar facilities exist in Caroline County.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. Nurses saw average national salary increases of 5.95% in 2022.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Michele: That was perfect. Alex: That was perfect. Michele: Yep.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). He concluded that “[o]pioid-related deaths in this population may be preventable through use of prudent guidelines regarding opioid use for chronic pain (7).”

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2018, that amounted to just over 13.8 The intake team will be instructed to gather data from other medical providers and present it to the hospice medical director for her review prior to scheduling an admission. OAS hospice audits also show issues with eligibility. billion Medicare dollars.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And so while I’m there, I’m precepting my nurse practitioner students and first and fourth-year medical students. I’m the medical director of quality, and it’s a big part of my job, work, and daily life. And it’s just been a great experience. I love working there. I’ve been there for four years and serve on their board.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. Gerald: As soon as they opened this garden up in 2018. Next to that is your jasmine.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

There is a lot to digest with these draft clinical guidelines but the big change from the 2018 guideline is moving Alzheimers to a biological diagnosis (biomarker evidence only) not just for a research framework but now from a clinical one. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Sharon: Thank you for having me again.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics. We have a really significant workforce shortfall right now.

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