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Hospices Leverage School-Based Partnerships to Strengthen Bereavement Care

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Some hospices have increasingly recognized the value of collaborating with local educators when it comes to improving community grief support for bereaved children and their families. The nonprofit provides hospice services across 10 counties in its service area and also offers bereavement and veteran programs.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Muir joined the organization in 2019 as its chief of clinical innovations. He first joined that company as its executive vice president of clinical services and CMO in 2002 while holding a similar role at Hospice of the Piedmont from 2019 to 2020. Muir was previously chief innovation officer at Capital Caring Health.

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Vermont, Utah Ranked ‘Best Places to Die’ by PolicyGenius

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In 2019, the state enacted a palliative care law, aimed at identifying patients who could benefit from these services and making information more readily available to them.”. Nationwide, the burden on bereaved families is severe, other research has found. The average cost to the bereaved exceeds $12,000, according to that report.

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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

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Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. Lamb joined Pennants board in 2019 as chairman of its auditing committee. Shifts at Pennants Board The Pennant Group Inc.s

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NPHI Guide Designed to Help Hospices Address Mental Health Needs

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This growing need has spurred the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) to recently develop its Community Counseling Guide to help member providers structure bereavement services, including best practices for billing. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements.

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Helios Care Partners with Bassett Healthcare to Expand Hospice, Palliative Services

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Last year, Helios Care served more than 580 hospice patients across four New York counties in addition to 90 palliative care patients and more than 550 bereavement care clients. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

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In addition to palliative, Homeland at Home provides facility- and home-based hospice, home health, personal and skilled nursing care, along with bereavement support. At least 49 programs statewide provided community-based palliative care during 2019, reported the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Census Bureau.