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Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

Hospice News

When it comes to end-of-life care, you only have one chance to get it right,” Van Duyne said in a statement emailed to Hospice News. This was in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Dombis 37-year tenure at NAHC ended prior to its merger with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in 2023, which led to development of the combined organization the National Alliance for Care at Home. Helios Care now serves three counties in New York.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Currently the differences in the availability of children’s palliative care services vary considerably (Hakanson et al 2017; Renton et al 2018; Mitchell et al 2019), and where these services are available the provision is not consistent (Fraser, Fleming and Paslow 2018; Mitchell et al 2019; Malcolm and Knighting 2021).

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2024 NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Now Available

NHPCO

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). This is the first increase in utilization since 2019. With 49.1%

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New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs

NHPCO

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion in savings for Medicare in 2019, while providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. That’s what hospice has done for more than 40 years.

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Congressional Briefing Demonstrates the Value of the Medicare Hospice Benefit

NHPCO

billion in Medicare savings in 2019, while also providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. Susan Lloyd, CEO of Delaware Hospice shared her personal experience with her mother’s end of life care. With hospice, you can provide that care at home.”