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Executive Changes at Niagara Hospice, Transcend Strategy Group, AMOREM, HomeCare & Hospice

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Figliomeni currently serves as CFO and COO at Niagara Hospice and also manages other providers in the HPCG group, as well as The HomeCare Partners. This followed the launch of its dementia care and family support program in 2019. Carlo Figliomeni will ascend into the role effective Aug. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater.

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

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Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has acquired Chicago-based Apple Home Healthcare, Ltd., Since 2019, Addus has purchased seven personal care companies and four home health and hospice agencies. for an undisclosed sum. Texas-based Addus has more than 200 locations across 22 states, including Illinois.

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Hospice Leaders ‘Shocked’ by Lackluster Proposed Payment Rule Amid Inflation, Wage Hikes

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McNamara’s comments reflect a widespread concern that CMS seems to have used 2019 data to calculate the 2023 rate, including wages and cost reports. Chemed is the parent company of VITAS Healthcare, the largest hospice provider in the United States by market share, according to LexisNexis.

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Hospice M&A Going Strong, But Non-Medical Home Care a Rising Star

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As of 2019, the U.S. Addus Homecare (NASDAQ: ADUS), Amedisys, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) each made statements to that effect early in the year. This includes a growing interest in palliative care, hospital-at-home, skilled nursing-at-home, home-based primary care, and non-medical home care, as well as hospice and home health.

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Ep. 27 - Racial and Cultural Competence in Palliative Care

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Currently, she manages research, quality, education, and orientation for the Hospice Homecare program, which serves approximately 150,000 people in Connecticut. In 2019, Amisha received the 2019 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation Scholarship to fund a study in advance care planning through simulation with registered nurses.

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Hospice, Tech Company Partnerships Seek to Improve Length of Stay, Streamline Workflows

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Case in point, researchers at Penn Medicine, a component of the University of Pennsylvania, in 2019 published a study showing that an in-house predictive analytics system, Palliative Connect, increased the organization’s number of palliative care consultations by 74%.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

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days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported. In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 days, according to a report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). That number reached 92.5

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