Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Death doulas can help facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discussing advance care planning, hospice election and advocate for the patient’s wishes in their final days. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

In public comments on the proposed 2024 payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that a total 6.5% Providers also must balance the potential risks associated with deprescribing against other concerns that could arise from continuing a medication.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

He most recently served as UnitedHealth Group’s CEO since 2019 president. Prior to that, McMahon was COO of its health care subsidiary Optum. Crouch is also charged with facilitating the growth and operations of the organization’s palliative care services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

A rising number of providers are applying these systems to identify hospice-eligible patients more quickly, as well as those in need of palliative care. The technology has the potential to drive change throughout the health care system, according to a 2020 report from Milliman. What other programs can we help you find for them?

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Sachin Kale, MD MBOE FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. What is the significance to you of being recognized as a “Emerging Leader” in Hospice and Palliative Medicine? It is quite an honor!

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Some leaders foresee several more years of workforce scarcity as stakeholders work to expand clinical education in hospice and palliative care. 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. The shortage isn’t going away.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Responding to an underfunded Medicaid program in 2003, Washington State’s Prescription Drug Preferred Drug List “steered people with state-subsidized health care — Medicaid patients, injured workers and state employees — to methadone” as a money-saving choice versus other opioid analgesics (23-25).

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The new Guideline does not apply to patients with pain from sickle cell disease, cancer, or those receiving palliative care and end-of-life care (2, 19), and it cites other clinical guidelines as providing guidance for managing those patients (21-24). 2019 Dec;160(12):2655-2660. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jan-Feb;19(1):79-82.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.

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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). Chou publicly acknowledged his funding from AHRQ in a presentation at AMDG's "Patient-Centered Approach to Chronic Opioid Management Conference," held on August 9, 2019 (45).

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. Eric: Alex, we have some great guests with us today.

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