Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Offering palliative care in an emergency setting is valuable to both immediate and long-term patient outcomes, according to Dr. David Curley, medical director of The Miriam Hospital’s emergency department. “A A visit to an emergency department can be one of the most vulnerable times of a person’s life,” Curley said in an announcement.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“We’re really focused on making sure that we’re using a strong, scientific evidence base to inform everything we do in our care model,” Dr. Julia Frydman, palliative care medical director at Thyme Care, told Palliative Care News. “So

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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. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago. The nonprofit organization is affiliated with the Texas Medical Center in Houston.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The funding round will allow Thyme Care to deepen its partnerships with health care providers across the continuum and widen its geographic reach, according to Dr. Samyukta Mullangi, the company’s medical director. A group of health care professionals with experience in the oncology field started the company, Mullangi indicated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

In 2020 the company merged with Stratum Health, and earlier this year received a green light to expand services across three additional counties in the central region of the Sunshine State. She previously served as medical director at Suncoast Hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

The technology has the potential to drive change throughout the health care system, according to a 2020 report from Milliman. Whereas the median length declined slightly to 17 days, down from 18 in 2020. Nationwide, the average hospice length of stay fell by nearly five days in 2021 to 92.1,

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Additionally, the rule included language to clarify that designated physician members of the hospice interdisciplinary team may certify patients for hospice if the medical director is unavailable. Factors have included dampening valuations as well as a decline in interest rates for the first time since 2020. #9:

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Prior to joining Treasure Coast Hospice, he practiced family medicine at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Gateway Medical Group and Jupiter Medical Center. He also served as medical director at skilled nursing facility provider Life Care Center of Port St. Lucie, as well as at Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center. “I

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, MD, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. Epub 2020 Dec 21. 2020 Dec;35(Suppl3):964-971. Epub 2020 Nov 6. Sullivan MD, Ballantyne JC. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jan-Feb;19(1):79-82. N Engl J Med.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the CDC, close to 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men each year, and Courtney Shihabuddin DNP, APRN-CNP, was one of those women in 2020. Shihabuddin was diagnosed with breast cancer on February 13, 2020. Talk about being diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2020.

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Hope Hospice

MAY 15, 2020

For immediate release: May 11, 2020. Panelists: Jatinder Marwaha, MD, FACP, HMCD, Hope Hospice Medical Director. Kuljeet Multani, MD, HMCD, Hope Hospice Associate Medical Director. Hope Hospice Media Contact: Kendra Strey , cell) 925-997-0873. Jennifer Hansen, Hope Hospice CEO. Wednesday, May 27, 5–6 p.m.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. Eric: So can I ask also, Stephanie, you did this survey fall of 2020. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kellie: Thank you so much.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

The capitated amount was finalized in the FY 2020 final hospice rule, which prevents a geographic areas wage index from falling below 95% of its wage index calculated in the prior fiscal year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

. “By offering heart disease patients the right educational resources, we empower them to take control of their health, Hospice of the Chesapeake Vice President of Medical Affairs & Hospice Medical Director Dr. Sonja Richmond said in a statement. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She has held previous clinical and leadership positions at Hospice of the Chesapeake since joining the organization in 2020, including hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and director of medical services. Cluff rejoins Compassus after recently retiring as a physician at Banner Health.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

In 2020, Oregon essentially decriminalized the personal use of a number of drugs that remain illegal at the federal level. Steinberg is also CEO of California-based Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Inc. and serves on the national advisory board for the California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 1, 2022

High Peaks Hospice would like to honor our Medical Director, Dr. Curt Gedney for National Doctors Day by sharing information about him with the team. He fulfilled his commitment plus more by working six years full-time in family medicine and adding on working part-time as a hospice Medical Director.

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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. The most recent available utilization data are from 2020, but the hospice community should be watching for updated numbers. Nurses saw average national salary increases of 5.95% in 2022.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

Roughly 14 million Americans are projected to have some form of dementia by 2060, triple the amount estimated in a 2020 report from the U.S. This holistic program is aligned with our mission and is poised to help us improve the quality of life for even more patients and families.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

There can be long hours, higher caseloads, patient/caregiver heightened emotions that lead to higher levels of stress than in other medical care settings.” The panel included Rana McClelland, president and CEO; Jayne O’Brien; vice president of patient services; Arlene Coffman, director of clinical services; Dr. Hanh T.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Also in 2020 came the launch of partnership between Livio Health and cancer care provider Minnesota Oncology. The Nashville-headquartered organization recently secured a $60 million funding round to expand its health services for cancer patients, including palliative care and programs to address social determinants.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

You were on a National Academy of Sciences committee started in 2020? ” How hard would it be for every medical director, every director of nurses, every administrator to know the first and last name of every CNA who works in that building? From a medical director standpoint, how do you think about that?

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

This is up from 1,700 patients in three states in 2020. Lightways plans to continue developing its services by hiring a full-time pediatric medical director to foster a culture that truly understands palliative care for children. “We’re We don’t want them to think they have to stop everything in their lives and die.

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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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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). Just a few months later, in April 2020, PROP and Chou were again linked to an AHRQ-funded study examining the “effectiveness of opioids in treating chronic pain (51).” See [link] 12.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The most visible attempt began in 2020 when CMS began allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed some avenues to reimbursement for palliative care services through value-based payment programs and demonstrations.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Fantastic.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. This was the opening paragraph that I wrote in March of 2020 when introducing a podcast we did with Dr. Jim Wright , the medical director at Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in suburban Richmond. Darrell: Thank you.

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