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New Day Healthcare Acquires Good Samaritan Society’s Hospice Operations

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We also only acquire companies who are already leading class in terms of patient care. Good Samaritan Societys hospice program includes pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual care, palliative care and other home-based services. Hospice utilization rates hovered at 49.1%

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How AccentCare Pursues Growth Via JVs, De Novos

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The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020. Hospice News sat down with AccentCare CEO Laura Tortorella to discuss the companys priorities for 2025 and how it plans to execute on growth and an expanded continuum of care. We are a health care provider.

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Studies: Virtual Reality Shows Promise in Palliative Care

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In 2019 the company began collaborating with AT&T and health care technology company WellSky to develop a 5G virtual relative system aimed at addressing chronic pain and anxiety in patients at or nearing the end of life. Patients use a 5G mobile hotspot to receive virtual and augmented reality (AR) video experiences.

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New Day Healthcare Acquires Compassion Hospice

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“This latest acquisition continues to prove New Day’s commitment to bringing together multiple home health service lines within markets to improve patient care coordination and outcomes.” ” This was New Day’s ninth acquisition since the company was established in 2020.

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3 Ways Hospices Are Managing Rising Costs of Care Delivery

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As providers try to keep pace, h ospice workers have seen wage increases of 3% to 6% since the start of the pandemic in spring 2020, according to NAHC. Nearly half of respondents (47%) of the 2021 Hospice Industry Outlook Report indicated that telemedicine and telehealth would yield the highest return on investment this year compared to 2020.

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Hospice Getting Creative in Leveraging Volunteerism Post-PHE

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The reduced capacity has some hospice providers furrowing their brows with the return of the requirement that volunteers provide a minimum of 5% of hospice patient care hours. Volunteers can also help perform administrative tasks related to daily care, such as assistance with patient charting audits.

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

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We have evidence to show that early cancer palliative care interventions improve outcomes. On the research end of things, the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) was founded in 2020 to help address these challenges and to bring attention to the specialty.