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NuHealth Partners with Hospice of New York to Offer Inpatient Care

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NuHealth is partnering with Hospice of New York to offer inpatient end-of-life care to its patients. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility. NuHealth was formally known as Nassau Health Care Corp. “By New York state had the fourth largest aging population nationwide in 2021, with 4.6

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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

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Hospice News explores the issues garnering growing attention in end-of-life care delivery in seven of this years hidden gem stories. The ability to provide quality end-of-life care comes with education and coaching on how to manage individuals expectations and needs alongside clinicians own experiences.

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State Legislators Propose New Bill to Combat Hospice Fraud in Hotbed Region

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Providing a Hospice Bill of Rights disclosure could help prevent ineligible patients from unknowingly being signed up for hospice care, Edgeworth indicated. The disclosures would also help provide education around the types of end-of-life care hospice patients are eligible to receive, she added.

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

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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. Congress mandated the SFP in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 , which contained language from the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act.

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Using a Hospice Data ‘Toolbox’ to Tune Up Health Equity

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CAPC surveyed 150,000 health care professionals between December 2021 and January 2022 to gauge the efficacy and scope of their quality improvement efforts to advance equity among Black patients with serious illnesses. Chuang is also a researcher who focuses on community-based end-of-life care and equity topics.

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New Inpatient Centers Unveiled as Other Hospice Programs Consider Closure

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As the nations leading provider of end-of-life care, VITAS has had the privilege of serving Fort Worth for 37 years, Dengler said in a statement shared with Hospice News. The hospice has provided care to hundreds of patients since its opening in 2021.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. 31, 2021, according to a new CMMI white paper.