2022 Care at home Medical director 
Hospice News
MARCH 4, 2025
Dombis 37-year tenure at NAHC ended prior to its merger with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in 2023, which led to development of the combined organization the National Alliance for Care at Home. Bell currently serves on the National Alliance for Care at Homes Professional Education Committee.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents 52.23% in Texas in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. “Our mission is to care for the whole person, as well as their family members, in the place they call home.” Hospice utilization rates hovered at 49.1% nationwide that year.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. All of it has shaped who I am today, and these experiences help me better empathize with people as patients in the community care setting.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million. million in Q3 2022.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 2023 Annual Leadership Conference.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
million that the organization reported in 2022. The organization provided hospice to 457 patients and served 121 palliative care patients last, according to its annual report. Hospice utilization rates in the state reached 40.96% in 2022, which fell below the national average of 49.1% Its overall revenue reached more than $6.22
Hospice News
JANUARY 8, 2024
The fact that we are seeing traditional palliative care providers being joined by hospice organizations, primary care groups and hospital systems all starting palliative programs underscores that palliative principles permeate all aspects of health care and medicine,” Baumgardner told Palliative Care News.
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