Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

One key to cap management is to find an appropriate mix of long length-of-stay patients and those expected to be in hospice for a shorter time, Ryan Klaustermeier, vice president of professional services at Axxess, said during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The webinar took place in September 2022. 3 Keys to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Palliative Care. With the onset of widespread diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across all industries, palliative care is transforming health equity in today’s society. As the next major quality issue in the U.S.,

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Leading concerns in the industry include the bill’s suggested regulatory reforms to address program integrity in the hospice industry, along with potential changes to reimbursement, caregiver support and palliative care payment pathways. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) introduced the Hospice CARE Act last month. this summer.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. Seniors 65 and older represent 17.7% of the state’s overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Without family caregivers, many patients would not be able to receive hospice, palliative or other forms of home-based care. Cancer and circulatory disease patients represent three-fourths of those who utilized hospice in 2022, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. Tina Taylor: I’m Tina Taylor, vice president of palliative care at Compassus.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Initiatives like these allow health systems the opportunity to not only capitalize on growing demand, but also to address a more comprehensive range of their patients’ health needs in the setting that most prefer, according to Angel Vargas, vice president of Care at Home for Kaiser Permanente.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). The total number of beneficiaries enrolled in hospice care in 2022 was 1.72

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care. in Georgia during the calendar year 2022, hovering around the national average of 49.1% Seniors 65 and older represent 14.5% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, offering hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. “I am excited to join AccentCare,” Gupta said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Companies ranging from large health systems and private equity firms are eagerly pursuing investments in the space, and long-time players are working to diversify their services to include a broader care continuum. It’s exciting to be creating a care model that is blazing the trail for advanced care at home.”.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

Amedisys subsidiary (NASDAQ: AMED) Contessa Health has partnered with Texas-based health system Baylor Scott & White Health to develop a model for continuous care in the home, which includes palliative care components. Home health and hospice provider Amedisys acquired the company last June for a $250 million price tag.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I think the last area that’s been important to us to recruit outside of our physicians, and our nurse practitioners have been in our palliative medicine area and our primary care practice. Samaritan rebranded in 2022 to reflect its expanded scope of services. We have really focused on education and advocacy.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Recent research has found that palliative care’s value proposition may be gaining momentum across the health continuum and in educational settings. Researchers examined 345 hospitalized HCC patients who underwent palliative locoregional therapy between January 2015 and December 2022. Nearly half, or 46.1%

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

I have finally completed it today, and it serves as a sneak preview chapter for my upcoming book Bedsides Lessons which will be available for purchase on Amazon Kindle on 09 June 2022. Then I was called by the ward team specialist, an Older Persons Health specialist who had done some Palliative Care training. Photo by Sooz.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent hospice billing practices are slowing growth among legitimate providers and impairing their ability to enhance quality care delivery, said Patrick Harrison, senior director of regulatory and compliance at the National Alliance for Care at Home. Medicare fee-for-service hospice programs made an estimated $1.3

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