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Hospice News
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Though hospice deal volume dipped in 2022 compared to previous years, five particular transactions could paint a larger picture of where investors see value in the space. Another big-ticket deal in 2022 also involved another payer. Optum to pick up LHC Group. Humana sells bulk of Kindred hospice to private equity. This was Humana Inc.’s
Hospice News
MARCH 23, 2023
Facing potential out-of-pocket expenses has led to racial divides in advance care planning utilization among lower income and ethnically diverse groups, according to Dr. Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas.
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Hospice News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
John Hopkins uses a training model across various fellowship programs, including oncology and geriatrics, that fosters improved conversations and patient care strategies using a palliative care approach. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.
GeriPal
AUGUST 15, 2024
We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. Jessica, welcome back to GeriPal. Geriatrician?
Hospice News
JUNE 2, 2022
The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility. I had my standard two times a week nursing, one time a week social worker, once a month chaplain, once every other month music therapist. It needs to be a part of what we do.
Chicago Caregiving
APRIL 20, 2022
Covid-19 was the number one cause of death for people ages 45 to 84 in January 2022 , followed by heart disease and cancer, according to The Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF. Almost 75 percent of Americans who died from the coronavirus from January 2020 to April 2022 were aged 65 or older, according to CDC data.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice? These organizations got together to bring national experts together and to say, “Why during this unprecedented time of human longevity have evidence-based geriatric health care models not taken root?
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