Hospice News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Efficiency is of high value not only for hospice providers, but also for their employees, according to 2022 research by the Transcend Strategy Group. One of the things that hospices can do is build more efficiency into workflows, and this is often where technology comes into play. NYSE: CHE). “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Hospice Care Index (HCI), the Hospice Item Set, and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys. CMS currently bases these ratings on Hospice Item Set, HCI and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) scores.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

For instance, the rule updates the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey, as of October 2025. Additionally, the rule included language to clarify that designated physician members of the hospice interdisciplinary team may certify patients for hospice if the medical director is unavailable.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

in Pallimed on September 12, 2022 (1). Most notably, this includes the publication of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (2), which updated the guidance previously provided by the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (3).

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

B oth the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) are charged with preventing fraud and abuse related to federal healthcare spending. Michah’s Story Begins: It is January 2022, and hospice agencies are still struggling to provide care in the midst of a pandemic.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And so while I’m there, I’m precepting my nurse practitioner students and first and fourth-year medical students. I’m the medical director of quality, and it’s a big part of my job, work, and daily life. In October 2022, I launched The Pink Warrior , a website where I share my story. I love working there.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

In the interim, hospice advocacy and lobbying groups like the Alliance, LeadingAge and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) will be working behind the scenes to seek changes to the programs structure, those organizations have indicated. in 2022 to 2.5% The rate reduction from close to 5.5%

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Hospice leaders have kept their eyes on four key numbers as 2022 progressed: clinical capacity, length of stay, labor costs and utilization. The workforce shortage had an influence on each one of these indicators, making it perhaps the most significant, though unfortunate, hospice trend of 2022. NYSE: CHEM) VITAS Healthcare. “So

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Scott Ginn held the role since November 2022 prior to Guidroz’s ascension. “In NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare has tapped Joseph Brickner as its new vice president of hospice operations. He has more than 25 years of health care experience, including a role as assistant medical director at Compassus from 2010 to 2017.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Recruiting and retaining palliative care professionals can be a difficult feat for organizations, in part because not enough medical and nursing students are exposed to palliative care during their education. In 2022 Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. Luke’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine’s program.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. Not only problems related to diagnosis and treatment, but also the myriad challenges that arise in the social realm,” Hospice of the Valley Executive Medical Director Ned Stolzberg told local news. billion in 2030 from $34.5 billion by 2029, a rise from $76.44

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. From a medical director standpoint, how do you think about that? No one calls me by my name.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” Some viewed this piece as an affront to the amazing work hospice does for those approaching the end of their lives by cherry picking stories of a few bad actors to paint hospice is a bad light.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

We also explore additional COIs from the 2016 Guideline’s creation group before the final release of the updated CDC 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for pain, hereafter the 2022 Draft Guideline (6,7). The HHS Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices quietly faded into obscurity. opioid policy.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Hopefully, those things are just part of providing care.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It also raises many concerns about his role in the creation of any “draft, updated and/or expanded Guideline (hereafter called the “2022 Guideline”) that might arise from such conflicts (7). Does Chou’s recent COI disclosure compromise the integrity of the upcoming 2022 Guideline, even before its publication?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. Bill: Thank you. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Brad Stuart, who is an internist.

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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. We do talk about healthcare policy.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: And looking back at that time, what do you think the healthcare system could have done to help with that? We have all of these models that are out there that have proven benefits for patients, for caregivers, and some of them for healthcare systems as far as saving money for, let’s say, Medicare. Why do we need to do more?

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