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.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

Brubaker Miller is a licensed clinical social worker and brings more than 25 years of experience in the hospice industry. She has served as COO at Virginia-based Good Samaritan Hospice since 2022 after joining the organization as chief strategy officer two years prior to that. board of directors chair, said in a press release.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Nashville-headquartered organization recently secured a $60 million funding round to expand its health services for cancer patients, including palliative care and programs to address social determinants. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This followed other 2022 acquisitions of Georgia-based Lanier Hospice in January and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in May. She previously served as its associate medical director following her fellowship, then moved on to become its director of pediatrics before ascending to her current leadership position. “It

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. Our team officially began towards the end of 2021 heading into 2022. What was your role in the process and how did you determine a need for these services?

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

We started in March 2022 and are very much still in the startup phase. We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. When did you begin offering hospice services, and what is your scope of care thus far?

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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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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care Lightways, an Illinois-based nonprofit, made monumental strides in pediatric palliative care in 2022. The whole team of nurses, social workers and chaplains were so committed to their patients,” Sheehan said. “I’ve been really pleased with what I’ve seen in Contessa.”

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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. Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

The panel took place virtually on March 23, 2022. We have one thing that is different, I think, from most hospices, which is we have a full-time medical director. The article is based on an interview that took place during a virtual panel discussion with Alfonso Montiel of SilverStone Hospice at the Hospice News Staffing Summit.

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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 can actually see that.

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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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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. For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. No one calls me by my name.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. Some of these models I think include more medication management, some of them don’t. They can be nurse if you want to. Malaz: The MVP.

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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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