Hope Hospice

JULY 6, 2022

DUBLIN, CA – The 2022 Hike for Hope on May 14 at Del Valle Regional Park broke both attendance and fundraising records with more than 1,300 registrants and over $180,000 in support raised for Hope Hospice’s patient care and community programs. The prior records were 702 hikers in 2011 and $114,758 in 2018. About the Hike.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 18, 2024

According to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2022 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey , 60 percent of the 1,118 respondents reported annual salaries of at least $100,000.

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High Peaks Hospice

MAY 6, 2022

I place calls to patients, families, providers, pharmacies, DeltaCare, DME, and Funeral Homes for many different reasons. I have to be kind, sensitive, patient, caring, empathetic, and show love to them regardless of how they are acting at the moment. . Happy Nurses Week 2022 and thank you again to ALL of our nursing staff!

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 10, 2022

Rhonda Thompson, DNP, CNO and SVP of Patient Care Services at Phoenix Children's Hospital told Beckers Hospital Review , "The nursing shortage affecting health systems nationwide will continue to be a challenge in 2022. Many factors play into the staffing crisis like the pandemic, retiring Nurses, and high rates of burnout.

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Palliverse

JULY 12, 2022

My colleague Kaye Basire wanted everyone to know about this event which will precede the Hospice New Zealand conference 2022. The draft agenda can be downloaded below: Aotearoa Palliative Care Research Day – Hybrid Event. We all recognise the importance of research in enhancing patient care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Hamad will be responsible for implementing new technologies at the hospice organization that create operational efficiencies, improve patient care delivery and support its strategic initiatives. Clark has served as a board member of the nonprofit hospice provider since 2022, and from 2014 to 2018.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2023

Between October 2021 and September 2022 nearly 50% of eligible patients who reside in the service area for St. Capital, has opened six other de novos in 2022 through February of this year, located in Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 14, 2024

A little more than three years ago, this connection helped them raise about $650,000, enough to start the operation and get patients in the door. Fluhart says by December 2022, the company was profitable, and has stayed that way ever since. “I The palliative space is just so new and such a new frontier.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

In the recently filed class action complaint , the workers alleged that the hospice failed to pay accurate wages for hours worked, along with sick and overtime wages, between September 2019 and April 13, 2022. Attorneys at the law firm Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP are representing the health care workers in the matter.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Children in racial and ethnic minority groups often receive poorer quality compared to white pediatric patients, according to the analysis , published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. 1, 2017, to July 31, 2022, and examined inequities among pediatric palliative populations. The research data spanned from Jan.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Russell actually came to Hospice of Northwest Ohio from the Midwest division of ProMedica Health System, where he served as vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for post-acute services. In 2022, the company served over 2,300 patients. In 2022, the company served over 2,300 patients.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Building on lessons learned from Hurricane Ian in 2022, Empath also established a mobile response unit — a vehicle designed to provide clinical, communications and logistical support during catastrophic events. The unit is modeled after similar vehicles used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2023

during the same period in 2022. Although 2022 was a difficult year for our home health and hospice segment, we firmly believe in this business and its long-term value proposition,” Ashar said in an earnings call. “We Atlanta-based Aveanna serves more than 40,000 patients annually across roughly 300 locations in 33 states.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I’m thrilled to join the Silverado team, which continues to set the bar for exceptional patient care,” said Wolda. “In 2022, and her appointment will now become permanent. The Tidewell Foundation recruited her in July 2022 after a national search for a senior vice president, according to a press release.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The company received roughly $24 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, utilizing the funding to raise wages while providing sign-on and retention bonuses in 2022. million in revenue for all of 2022. Its personal care services reached $183.4 Addus’ hospice segment brought in $50.6 million in revenue during Q4.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider has placed retention among its top three priorities, behind patient care and quality, he said. Turnover remains a big risk Health care workers have increasingly dropped out of the workforce in the past few years, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit, as well as a special supplemental benefit for the chronically ill (SSBCI). Geographically, the program will be available in 806 counties in 24 states, up from 461 in 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

A second study found that roughly 88% of palliative patients nationwide who have used virtual reality in the last decade reported improvement in their physical and/or psychological symptoms The journal Palliative Medicine published the research in May 2022. Other operators are similarly embracing virtual reality technology.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

“Ultimately, the decision to disaffiliate from CHN was made with the prioritization of patient care,” YoloCares indicated in a statement. “We We see the advancement of care in California, one that prioritizes the social and emotional well-being of people with serious illness, and we are eager to be at the forefront.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Enhabit in late 2022 began piloting this strategy in some of its markets and soon rehired some nurses who had left the company citing caseload issues. Guaranteed The California-based hospice startup Guaranteed found staffing to be a challenge as they launched in 2022.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

CMS in 2022 began working the legislation’s provisions into its rulemaking. The agency isn’t imposing these penalties on hospices yet, according to Judi Lund Person, vice president of policy and compliance for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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MARCH 1, 2024

Speaking on behalf of the entire HPSC family, we are thrilled to partner with Frontpoint Health to provide excellent patient care to even more people throughout Texas and the greater Southeast,” Johnson said in a press release. Post-transaction, Frontpoint’s service area will reach more than 176 Texas counties.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Professional Liability Trends and Implications Professional liability trends are evolving as NPs take on greater responsibility for patient care. Where NPs have reduced or restricted practice authority to provide patient care, liability is often shared with supervising physicians (Candello, 2023). Clinical Competence.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“We have been serving the state of Wisconsin for many years, continuing our long tradition of exceptional patient care,” St. “That reputation of excellence leads more patients, families and facilities to seek our services.” Capital, now has 200 interdisciplinary team members serving 65 Wisconsin counties.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2023

Kusserow led Amedisys between 2014 and the first quarter of 2022, when he retired as CEO but stayed on as chairman. I am passionate about patient care and giving Amedisys’ caregivers the tools and support needed to focus on what they do best,” Ashworth said in statement.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. NSO’s & CNA’s report entitled, The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition , revealed that aging services claims increased from 17.2

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patients’ care needs, a major industry group said. After a moratorium during the pandemic, full Medicare sequestration resumed on July 1, 2022. base payment rate increase recently proposed by the U.S. this year. “In increase.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Cross Country Healthcare’s annual national survey of nursing professionals and students finds nurses remain passionate about patient care despite historical issues in need of reform.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2022, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Of all Medicare decedents in CY 2022, 49.1% With 49.1%

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

compared to Q3 in 2022. Our home health and hospice platform is dedicated to creating value through operational effectiveness and delivery of exceptional patient care.” The company’s home health and hospice service line brought in $52.98 million, a 6.3% year-over-year increase. million, a rise of 8.2% year over year.

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MAY 29, 2024

Thyme Care’s services are available across 31 states to more than 500,000 people at participating health plans, risk-bearing providers and government-sponsored entities. The company’s investment in Thyme Care is not the first in its strategic value-based deals. CVS Health owns the insurance giant Aetna.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Slightly more than 240 medications were in short supply at the close of Q1 2022, compared to 195 during the same period in 2016, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). These include essential drugs for pain and symptom management. The scope of the shortages seems to be widening.

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JUNE 21, 2022

This can lead to a decrease in the quality of patient care. One of the major scheduling problems for infusion nurses is managing the difference between care time , when infusion nurses are actively treating patients, and on-going time, when they simply monitor patient care. Automated scheduling with A.I.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

This can put a strain on employee’s home life, which can cause them to leave their jobs, Shelley Henry, president of The Amity Group said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We Nurses are saying, ‘I love being a hospice nurse.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

When I think about patient care and clinicians in the field, quality training, processes and technology are my top priorities. This is key to achieving the best level of care and patient outcomes while increasing staff retention and satisfaction. It also provided a payment update of 4.1% productivity adjustment, and a 3.5%

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AUGUST 22, 2022

million in revenue during the second quarter of 2022, up 16% from the same period in 2021. The company last year launched its Transition to Home program, designed to prevent readmissions by filling gaps in patient care and keep them in their homes. Signify earned $246.2

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

This environment of care is ripe for error and unsafe patient care outcomes. When direct care nurses and nurse leaders fully understand how the environment impacts patient safety, they can develop a better awareness of the behavioral choices nurses make when providing care and build ways to decrease the likelihood of error.

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