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Hospices Facilities Launch, Renovate With Growth in Mind

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The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

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AAHPM president and vice president and national medical director of Aspire Health. Aspire is a subsidiary of Anthem (NYSE: ANTM) and is the nation’s largest palliative care provider. pay increase for hospice in Fiscal Year 2023, a number that a number of stakeholders found disappointing. Staffing Constraints Limit Growth.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. those experiencing homelessness).

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HSPN ELEVATE: Hospice Clinical Innovation Trends

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This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Faith Protsman, regional medical director at VITAS Healthcare, Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess, and Cheryl Hamilton Fried, president & CEO at Blue Ridge Hospice. It’s named after our very first patient that we cared for at VITAS.

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Top Hospice Trends to Watch in 2025

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among Medicare decedents in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week. Hospice utilization reached 51.7%

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CMS Launches GUIDE Model Demonstration With Strong Showing From Hospice, Palliative Care Participants

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) has launched the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model with close to 400 participating organizations, including many palliative care providers. The CMS Innovation Center announced the GUIDE demonstration in July 2023.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. We did a report on scaling comprehensive dementia care. inaudible 00:36:17]- Diane: MVP.

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