Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

“Affiliating our two organizations is a step forward in achieving a shared ambition of sustainable palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement services, for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” Hospice & Community Care President and CEO Steve Knaub said in a statement.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

With guidance from the Washington State Rural Palliative Care Initiative, she has set in motion plans to launch a palliative care program at the hospital. 1, 2024, providing in-home palliative care services to eligible patients who also receive primary care through the hospital.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Clinicians are dealing with fewer options in the local pharmacy market as retail chains pull back on hours and locations and long-term care pharmacies consolidate. In the hospice industry, 2024 will be the year of…” … a return to growth across the industry but with strong headwinds for many organizations.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

.” Pallitus has also entered into some value-based arrangements with other payers and hospital systems to provide high quality palliative care more on a per-member-per-month fee schedule. “I think one of our big initiatives for 2024 is expanding services outside of the home in telehealth.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Now, in the realm of providing therapy services within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in 2024, the dynamics of forming strategic partnerships across the post-acute care (PAC) spectrum have evolved. Have a column idea? See our submission guidelines here.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

” About Activated Insights & Great Place to Work Activated Insights is an award-winning platform that helps long term care providers collect feedback from their employees and customers? Discover how to get GPTW certified to be eligible to win in 2024. to improve and receive recognition for good work.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 4, 2024

The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors. For further inquiries, she can be contacted at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com. Have a column idea? See our submission guidelines here.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 25, 2024

The recently published “Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy April 2024” highlights further evolution of the 2022 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Quality Strategy (NQS). This will be achieved with add-ons. For further inquiries, she can be contacted here. Have a column idea?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 11, 2024

You see, I wasn’t just boarding a flight to a destination, I was headed to the AAPACN 2024 Conference. The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN ® ) represents more than 19,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 7,000 facilities. For further inquiries, she can be contacted here.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 13, 2023

In the FY 2024 SNF PPS proposed rule, CMS is proposing the adoption of three measures in the SNF QRP, the removal of three measures from the SNF QRP, and the modification of one measure in the SNF QRP. The SNF QRP is a pay-for-reporting program. What is proposed to be removed? She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 25, 2023

The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors. While Section 4113 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As a recipient of a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) award for her participation in community affairs in 2011, Mercier is an important nursing leader , and we’re proud to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2024.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Roughly 6% of hospices reported plans to diversify with death doula services, with the same amount voicing interest in launching advance care planning services.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. And, and I think that that’s gotten some limited traction, but I think, you know, apart from that too, what we can do, you know, as individuals or health care institutions is separate from what states could do too. Again I mentioned long term care, outpatient, inpatient, maybe even, you know, Medicare enrollment.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Additionally, every year, NPTM has a specific focus, with 2024 aimed at an area crucial in the long-term care environment: fall prevention. The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Also, the federal government will no longer require hospice staff to undergo routine COVID-testing when entering long-term care facilities, though those organizations may have their own policies. By 2024, Medicare might not reimburse for COVID tests, vaccines and treatments to the same degree, Gurian explained.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In direct response to the significant challenges experienced by long term care (LTC) facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its commitment to improving safety and quality of care. Background .

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Walk us through why the Renewed Focus of Quality in 2024 is a focus and maybe how that ties into what you were saying, the clinical documentation, what does that mean as far as that goes? ” We teach things like defensive documentation, which is unfortunate that we have to teach that, but we do. Let’s move on to the money part.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Katie: Absolutely. Katie: Yep.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

But at the same time, we’re saving a lot of moral distress of the long term care staff in terms of having to bear watching people not have thirst needs addressed. It’s just not quite as quick or effective as they had desired in their advanced directive. Alex 12:41 We should say for our listeners too.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: COPD was two hospitalizations last 12 months or oxygen, dialysis for kidney failure and coming in from a long-term care facility, or it has a PEG tube or two hospitalizations the past 12 months for dementia. So those were the three.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. Bill 45:17 Well, Louise touched on one, which I’ve been a big fan of, and I think anyone doing ICU training should spend some time in a long term care facility to begin to see the benefits of their work.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 22, 2023

Next Steps Share: We’re Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of experience management & surveys, caregiver/CNA training, and online reputation management. I n April , President Biden signed an executive order affecting the post-acute care space. One action within the order calls to enhance job quality for long-term care workers.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: So as long as Medicare is not paying for the… Or Medicaid, I guess, for nursing. Long-term care. For the long term. So if you can share this early, January 30th, 2024, you can apply as two things, as an established program like us, UCLA, UCSF, or a new program. This is Eric Widera.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Near-term, we will focus on working with the Trump transition teams to share LeadingAge’s agenda and to gain a clear understanding of the new administration’s housing, aging, health- and long-term care goals. That’s our top priority in the short term.” Among them is the Special Focus Program (SFP), which the U.S.

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