Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. Gavin Baumgardner, national medical director for palliative and complex care for Contessa, told Hospice News. “We’re

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2024

Stipulated in the 2024 hospice payment rule and part of the Affordable Care Act, the requirement was previously slated to take effect May 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the implementation of hospice certifying physician Medicare enrollment requirements.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He went on to become the organization’s medical director. “ In addition to his role at Faith Hospice, Mulder is executive director of the Trillium Institute, medical director for Holland Home and the director of the Division of Palliative Medicine at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

Merz Photography / Hospice News Merz Photography / Hospice News Roderick Bennett, Gina Andres and David Jackson at the 2024 Palliative Care Conference.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

“I have dedicated a significant portion of my professional career to supporting the care for medically complex children, adults and seniors in their home. I look forward to working with Jeff and the entire leadership team at Aveanna in executing our 2024 strategic plans and positioning Aveanna as a leader in value-based care in the home.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

The agency posed similar queries in its proposed rule for 2024. Additionally, the proposal would clarify that designated physician members of the hospice interdisciplinary team may certify patients for hospice if the medical director is unavailable. “What is missing is also notable,” continued Dombi.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

Program integrity and an onslaught of audits are top of mind for many hospice providers in 2024. They also recommended that personnel conducting these audits have knowledge equivalent to a hospice medical director. “It

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2024

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media Company, is pleased to announce the Future Leaders Class of 2024. The Future Leaders Class of 2024 is committed to bettering the lives of those they care for,” stated Tim Mullaney, VP and Editorial Director of WTWH Healthcare.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Some telehealth flexibilities that were temporarily implemented during the COVID public health emergency (PHE) are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2024. Expanding the regulatory parameters of telemedicine could benefit underserved rural communities in particular, according to Dr. Samyukta (Sam) Mullangi, medical director of Thyme Care.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Sachin Kale, MD MBOE FAAHPM The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Emerging Leaders to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. It is quite an honor!

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Dr. Dustin Dillon, medical director of palliative care services at Pallitus, said it was important for the palliative care provider to stand on its own. “I think one of our big initiatives for 2024 is expanding services outside of the home in telehealth.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The end of the beginning in the fight against fraud Hospices have been feeling the regulatory heat in recent years and 2024 was no exception. The hospice M&A market hit a slump in 2023 and 2024 due to a range of factors. interest rate cut in 2024, with more reductions expected over the course of this year.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

increase to their per diem payments for 2024, but providers say that the proposed increase is simply not enough to offset the financial obstacles they must overcome to sustain their services. In public comments on the proposed 2024 payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that a total 6.5%

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. Thus far in 2024, 625 patients have been active in the program; 1,000 were enrolled in 2023. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

A map of approved GUIDE organizations as of July 2024, based on CMS data. Additional palliative care provider participants include Chapters Health Palliative Care, Hospice of the Chesapeake and Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care, among others. The above map does not include approximately 40 locations due to address-mapping issues.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. So if it’s an absolutely emergency, you got a physician in the med, you know, the health center medical director, if it’s urgent, like in this particular case, we get the ethics committee involved. I’m a little bit of a throwback kind of 70s 80s guy. Alex 02:53 That’s great.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Elizabeth Hart, MD Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. Who has most influenced your work and how have they shaped your contributions?

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Should these patients qualify for medical aid in dying medications? Hope is a palliative care doc and hospice medical director at Evergreen Health up near Seattle, Washington. And is there a middle path to provide some degree of comfort while also hastening the end of life? Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions. Does that sound about right? I don’t look.

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 7, 2024

Dunn to his family, he said of Barton: “In my feeble estimation, General McClellan, with all his laurels, sinks into insignificance beside the true heroine of the age, the angel of the battlefield.” And that title remained hers forevermore. The Letterman System.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. So if you are established program, the starting point is July 30th, 2024. Eric: Because you got eight years to show from, what, July 2024, eight years to show that this model works, right?

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