Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Palliative care services can help reduce family caregiver burnout and burden and also assist with mental health support to address the different emotional stages of shock, denial, anger, sadness and acceptance of a breast cancer diagnosis, TR indicated in a OnManorama article.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

The issue received widespread public attention following a New Yorker/ProPublica article on hospice fraud, to which Hospice News responded in an editorial. Case in point, OIG plans to conduct a national audit of hospice eligibility this year in which length of stay will be a key factor.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This article is sponsored by Axxess. The article is based on a webinar hosted by Zaundra Ellis, Vice President of Hospice Solutions at Axxess with input from Cristina Montanez, Care Advocate and Lead Educator at Hospice of the North Coast and Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, VP for Quality and Standards at Community Health Accreditation Program.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

Last year, CAPC launched a “Project Equity” workgroup, which examined health equity studies, articles and various other literature. Providers should acknowledge this reality and work to address these specific sources of suffering for their Black patients.”.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

These were some of the key themes in the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022 that centered around the merger and acquisition landscape as well as the regulatory climate. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). . #2

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

First, we’ve invited Jerry Gurwitz to talk about his recently published article in JAMA titled The Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession (while it’s not the most upbeat title for the future of geriatrics, Jerry sees it as a call to action). I was going to start off by asking Jerry about why he wrote the JAMA article.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. Editor’s Note: This article has been edited for length and clarity. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? That’s the kind of automation we’re after—one that elevates our people to greatness.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Eric 00:13 And, Alex, I am very excited today because there was an awesome article on Annals on conservative management versus dialysis. Eric 11:50 I also have to ask, because we will have a link to this article. One of my favorite articles. Would you mind just describing what you did in that article? This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. I adored this article. Alexis, welcome to GeriPal. Alexis: Thanks for having me.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Hughes and co-author Erin Vernon, associate professor in the Department of Economic at Seattle University, identified more than 1,600 research articles on palliative care, 57 of which met the study’s inclusion criteria. But just keeping the lines of communication open seems to be pretty important.”

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

This is the first of a series of Hospice News articles that will cover the industry’s response to the proposed rule. Citing inflation and other headwinds, hospice providers and industry organizations are urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider the proposed 2.8% base rate increase for 2024.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And for this podcast in particular, both Bill and Louise wrote articles that we’re going to be discussing particular patient cases. So while you don’t have to, we’re gonna summarize these articles. If you have a chance to read those articles before you listen to this podcast, I highly recommend that you do.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sonali Advani and Lona Mody talk about their recent JAGS article highlighting three recent articles that every clinician caring for older adults should be aware of in the treatment of infectious diseases (hint: I’ve never finished a course of antibiotics, and maybe your patients don’t need that full course either).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

This article is sponsored by BetterRX. Editor’s Note: This article has been edited for length and clarity. In this Voices Interview, Hospice News sits down with Rebecca Christensen, Director of Clinical Services at BetterRX, to talk about the keys to achieving the most efficient patient care.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. Eric Cassell’s article, The Nature of Suffering, that you might think suffering would appear in the definition of palliative care. Alex: That’s a big spectrum right there.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

Behavioral Health Business Reporter Morgan Gonzales contributed to this article. So if there are ways to sort of demonstrate efficacy, it might be to start with the insurance models that actually offered hospice care.” The post Terminal Anorexia Patients Hitting Referral, Regulatory Barriers to Hospice Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve invited Jacqueline Kruser and Bob Arnold on this week’s podcast to talk about their recently published JAMA Viewpoint article titled “ Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness. ” You recently published an article in the New Yorker titled, I can’t even read my own, what was the title again? Of course not.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

The issue of fraud has garnered national attention following a recent article from the New Yorker and ProPublica that dug into instances of potential illegal and unethical behavior in the industry. Van Duyne and Blumenauer in February led a group of lawmakers who wrote to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the U.S

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

For a deeper diver into these issues, check out some of the following links: Ira’s Stat new article “Hospice care needs saving” GeriPal’s episode on the growing role of private equity in hospice care Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations. Ira: I like the article. Thank you, Anne.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

This article is sponsored by Axxess. It will be really nice to be able to say ‘This is evidence-based palliative care.’ Defining that and characterizing that is going to be really important. It’s making waves. It’s proving outcomes. It’s getting a lot of attention, as it should be.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

JULY 21, 2022

Basically, right-to-try laws are a solution looking for a problem or, as I like to call them, placebo legislation, Gorski wrote in a Science-Based Medicine article. David Gorski , professor of surgery and oncology at Wayne State University. They make lawmakers feel good, but they do nothing concrete to help actual patients.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Having read at least some of your research articles there’s a lot of focus around this intersection between what happens to people after the hospital stay post-acute, especially in the cancer patients. Eric: I felt that reading the article. We’ll have a link to that article on our show notes. Ann: Likely.

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Sustainable Caregiving

DECEMBER 8, 2021

by Ben GrahamThis article originally appeared in Joe & Bella on September 21, 2021. I wish we had always known … Six Ways Adaptive Clothing Helps Older Adults Read More ». The post Six Ways Adaptive Clothing Helps Older Adults appeared first on Sustainable Caregiving™.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This article is sponsored by HEALTHCAREfirst. It’s important to make sure that even though timeliness is key, agencies aren’t just quickly gathering things and quickly sending them in. It’s a balance between meeting deadlines and accuracy.”

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. Would you also just mind mentioning kind of the JPSM article too? What drove you to write that article on this important trip to Seattle? And my article is about when I was a mid to junior faculty member trying to build this career.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 20, 2024

This is often more than can be addressed in a 30-minute television bit or a single news article. Audiences need a substantial amount of context to fully understand both these problems and the nature of hospice care in general.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2023

This article is sponsored by Axxess. Providers that are facing compliance, staffing and operational inefficiencies as a result of their current record-keeping system or lack thereof are at a critical juncture in the hospice space, making hospice technology a necessity for the future.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This article is sponsored by KanTime. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Jeri Vaughan, Director of Product Management at KanTime, to explore the diversification of hospice and palliative care services. She breaks down the key benefits of hospice service expansion and the role staff training plays in this process.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

I had an article that went really viral almost three years ago, and that’s when they called me into the office. You’re still working as a hospice nurse. Is your employer giving you any feedback on your videos? Have they seen them? I’ve done it for three years now, and I think I was keeping it pretty quiet.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Ryan Krout, PharmD, VP, Clinical Management, Enclara Pharmacia, to talk about the future of predictive analytics in hospice care, and the steps providers can take to get the most out of this evolving technology.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As stated in a 2021 Medscape article by Diane M. ” As the authors of the BMJ article share, doctors’ “medical self” and professional identity are so strong that it’s difficult to relinquish control and assume the role of patient. ” Case in point.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This article is sponsored by Homecare Homebase. The patient and caregiver are participating, in that care process, hopefully resulting at the end in the patient dying in comfort and the caregiver feeling that they’ve given the highest quality care.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The issue of hospice fraud has gained national attention in recent weeks following the publication of a New Yorker/ProPublica article that delved into instances of potential illegal or unethical behavior. Though the CDOJ report focused on hospice, it indicated that similar problems existed among home health companies in the state.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

It does not surprise me that on the heels of that we start seeing articles about people looking to sell.” More providers may be coming to the sellers table on the horizon, he indicated. Hospice was the fastest growing from an M&A perspective in the period from 2019 to 2022,” Braff said at the NAHC conference. “It

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

This article will outline the top three strategies to drive compliance and audit preparedness in hospice care. This attention from law enforcement, government agencies and the press is not going away. Therefore, hospice providers must better prepare for audits and oversight. This can be a challenge, especially when it comes to documentation.

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