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Advocacy Program Pushes for Improved Pediatric Hospice, Respite, Palliative Care

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Serious and terminally ill children and their families often have limited options when it comes to pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care. The campaign has since grown to include 40 palliative and hospice programs across 27 states. Its about the work being done to fill a gap, Cottor told Hospice News.

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How One Hospice Provider Reduced Avoidable Medication Spend by 95%

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For Hope Hospice, prescribing habits were fine. An affiliate of Chapters Health System, Hope Hospice, based in Fort Myers, Florida, was looking for ways to optimize their ordering habits particularly for drugs that could be deprescribed or that have effective lower-cost alternatives. The new count: nine.

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Adopting Tomorrow’s Tech: 5 Steps to Effective AI Training in Hospice

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In today’s hospice environment, providers are continually asked to do more with less. The Impact of AI on Hospice Operations AI’s impact on hospice care is accelerating, primarily due to its capacity to streamline processes and reduce the administrative workload for staff. Enter artificial intelligence (AI).

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Longer Hospice Stays Lead to Larger Medicare Cost Savings

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Despite years of scrutiny over the duration of hospice care, new data show that longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%

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Serious Illness Care Quality, Communications Lacking for Black Hospice Patients

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When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. Our review found that Black patients with serious illness report poor-quality clinician-patient relationships and communication,” Chambers told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice Providers, Industry Groups: CMS Should Increase 2024 Hospice Base Rate by Nearly 4%

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Citing inflation and other headwinds, hospice providers and industry organizations are urging the U.S. This is the first of a series of Hospice News articles that will cover the industry’s response to the proposed rule. NHPCO heard from hospice providers throughout the country with concerns about the 2.8%

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1

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