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

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

This article is sponsored by Axxess. This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article is sponsored by KanTime. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice, KanTime, to talk about the potential impact of the Value-based Insurance Design (VBID) model on today’s hospice landscape. A VBID model would completely rework how the Hospice benefit is offered.

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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. When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. Hospice utilization among diverse populations is sorely lacking.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care.

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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. But those with stays of six months or more yielded the highest percentage of savings.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

APRIL 11, 2024

Open access publishing has increasingly gained prominence, offering unrestricted access to scholarly articles. Education resources Subscribers benefit from a wealth of educational resources including review articles, case studies, and clinical guidelines. Today, we delve into the realm of pain and symptom management.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

This article is sponsored by KanTime. This article is based on a Palliative Care News discussion with Deanna Heath, Senior Vice President of customer experience at KanTime, Jared King, Vice President of business development and sales at Hospice Dynamix and Sundar Kannan, CEO of KanTime. That’s not the case anymore.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

Jain initially voiced these concerns in an April 12 article in Forbes , but elaborated in a subsequent interview with Hospice News. This includes a January article in the journal Health Affairs by senior CMS leadership, in which they pledged to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries would be covered through a value-based model by 2030.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is sponsored by Axxess. This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2025

This article is sponsored by Betterleave. It is based on a discussion with Cara McCarty Abbott, Founder and CEO at Betterleave; Sara Nigro, Director of Partnerships at BetterRX; and Lloyd Wilson, CEO at Sonder Hospice & Palliative Care. This discussion took place on April 10, 2025, at the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference.

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address this issue, providing 34 recommendations.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2025

Eric 16:36 Okay, Connie, I got one last question about your article. Michelle 35:24 So we did a little different study design than the other articles we’ve heard about today. We’ll go in order of how we did your articles. You don’t know if you’re getting placebo or your allergen. Why is that?

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

(Alexandria, Va ) – An article on the hospice industry published by ProPublica on November 28 ( Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle ), 2022, gives readers an inaccurate view of the Medicare hospice benefit, a uniquely person-centered program that brought comfort to 1.7 Contact: Madison Summers. 571-412-3973.

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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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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

This is the last of three articles that explore some of health care macro-trends that could impact hospices. Coupled with the entry of more payers into the space, the influx of health systems into home health, hospice and community-based palliative care stands to change the competitive dynamics in markets nationwide.

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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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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Drug Watch and Journal Watch sections, an In the News article on school cell phone bans, a Specialty Spotlight on flight and transport nursing, and more. Browse and subscribe.

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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. “The state’s weak controls have created the opportunity for large-scale fraud and abuse,” CDOJ indicated in its report. “We

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

This article is the second of a series that details key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence the ways hospices approach strategic growth, as well as managing end-of-life care for complex illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. “We A projected 12.7

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2023

This article is sponsored by nVoq. This article is based on a discussion with Jason Banks, Post-Acute Business Development Vice President for nVoq. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023 during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference.

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HPNA podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

She has authored five books including the popular Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide to Effective Dosing and numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters. She is a professor at the University of Maryland and executive program director of the online Graduate Studies in Palliative Care (Graduate Certificates, MS, PhD) program.

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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

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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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is the first of a series of articles that will explore these trends, beginning with the meteoric rise of behavioral health and chronic disease management — both as essential services and business opportunities.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Kollas, MD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy Several important developments have occurred since the publication of our article, “ Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?” in Pallimed on September 12, 2022 (1).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2024. #1: 7: Hospice Community Responds to CMS 2025 Hospice Rule ; Navigating New Requirements in the 2025 Proposed Hospice Rule Two articles on the CMS proposed and final hospice payment rules for 2025 were tied for the seventh spot this year.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This is the second of three articles that will explore some of these trends. Though hospices operate within the dedicated Medicare benefit, market forces in the system at large wield considerable influence on how they operate — including the meteoric rise of managed care.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 25, 2024

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Perspectives on Palliative Nursing article on palliative care in rural communities, a Nursing Resources column on addressing compassion fatigue, and more. Browse and subscribe.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

If you want to do a deeper dive in ACE units, check out some of the following articles: The original NEJM paper on ACE units from 1996. What does the future look like for ACE units and how does it differ (if at all) from Age Friendly Health Systems? Kellie: Yes. Just gigantic. And there may be some similar geriatrics organization.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We don’t have to go into that, but I do want to highlight, you had a JAGS article that was published on pre-hospitalization dysphagia and feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. We’re going to have show notes with article links and other helpful resources. Nicole: Yeah, it was huge.

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AJN Off the Charts

MARCH 27, 2023

Some articles may be free only to subscribers. This article can assist. Managing Older Adults’ Chronic Pain: Higher-Risk Interventions This article is part of our ongoing Supporting Family Caregivers series published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute. Here’s what’s new.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2024

This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Deanna Douglass, PharmD, SVP, Business Development, Enclara Pharmacia, to learn about the parallels between hospice and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 18, 2023

Here’s a roundup of the 6 most-read Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) articles of the past 30 days, documenting key concerns, emerging trends, and topics of interest that were most relevant to the hospice and palliative care community.

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Some articles may be free only to subscribers. This article explores key nursing liability issues associated with the pandemic, including immunity, documentation, crisis standards of care, delegation and assignment, scope of practice, floating, travel nursing, telehealth, and misinformation and social media.

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