Hospice News

JULY 6, 2022

Ohio-headquartered CommuniCare Health Services recently acquired hospice and home health provider Stonerise, expanding the company’s reach in its home state as well as West Virginia. Stonerise’s transitional care model is designed to support patients and families across the health continuum. This fell below the national average of 50.3%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

First Docs is a physician-led internal medicine practice that offers a range of health care services and frequently collaborates with hospice, palliative care, and home health providers, among others. CEO Dr. Sanjay Bhatia founded First Docs in 2010, introducing its proprietary 360 Community Medicine Care Model.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Regulatory attention heating up in the hospice industry could be impacting buyers’ decisions/how buyers move forward with mergers and acquisitions in the space. The nuances involved in the regulatory environment around hospice can be difficult to navigate for private equity and venture capital investors that are new to the industry.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The company’s strategy convenes resources and organizations that already exist in a given community to help meet patient’s palliative care, psychosocial, spiritual and social determinants of health needs. Most places have some primary care access, but access to specialty services is often a challenge. Hospice is often not available.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The hospice, palliative care, and home health network Care Synergy has become the national center for the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program, developed by Johns Hopkins University. In post-acute care, we see people further down in their health trajectory.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

A veteran of the senior services sector, Health has spent his 30-year career as a leader of hospice, senior housing, long term care, and PACE programs, in addition to a stint as a health care lobbyist. I also think that we have to look at the potential new relationships out there with long term care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients. Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care.

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 24, 2024

Living Options For The Elderly As individuals age, their housing needs and preferences often change. Senior housing options range from independent living to assisted living, each catering to different levels of care and support. These features help create a safe living environment for residents.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Oregon-based Partners In Care is developing a program aimed at increasing the well-being of its hospice and home health clinical workforce and minimizing the impacts of burnout. This is a great opportunity for our nurses to learn new ways to practice self-care while also bringing our teams together.

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Home With Help

APRIL 1, 2025

Are they open to hospice care? Do they have a living will or an advance healthcare directive in place? Understanding these wishes now prevents confusion later and allows you to advocate for their care with confidence. Do they have long-term care insurance? Where Do You Want to Live as You Age?

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 15, 2023

Primarily working with elderly patients and those with disabilities, CNAs work in skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, and staffing and home health agencies. Certified nursing assistants also provide vital work in hospice and hospital facilities.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Develop a Long-Term Care Plan Creating a long-term care plan involves anticipating future needs and making arrangements for additional support or changes in the caregiving environment.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? The problem is the tremendous heterogeneity in services offered and quality of care. If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. .

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Seasons Hospice

MAY 21, 2024

Mobile Dental Services Mobile dental clinics equipped with portable dental equipment can bring dental care directly to seniors who are homebound or residing in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, or other long-term care settings.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Utilization of the general inpatient level of care (GIP) is frequently the subject of audits by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), and avoiding or responding to that scrutiny requires strict compliance to a complex web of rules. If GIP billing exceeds that metric, the hospice must refund those payments to Medicare.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care recently opened a new location in its home state that will serve as an office for interdisciplinary staff and a community center. Photo courtesy of Community Hospice & Palliative Care. Established in 1979, the nonprofit is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider Gilchrist recently formed a joint venture with the hospital system Luminis Health to expand the full scope of senior and geriatric care in the state’s southern region. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.

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Solace

MARCH 9, 2023

Long-term care can be expensive. My care is going to cost 10 grand a month,’” While you or a loved one may not need this type of care now, Genworth , quoting federal statistics, says 7 out of 10 people will require long-term care in their lifetime. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. Eric: So before we talk about improving… So first of all, we just had a podcast not too long ago on assisted living facilities, so it seems very timely. I hope I got that right.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. We have on that podcast about re-imagining long-term care.

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Hope Hospice

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Hope Hospice offers a monthly Family Caregiver Education Series for just this purpose, and several of the classes are focused on dementia care. The Series is offered at no charge and is currently produced as live webinars. An estate lawyer can assist with preparing your financial documents and power of attorney over your estate.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 25, 2024

Death and dying are an intrinsic aspect of our work as nurses, and hospice is a nursing specialty for those who feel especially comfortable and conversant with the care of patients facing the dying process. Hospice is focused solely on symptom management and support through the dying process.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Joan: There’s very little bridging between rehabilitative and restorative care and palliative care. Joan: So we abruptly changed care based on something we saw happening over time.

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Seasons Hospice

JANUARY 16, 2023

Hospice May Seem Hopeless. Hospice care can be a difficult subject to think about. This can make the thought of hospice care depressing for those facing the prospect of utilizing this type of healthcare service. At its core, hospice care is about living the best life possible until death.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. 424.550(b) would simply expand every reference of “HHA” to “HHA or hospice.”

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

At that time, I was working on the opposition because my view was it was a false choice for people until they had a full array of services, including palliative care that was really not hospice and palliative care weren’t very well known or available in the early ’90s. I want to stay in my home as long as possible.”

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

You cannot be in hospice. The intermediary care. So you can go to skilled facility for short rehab- But if you are permanently living in a nursing home. But if you’re in assisted living, yes. If you are independent living, yes. Long-term care. For the long term.

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