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Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice

Hospice News

Finding the right balance of support and career development for bereavement care professionals is key to recruitment and retention as hospices combat labor strains. Grief care specialists take on challenging roles as they help families navigate the financial and emotional aspects of a loved one’s loss.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Hospice News

Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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VITAS CMO Shega: At-Risk Models Can Foster Earlier Access, Smoother Transitions to Hospice

Hospice News

While the Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, other reimbursement models are emerging that in time could transform the ways providers do business, collaborate with their partners and deliver care. NYSE: CHEM). Perhaps most prominently, the U.S.

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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit.

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Bartlett Regional Hospital Gets Green Light to Take Over Hospice Services, Executives Step Down

Hospice News

HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure. The home health and hospice provider’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes.

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Breaking Down Costs, ROIs of Hospice-Death Doula Partnerships

Hospice News

We find that the combination of our death doula plus our spiritual care coordinator gives each patient the flexibility to tailor their hospice experience to best fit their final wishes.” Death doula services are not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance. Louis, Missouri.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. When patients receive too little time in hospice, families are more likely to be dissatisfied with the end-of-life care. Medicare Policies. Hospice is unique among healthcare benefits. Doctors and Facilities.