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How Hospices Can Effectively Rebrand

Hospice News

Many in the hospice industry see service diversification as a business imperative to ensure that they can remain financially viable and build more longitudinal relationships with patients. Some also seek to capitalize on value-based payment models from which hospice care is often excluded.

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

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I wasn’t seeking hospice.” Fleece began his career as a health care lawyer. In 2011, he co-authored the book “The New Age: The Future of Health Care in America,” with the futurist David Houle, which examined the ways the system could evolve in the coming years. .

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Telling the ‘Story of Hospice’ in 2023: Perspectives from 8 Industry Leaders

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If you were to write a book about hospice in 2023, what would you call it? To help answer that question, Hospice News asked the CEOs of eight providers how they would title a book about the state of the field today. Also, more care is going to a home-based environment.

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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

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She came to the space with the goal of returning hospice care back to its roots, while integrating a more modern approach to meet the changing needs and expectations of patients and families, she told Hospice News. Entrepreneur Jessica McGlory founded Guaranteed two years after her own father passed away.

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AGG, New Day’s Bill Dombi: Hospices’ ‘Vibrant Evolutionary Path’ Spurs Legal Growing Pains 

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Its a yin and yang of those things that keep hospices up at night and also wake them up in the morning. Its seeing the promise of hospice care being realized, and seeing the greater focus on an expansion in the definition of palliative services as being exciting, positive things coming about.

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Hospices Turn Inward to Grow Clinical Workforce with Education, Career Incentives

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“It’s our hope that through this program we’re able to encourage more individuals to gain experience while pursuing their studies, so that they’re able to quickly assimilate into these high-demand occupations and help meet the growing demand and need for hospice care.”. Managing the costs.

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The Uncertain Future of Hospice Certificates of Need

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Certificate of need (CON) laws have a huge influence on hospices’ ability to expand, patients’ access to care, as well as the competitive landscape and quality of care in a given market. . It really depends on the current culture of the state,” Lund Person told Hospice News. “If They might only have one option.”.

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