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New Day Healthcare Acquires Good Samaritan Society’s Hospice Operations

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We also only acquire companies who are already leading class in terms of patient care. Good Samaritan Societys hospice program includes pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual care, palliative care and other home-based services. New Day has an average daily census of 12,000 patients.

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National Alliance’s Scott Levy: Hospices Need ‘Regulatory Relief’ to Protect ‘Sacred Benefit’

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This is according to Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer at National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). Those resources that have to be diverted toward responding to audits are ultimately being diverted away from patient care. So its figuring out how we can break through that process with CMS.

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New Day Healthcare Acquires Christian Senior Care Services

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This transaction significantly expands our personal care services footprint in the nation’s fourth largest metropolitan statistical area, G. Having expanded PCS services in Houston allows us to engage a full home care continuum, furthering our longitudinal care strategy. Seniors 65 and older represent 13.8%

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3 Key Hospice Technology Trends

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3 emerging technologies Predictive analytics, remote patient monitoring and virtual reality therapies are three emerging technologies that are becoming increasingly prevalent among hospices, according to an Axxess report shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice Organizations Appoint New Leadership, VPs

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The nonprofit health system has provided care across southern Florida for nearly 40 years and has an average daily census of more than 7,500 patients. Levy previously held the same role at Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED), holding leadership positions in government affairs for nearly a decade at the large hospice and home health company.

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[UPDATED] NAHC-NHPCO Alliance Taps Dr. Steven Landers as First CEO

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The Alliance hinted that it was inching closer to a leadership decision earlier this month after completing an affiliation in June between the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. “The

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Coalition ‘Strongly Urges’ Congress to Immortalize Hospice Telehealth Flexibilities

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31, these flexibilities allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually and conduct face-to-face recertification visits. The National Alliance for Care at Home spearheaded the effort. Telehealth flexibilities have yielded benefits for patients and providers, the coalition indicated.

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