Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

“We hear from countless community providers and state association leaders that rural hospices are in financial trouble,” Hoover wrote in a recent letter to the U.S. With Medicare accounting for the overwhelming majority of hospice payments, hospice care is at the mercy of the federal government to continue providing high quality care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Seriously ill children represent some of the most underserved populations nationwide in terms of quality and access to supportive health care, according to Katie Leonard, director of pediatrics at California-based Anchor Health. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home. Each year an estimated 2.5

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

Joseph Shega, Chief Medical Office at Vitas; and Susan Lloyd, CEO of Delaware Hospice, related their vast experience with hospice care, extolling its benefit for patients and their loved ones, and also shared findings which prove that longer hospice stays equate to greater savings for taxpayers and overall, better experiences for patients.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

If you have independent centers, that’s what you do — you have nurses who spend time with the patients and assess how they are doing, you have physicians who are board certified and trained, counselors and chaplains who are readily available to see the patient during that type of care.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 23, 2023

Our care providers focus on the following: Hospital-to-home transition following an illness or injury Patient and caregiver education Managing chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, pulmonary disease, or kidney disease What Is Hospice Care?

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Shining Light Hospice

JUNE 7, 2022

A Hospice patient can choose at any time to go to an ER or a Hospital, but depending on the cause, it may be an out of pocket expense. Read on as we discuss in more depth reasons a Hospice Patient may go to the Hospital, Revoking Hospice Benefits, and the difference between Hospice Care and Hospital Care.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

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Shining Light Hospice

JANUARY 6, 2022

As there is no cure for it, once symptoms have progressed into late stages, hospice care for ALS is the best option to maintain patient comfort. Here is a general overview of the disease and the benefits of hospice care for ALS. Many families need assistance caring for their loved ones and turn to hospice care for ALS.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That’s really allowed us to leverage some of that experience in how we work with managed care plans, especially with new solutions and how we can bridge some of these programs together. Daniel Schwartz: It’s a pleasure to be here representing Elara Caring. We are an in-home care company. It only makes sense.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

I think as we start to look at different reimbursement models, especially in care at home, which is where I spend my time, I think of making sure you have the right technology and technology partners to be able to accommodate the unique payment models that people are dreaming of, and so you got to be able to make those things actionable.

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