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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Bill is an icon in the industry and a staunch Medicare beneficiary advocate, always putting patients first and fighting for their rights and benefits. His insights will be invaluable as we continue to innovate home care and Burn the Ships to rethink and redesign care delivery models. as well as the U.S.

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Incoming Samaritan CEO Phillip Heath: Reduce Dependence on Medicare

Hospice News

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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BoldAge PACE Launches New Center to Address ‘Significant Gaps’ Among Underserved

Hospice News

Hospice utilization rates reached 51.81% among Medicare decedents during 2022, which was above the national average of 49.1% that year, according to National Alliance for Care at Home. Census Bureau reported. Socioeconomic trends are also a strategic factor, Williams indicated. of South Carolina’s population, the U.S.

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Paying Your Care Staff More Won’t Keep Them Around Longer—Here are 4 Solutions that Will, According to the Experts

Home Care Pulse

While this is great news, the average care staff turnover rate has stayed at a steady 65% for 3 years in a row. The care at home industry is also the only environment where long-term care providers are expected to deliver care to all their patients between the hours of 9 a.m.

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Hospices Face ‘Interesting Unknowns’ in Wake of Presidential Election

Hospice News

“Near-term, we will focus on working with the Trump transition teams to share LeadingAge’s agenda and to gain a clear understanding of the new administration’s housing, aging, health- and long-term care goals. That’s our top priority in the short term.” Among them is the Special Focus Program (SFP), which the U.S.

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