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Leveraging Sales Strategies in Hospice Payment Cap Management

Hospice News

One key to cap management is to find an appropriate mix of long length-of-stay patients and those expected to be in hospice for a shorter time, Ryan Klaustermeier, vice president of professional services at Axxess, said during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference.

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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

NHPCO penned the letter in response to a recent Congressional Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities. Medicare has acknowledged the struggles of rural providers through the Home Health Rural Add-On, and this should be extended to hospice providers,” Hoover stated in the NHPCO letter.

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Caregiving System Navigation: 19 Systems

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

As family caregivers, we constantly educate providers, payers and other family members about our carees needs, wants, abilities, declines, quality of life, challenges and wins. I then presented about these systems to probably 300 individuals. My presentation ended with the introduction of the 18th system: The family caregiver.

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Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care

Traditions Health

Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care If you or a loved one receives care at a facility, at some point, you may want to get care at home instead. Patients turn to home health care for many reasons. Or perhaps they feel socially isolated in a nursing home setting.

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Hospice for ALS Patients

Shining Light Hospice

Symptoms present as hand weakness or loss of hand and finger dexterity. Patients and their families may decide to stop pursuing curative treatment and wish to continue comfort care only and will elect to receive hospice benefits. Three Top Benefits Of Hospice Care For ALS. Care At Home. Spinal Onset.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Alex 16:46 On time to nursing, needing nursing home level of care. We’re going to be talking about three different articles, one on the PPS.