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How Health System Palliative Providers Can Leverage Data to Gain More Resources

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I wanted to find that, because when you go then to a CMO or CEO and say ‘I want another physician in palliative care,’ I can then tell them, this is what you told us. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of data.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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As a result of that and because I knew that this is part of my mission, I decided to advocate for representation, to advocate for closing that utilization gap among underserved communities and to advocate for challenging the stigma of care at home. You cant just pick up a model of care and drop it into a different city or region.

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Hospices’ Mythbusting Strategies: ‘It’s Not Brink-of-Death Care’

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Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Leveraging Sales Strategies in Hospice Payment Cap Management

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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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NHPCO Hosts Final Annual Leadership Conference, Welcomes Evolution to National Alliance for Care at Home

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This conference is the final conference that legacy NHPCO is hosting as it joins with the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) to become the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). NAHC will host its final conference on October 20-24, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.

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2 Tailwinds Shaping Hospice Growth, Care Delivery

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The nations health care system is ripe for change when it comes to improved hospice utilization that could help curb expenditures and improve outcomes, Jackson said during Hospice News 2025 Industry Outlook webinar. in 2022, the National Alliance for Care at Home reported. National hospice utilization rates reached 49.1%

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Hospices Have Long Road Ahead on Improving Health Equity

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among Hispanic populations in 2022, the largest increase across all minority groups that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Improved health equity outcomes in part drove Kentucky-based Bluegrass Care Navigators to launch a PACE program in 2022. Hospice utilization rates rose by 4.1% An increase of 3.3%

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