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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

Hospice News

The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2

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Contessa’s Lessons Learned on Risk-Based Palliative Care

Hospice News

As Contessa Health pioneers a growing value-based palliative care-at-home program, they’ve encountered some learning curves when it comes to operating within a new payment system. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), which the home health and hospice provider acquired in 2021 for $250 million.

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Growing Palliative Care a Key Priority for Amedisys in 2024

Hospice News

Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 2023 Annual Leadership Conference.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life. If a family can’t withstand these burdens, the patient may have to receive care in a facility to ensure their needs are met.

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Inside Palliative Care at Contessa’s Health System Joint Ventures

Hospice News

Contessa provides nurse practitioner managers, field staff, virtual care clinicians, data and analytics services, marketing and supplies, Dawn Black, clinical manager for palliative care at home at Contessa Health, said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference in Denver.

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Incoming Samaritan CEO Phillip Heath: Reduce Dependence on Medicare

Hospice News

I have people who say, “I love that model, but I don’t want a chaplain, I just want a nurse and a social worker.”. We say that we can skip and modify the care plan. It’s hospice, palliative medicine, primary care at home, and our grief support. So what do we do?

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Asian-American Communities Face ‘Digital Divide’ in Health Equity, Hospice Care

Hospice News

Though increased virtual health care access can help hospice providers reach patients upstream, the trend may be worsening disparities and outcomes among Asian American populations, according to Victoria Tsze, an outpatient hospice social worker at Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Hospice. This is compared to 51.6% of more than 2.1