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Care Coordination, Quality Data Crucial to Hospice Referral Growth

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Care coordination and quality data will be engines for hospice referral growth. Hospices saw census volumes drop during the COVID-19 public health emergency as facilities nationwide restricted access to patients amid mandated state closures.

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Education, Care Coordination Key to Preventing Unnecessary Revocations of the Hospice Benefit

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Live discharges can occur for a number of reasons, including the patient or family changing their minds about receiving hospice care, or the patient improves and no longer needs those services. A patient may choose to resume curative treatment, or they might move out of the hospice’s service area.

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Dole Act Could Give Veterans Greater Access to Hospice, Palliative Care

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However, when a veteran transitions from a VA facility to hospice, they lose access to that benefit. This is even the case when hospice care is provided by the VA itself. Gerald’s Law would institute those benefits for those veterans who die in hospice.

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3 Key Hospice Technology Trends

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As we have moved into predictive modeling and advanced analytics to help augment the clinicians judgement, we will continue to improve patient engagement and hospice experiences for patients and families. Patient monitoring systems are also part of the overall operational picture of hospice business, Arnold said.

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Headwaters Hospice to Launch New Palliative Care Services

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The locally- and veteran-owned hospice provider saw its first patient in 2023, and has met the challenges of rural hospice care delivery with both resilience and adaptability, according to Michael Brown, co-founder of Headwaters. Headwaters serves a 30-mile, predominantly rural geographic service region across Helena, Montana.

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Hospices Have Long Road Ahead on Improving Health Equity

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A lack of supportive policies, particularly around Medicaid coverage for palliative care, has also exacerbated hospice inequities, according to Garret. More robust advocacy is needed to ensure that hospice care is more accessible and equitable, she said.

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CMS Unveils Services Available to Patients in the GUIDE Model, Integrates Palliative Care Principles

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The payment model is designed to improve quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing care coordination, behavioral health and functional needs. Many of those providers agree.