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Inside Heart to Heart Hospice’s Palliative Care Growth Strategy

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The community-based palliative care program also drove a 59% improvement rate in care coordination, Heart to Heart Hospice reported in a recent press release. The PMPM costs were cut in half across the board among 272 admitted patients, the company recently reported.

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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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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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2 Tailwinds Shaping Hospice Growth, Care Delivery

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Hospices have much to offer in terms of evidence that their services can improve quality and goal-concordant care delivery while reducing costs, Jackson stated. However, providers are often financially challenged in the ability to offer the full scope of their interdisciplinary hospice services.

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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.

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Avoiding ‘Cannibalizing’ Trends in Hospice Service Diversification

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The organization has been building a pipeline of disease-specific programs, including a congestive heart failure program designed to ensure high-quality care coordination and caregiver support, among other goals. The post Avoiding ‘Cannibalizing’ Trends in Hospice Service Diversification appeared first on Hospice News.

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