Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

Palliative care providers can help ensure that these patients don’t “fall through the many cracks” of a fragmented health care system, according to Landon Blankenship, chief nursing officer at Hospice of Southern West Virginia, which provides hospice and palliative care across four counties in the state.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

The organization, which does business as the Children’s Health Foundation of Oklahoma, will offer the program to practicing physicians in pediatrics and general family medicine, as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers and hospice workers statewide.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2023

As a nurse, Templeton has leveraged her clinical experiences to help navigate challenges that prevent patients from accessing care. Tennessee-based Compassus provides home health, home infusion, hospice and palliative care across 200 locations in 30 states. Palliative care is a good care coordinator.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

So, with Main Line building this program, our job as an ACO is to stratify populations based on data,” Souder told Hospice News. The serious illness population was a population of focus for us for longitudinal care management, and we needed a toolbox for our providers and for our care coordinators.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. Palliative care is provided by a specialty-trained team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who work together with a patient’s other treating clinicians to provide an extra layer of support.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The needs of today’s seriously ill patients necessitates the development of new, longitudinal care models that integrate the patient-centered principles of hospice and palliative care, Dr. Darren Schulte, CEO of VyncaCare, told Hospice News. there’s a lot of gaps in care for patients.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Valley Health’s palliative care model includes a full interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. The post Valley Health System, Family of Caring Launch Palliative Care Partnership appeared first on Hospice News.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

Palliative care plays a significant role in improving the quality of life for individuals managing serious illnesses. It addresses physical, emotional, psychological, and social well-being. For caregivers, understanding the 7 Cs of palliative care can transform the caregiving experience into a meaningful and supportive one.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. To learn more, visit: [link].

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborations with participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Primary Care Flex demo could allow hospices to leverage their skill sets to access more patients. Hospices and palliative care providers can come to ACOs by two main avenues.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

This article is based on a Palliative Care News discussion with Deanna Heath, Senior Vice President of customer experience at KanTime, Jared King, Vice President of business development and sales at Hospice Dynamix and Sundar Kannan, CEO of KanTime. Can palliative care function without numerous systems? Where does it belong?

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

She explains why VNS is bullish toward concerns about a hospice carve-in, and she also shares an outlook on the VBID demonstration’s extension through 2030. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Connecticut Hospice Inc. Dubbed as Magnolia Care, the decision to launch these new services was in part driven by rising demand as more seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reach life’s final stages, according to the hospice provider. Growing demand is among the factors driving hospices’ investment.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Some hospices that have layered end-of-life doulas (EOLDs) into their workforce are seeing a return on these investments in various forms – including quality outcomes, retention and care continuity. The Virginia-based hospice is part of Goodwin Living, a nonprofit senior living and health care organization.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Through the partnership, Livio Health provides care to Minnesota Oncology patients in their homes through interdisciplinary teams including nurse practitioners, social workers and nursing care coordinators with a focus on symptom management and improving quality of life.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. How it works is that all patients will have access or encounters with the specialty trained clinician, a psychologist, a social worker, a palliative care clinician.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education.

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