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HSPN ELEVATE: Unlocking Growth Through Family Caregiver Engagement

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Thats definitely a hidden cost. I think one of the most difficult times in the hospice space is when services begin. Sara, of course, medication is a big part of hospice care. Most of those calls were for care clarification or non-emergencies that felt urgent to the family. Lloyd Wilson: Yes. HSPN: Thank you.

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Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

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Caris Healthcare provides adult and pediatric hospice care to more than 40,000 patients and families across 28 locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.

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Why Some Referred Patients Never Make It To Hospice

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“When the [hopital] patient is discharged, thosewho have instructions to seek hospice are making up a greater percentage of that pool,” Bakkun told Hospice News. And that means that the the knowledge and awareness of hospice care is growing.”. But this is definitely still not the norm.”.

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Diverse Mix of Opportunities, Obstacles in Palliative Care’s Future Outlook

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But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If If palliative care is a common provision of services in the marketplace, then the investor world is definitely looking at that,” Kulik told Palliative Care News. “No They’re going to try to spur growth.

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Partners In Care, Summit Health Join Forces on Palliative Care

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“The palliative care team at Partners In Care expanded to include a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse and chaplain, which rounded out the multidisciplinary team approach they could offer patients.” The two providers will use a central medical record platform to further improve care coordination.

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The Intersections Between Hospice and Palliative Care

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Hospice care and palliative care services have similar, but diverging, threads across the care continuum. An area of increasing overlap centers around patient consultations discussing symptom management and goals of care.

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Hospices Welcome VBID’s Demise, But Questions Remain

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would bring to a close the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, effective Dec. The right call “I applaud the decision to suspend the hospice component of VBID. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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