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The Benefits of Palliative, Home-Based Primary Care Integration

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Goals-of-care conversations, referrals to hospice, supporting a patient and a caregiver, symptom management,” Chiang said. “We In addition to being a primary care physician, Chiang is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine and to date has made more than 37,000 house calls to more than 3,600 patients.

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Hospice Providers Weigh Labor Gains Against Rising Costs

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When it comes to labor, hospice providers are walking a balance beam between the need to increase capacity and the long-term sustainability of offering bonuses, tech investments and larger benefits packages. Publicly traded hospice providers have reported improvements on turnover and workforce shortages.

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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

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Guaranteed’s New SVP of Growth, Strategy Tech-enabled hospice startup Guaranteed has named Ryan Malone as its new senior vice president of growth and strategy. Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff.

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Palliative Care Leaders Expect Continued Growth, Labor and Reimbursement Headwinds in 2024

Hospice News

Close to 60% of nearly 330 hospice professionals indicated that their organizations planned to launch palliative care programs for the first time during 2023, according to Hospice News’ Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. This marks a climb from 52% last year.

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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

Hospice News

Hospice News spoke with three palliative care providers that have risen to these challenges. The key secondary goal is to make the support and care we provide easier for caregivers of patients with serious illnesses,” Smith added. “We That will lead to better hospice care, which will lead to lower end-of-life costs.”

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Key Research Trends: Long Hospice Stays, Palliative Care Save Medicare Dollars

Hospice News

The health care space — including hospice — is increasingly shaped by numbers. During the past several years hospice providers have had to become experts in data management in order to remain competitive. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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