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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director. The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

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Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. The Northeast Georgia model provides a nurse practitioner, who works under the advice of a physician, and a social worker. That’s when we started to revamp the program.

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Palliative Care Startups Require Creativity, Flexibility

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We have strategically launched fee-for-service (FFS) initiatives in key locations, showcasing our care model’s emphasis on integrating clinical and social support to address the diverse needs of our patients,” she told Palliative Care News.

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Valley Health System, Family of Caring Launch Palliative Care Partnership

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Valley Health’s palliative care model includes a full interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. Valley Health currently offers palliative care in a number of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, subacute medical facilities and the home.

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Wages Rising for Hospice Workers; Aides See 9.09% Increase

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Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6% Medical social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly increase, but in terms of productivity tended to have larger caseloads, with a national average of 29.15 Chaplains had the largest caseloads of nearly 40 patients. patients compared to 14.12

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Nonprofit Startup Emmaus Catholic Hospice: Supportive Culture Key to ‘Rapid Growth’

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We have a social worker, medical director, chaplain services, nursing care and nursing assistants, and bereavement and volunteer coordinators. My concern is still around the ability to recruit health care workers with the environment of nursing and doctor turnover and burnout.

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Adventist Health Expands Hospice Footprint, Services in California

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The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. Hospice utilization reached 46.1% in California during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). that year reported by MEDPAC. “It

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