Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. Last year federal legislation was proposed that, if enacted, would have advanced the development of an evidence-based definition of “high-quality” bereavement care. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The bill proposes to expand this definition to include more of the interdisciplinary care team, including non-clinical staff such as social workers with experience in care planning. “As

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The rule also clarifies definitions around hospice leaders, as well as how noncompliance could impact Medicare billing capabilities, she said. Their recommendation is that it would include the administrator and medical director of hospice agencies.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2023

Among those partners are referring providers and board-and-care facilities, according to Dr. Martina Meier, executive medical director of hospice and palliative care at Providence. It also allows us to send medications to a boarding care [center], which is a normal address.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Should these patients qualify for medical aid in dying medications? Hope is a palliative care doc and hospice medical director at Evergreen Health up near Seattle, Washington. The definition of capacity in ethics and medicine, law. I think that Advanced Dementia Fest 7A and beyond that is by definition end stage.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

Our medical director is a volunteer and has been here for 22 years. It’s definitely a much more collaborative system. Our volunteers actually go through a really lengthy training program and are willing to do that. We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the process of our work, we realized that with our marketing, we could only reach a certain population,” Dr. Grant Smith, medical director of the Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence (PCCOE) Community Partnerships Team, said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Effective processes to measure and track quality are crucial for hospices when it comes to proving their value proposition to payers, according to Dr. Alena Baquet-Simpson, chief executive medical director of insurance giant Aetna, a CVS Health company (NYSE: CVS). “It

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2022

The complexities of our business also really require a certain quantity and quality of staff, and there is definitely a very limited supply and lots of competition for good people with excellent skills now.”. “Competing for these types of staff with companies that offer fully remote work is really challenging now.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. That’s definitely not ideal for anyone. Luckily, we have been able to stay fully staffed. Our staff right now has three nurses — including myself. We’re starting small to be able to manage patients coming to us.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. The unfortunate truth is that there were definitely children who could benefit from hospice support if it were available, but most were dying in the hospital.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. The company cited swelling construction costs, rising inflation rates and the staffing shortage.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So we thought that really coalescing around this term, which is still difficult because sometimes you think of unrepresented is politically unrepresented or it is a challenging definition with three parts to it that’s really hard to capture with any one term. But we think unrepresented is an advance beyond the previous terminology.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

As a result of Mr. McMahon’s successful tenure with the company, he has met the definition of retirement set forth in his previously granted equity awards, which will continue to vest in accordance with their terms, similar to equity awards granted to other employees,” Leong said.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Nate Chin, who is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he is medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease research center and runs a large study in Wisconsin called the RAP Study studying Alzheimer’s Disease. It is by definition pathology. Jason: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. And so the definition of family was broad. Michele: Yep.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. We can actually see that.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Lauren: Yeah, I think I can definitely see Joe’s point of view. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. Yes, my hair is definitely on fire. Joseph: I mean, like I said before, his paper is very well written, reflects our job description for a medical director.

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Pallimed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, MD, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence with Long-term Opioids: aGray Area That Needs Definition, Better Understanding, Treatment Guidance, and Policy Changes.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

We have one thing that is different, I think, from most hospices, which is we have a full-time medical director. That’s the definition of a case manager and so that runs the medical, the nurse runs the care for that family. What disciplines or occupations were you seeing? Montiel: For us, it was.

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NHPCO

JULY 25, 2023

Require new hospices to undergo more frequent surveys: CMS announced enhanced oversight for newly enrolling hospices and hospices submitting a change of ownership, in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Nicole 06:04 In a way, it definitely does. You have x amount of medications to choose from. Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. He’s in Boston. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. Is this tension?

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). About the Authors Lead author, Chad Kollas , serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL.

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Hospice of the North Coast

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I’m Dr. Daniel Miller and one of the medical directors of Hospice of the North Coast. But it would definitely help to be able to have that support from somebody who’s in my immediate outer ring, such as my wife. video transcription: Hi everybody. So that is, that is essentially the concept of ring theory.

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Hospice of the North Coast

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I’m Dr. Daniel Miller and one of the medical directors of Hospice of the North Coast. But it would definitely help to be able to have that support from somebody who’s in my immediate outer ring, such as my wife. video transcription: Hi everybody. So that is, that is essentially the concept of ring theory.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. To medical directors, chiefs, and some were really cool to talk to me. those experiencing homelessness). Naheed 16:20 Yeah.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care. There’s definitely a… But I’ve never… I don’t think I appeal to an academic audience. I think your most-watched video is around 750,000 views. Does that sound about right?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Calls have grown louder among hospice providers and stakeholders for payers to solidify a dedicated community-based palliative care benefit that would standardize the definition and delivery of these services. “We The bill still has not passed, but even if it were, it would not represent a definitive solution to the shortage.

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Nurse.com

MAY 26, 2022

Even definitions of the condition vary. The CDC definition [of long COVID is] new and returning, or ongoing health problems in people who are at least four or more weeks after the first infection with SARS-CoV-2,” Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, professor of immunobiology at Yale University, said in a recent interview.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We could have talked for 4 hours and will definitely revisit this issue! So there are some clinics where you can talk to the medical director and they may give people like a take home dose for the afternoon. We all have questions. We addressed as many of your listener questions as we could. Sometimes the drugs dont work.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And so, Malaz, correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s definitely a focus there in terms of potentially extra funds to the monthly payment with the social determinants and all. The MVP for them is care navigator, medical director, or a clinician who could be advanced care practice PA or a physician who have one of three factor.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

And I became the medical director for that program, and so I was watching and learning as the hospital was taken over by AIDS patients and the whole city was consumed by this epidemic. If you’re done, we can offer you medication or procedure.” We cannot save this pregnancy. ” And so she gets to choose when.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

They are recruiting for a Medical Director of Palliative Care Services to lead and grow innovative outpatient and inpatient palliative care programs. And I definitely don’t sing as well as him. We want clear boundaries and clear definitions and we try to impose them. It makes it really hard.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Brooke Calton, who is a palliative care physician and faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and is also newly the Medical Director of palliative care at Devoted Health. laughter] Carly: Definitely. Welcome back to GeriPal, Brooke. Brooke: Thank you.

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