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Only 22% of Americans Have Documented End-of-Life Wishes

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A majority of people in the United States know the types of end-of-life care they wish to receive, but only 22% have documented their wishes. Significant variations in advance care planning utilization also exist among racial and ethnic groups. About 25% of those who have documented their wishes are white.

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Under the Radar Challenges for Hospice Nurses

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Hospice nurses face unique challenges compared to others across the care continuum, according to Danny Cox, a registered nurse. Cox is also senior vice president of clinical operations at Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care, which serves Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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The Hospice CARE Act’s Potential to ‘Dramatically Reshape’ End-of-Life Care Delivery

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Leading concerns in the industry include the bill’s suggested regulatory reforms to address program integrity in the hospice industry, along with potential changes to reimbursement, caregiver support and palliative care payment pathways. This is a hard balance to strike,” Gurian said.

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Bilingual Patient Navigation Can Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Hispanic Patients

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Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today ! Bicultural and bilingual palliative patient navigator interventions may be a key to improving access to goal concordant care among Hispanic populations with serious illness, according to recent research. among others. “In

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2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care

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Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. End-of-life care truly needs to be reimagined,” Hamilton Fried told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We

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Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to use documentation in a patient’s medical record as supporting material. The documentation would include the reasons that an attending physician certified a patient for hospice and establish a six-month terminal prognosis.

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Compliance Landmines in the Hospice Regulatory Landscape

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The current state of hospice regulations has providers walking compliance tightropes, according to Patrick Harrison, senior director of regulatory and compliance at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Fraud, waste and abuse exist in several different industries and health care is no exception.

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