Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2024
If the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule is finalized as written, hospices may encounter some hurdles implementing some of the new requirements. CMS late last month issued its proposed hospice rule for 2025. The proposal called for a 2.6% increase in hospice per diem base rates, a number that many stakeholders say is insufficient in today’s economic climate.
Comfort Home Care
APRIL 5, 2024
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, a month-long focus on bringing attention to this life-changing disease. It’s a time to create a greater understanding and discuss the need for support for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. Comfort Home Care has been providing quality senior care in Rockville for nearly three decades. We support families and their loved ones through the challenges of Parkinson’s with compassion and skilled support.
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Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2024
The HAP Foundation is partnering with the Child Life Hospice and Palliative Network (CLHPN) to improve awareness of and access to child life services among seriously ill youths and their families. The HAP Foundation helps support research and education in hospice and palliative care. Through the partnership, the organization will help fuel CLHPN’s efforts to expand understanding and utilization of child life specialist services and their benefits for families facing terminal and chronic illness.
The Caregiving Years Training Academy
APRIL 5, 2024
We’re building a caregiving talent pool that offer value to organizations because these professionals deliver services that make a difference. Imagine. Health care organizations, payers, Employee Assistance Programs and wellness benefits organizations set up exhibits at a recruiting event. Who are they recruiting? Individuals with a lived experience who completed specialized training in order serve family caregivers and former family caregivers.
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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.
Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2024
The scope of palliative care is broadening across the nation, but a lack of sufficient payment mechanisms is curbing growth. Patient data will play a key role in forming sustainable palliative reimbursement. Calls have grown louder for a federally established community-based palliative care benefit as demand rises among swelling aging populations with a range of serious illnesses.
Nurse Nacole
APRIL 5, 2024
Category: Fundamentals Victims of sudden cardiac arrest as a result of traumatic injuries do not usually survive. The heart, aorta and pulmonary arteries may have sustained injury that will prevent the resumption of normal cardiovascular function.
Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2024
WTWH Media, LLC (“WTWH Media”) Healthcare is pleased to announce the inaugural class of the 2024 Memory Care Innovation Awards. This program honors the people focused on providing innovative cognitive care delivery across the behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing and senior living, and skilled nursing industries.
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