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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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NPHI is a national advocacy organization with more than 100 nonprofit advanced illness care providers, including those offering hospice and palliative care services. Cameron’s leadership has already left an enormous mark on NPHI and the end-of-life care community,” NPHI President Carole Fisher said in the statement.

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The State of the Hospice Nursing Workforce 

Hospice News

A main issue is that many students do not receive adequate exposure to hospice and palliative care during their medical education, including training in the full scope of these interdisciplinary services. Introducing end-of-life care sooner in their education could “make a dent” busting this myth, Dias stated.

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Joining Forces: 2024’s Hospice Investment, Consolidation Trends

Hospice News

Chapters Health provides hospice, home health, palliative care and other services in its home state, as well as in Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The valuations in these deals are tilted more towards hospice than in home health.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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The mobile practice is focused on caring for patients who have been discharged alive from hospice until they once again are deemed eligible. Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. I thought it was withholding care. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E

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Program Integrity, Health Equity, Workforce Pressures Top of Mind for Hospice Leaders in 2024

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Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1% reduction, according to a joint report released in March by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Where Hospices Are Seeing the Greatest ROI on Staffing Investments

Hospice News

Roughly 30 different palliative care clinics provided insight for the survey. The battle for registered nurses has been a particular sore spot for hospice and palliative care providers, according to Rose Wagner, chief operating officer of AMGA Consulting. It’s easier to keep people than it is to hire new people.

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Future Leader: Drake Jarman, SVP of Growth, Hospice, Amedisys

Hospice News

This entails closer integration with palliative care and innovative payment models that allow for holistic, end-of-life care. Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care.

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