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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Rising competition in the hospice space has fueled pivotal changes in end-of-life care delivery both for better and for worse, according to Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley Executive Director Debbie Shumway. Some hospices have embraced service diversification while others have remained focused on end-of-life care.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Hospice News explores the issues garnering growing attention in end-of-life care delivery in seven of this years hidden gem stories. Patient, Staff Satisfaction Biggest ROIs of Trauma-Informed Hospice Care Investing in trauma-informed training can come with improved hospice patient and staff satisfaction.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Hospices flagged by the SFP also will be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle and could face monetary penalties or expulsion from the Medicare program. When it comes to end-of-life care, you only have one chance to get it right,” Van Duyne said in a statement emailed to Hospice News.
Hospice News
APRIL 22, 2025
Peeling back problematic barriers Caucasians and individuals in urban areas have historically been the largest patient populations to access hospice care. White Medicare decedents represented 86% of individuals who utilized hospice in 2023, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. in 2023, compared to 17.9%
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act to the Senate designed to promote greater access to those services among Medicare beneficiaries. The goal of the bill is to think about barriers to advance care planning utilization. Warner (D-Va.) House of Representatives by Rep.
Hospice News
APRIL 18, 2025
These regions have seen swarms of new hospices emerging and receiving Medicare dollars. When it comes to identify theft, fraudulent hospices obtain patients information and enroll them in hospice without their knowledge or consent. Many of these patients end up back in the hospital because they are receiving no help in the home.
Hospice News
JULY 13, 2023
But providers can also benefit from considering data that comes from outside their organizations to identify prevailing trends, inform their marketing efforts and guide their decision making. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5
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