Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

Although uncommon, the severity of symptoms and increased mortality risks associated with rare diseases is fueling greater demand for more specialized health care professionals. Some gaps exist because they can’t access care without much needed specialists [nearby]. The Indianna-based health system provides hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Franklin, Tennessee-headquartered Traditions provides hospice, home health and palliative care as well as consulting services across 18 states. Heart to Heart Hospice Appoints CMO, National Medical Director Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice has tapped Dr. Michael Bond as its new chief medical officer and national medical director.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

The Denver Hospice – an affiliate of the Care Synergy network – has named a new president. The end-of-life care provider announced the hiring of Ernesto Lopez on July 11. The Denver Hospice is one of the largest end-of-life care providers in its region. 21, according to the organization. “We

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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 News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Hospices have come under increasing regulatory oversight during a time of prolific workforce shortages , rising demand and technology innovations that are reshaping end-of-life care delivery. Historically in hospice at times the medical director and physician role has been [less] active and involved.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Hospice and palliative care will be a “strong focus” of services provided at the new senior living facility, Heartlinks Adult Family Home, said Shelby Moore, the organization’s executive director. There are very limited respite care options in our region. that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Onboarding processes have an important role in preparing hospice clinicians for the nuances of providing end-of-life care. Developing a peer-support structure is a key part of clinical workforce retention when it comes to clearly defining the expectations of end-of-life care delivery and nuances involved, Guernier said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2022

I anticipate HR taking a front row seat in health care as our nation faces clinical staffing shortages over the next two decades.”. Widespread workforce shortages of hospice and palliative care providers are expected to worsen during the next 25 years. Concern over non-clinical staff is gaining momentum.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The case illustrates the scale of activity occurring among fraudulent actors seeking a profit while providing poor or negligent care and exploiting the vulnerability of specific patient populations. #3: NAHC and NHPCO have since joined forces to form the National Alliance for Care at Home. . #4:

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

He is responsible for strategic direction and oversight of medical services and staff at Treasure Coast Hospice, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance and evaluating patient eligibility for hospice services. Crouch is also charged with facilitating the growth and operations of the organization’s palliative care services.

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Pallimed

JUNE 14, 2021

by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) This past few days, I came across two great opportunities that I wanted to share with a wider audience of hospice and palliative care clinicians. They are looking for voice memos from people who work in end-of-life care. First is the podcast and radio show, Radiolab.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It contains no hard dosing thresholds for prescribing opioids and instead “aims promote equitable access to effective, informed, individualized, and safe pain management that improves patients’ function and quality of life, while clarifying and reducing the risks associated with opioid use (19).”

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NHPCO

JULY 25, 2023

Our members deliver and expand access to high-quality, person-centered interdisciplinary care to millions of Americans. 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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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The National Cancer Institute , part of the National Institutes of Health, provides valuable information on the subject of hospice care. Here is a summary: Hospice care and palliative care are not the same thing. Entering hospice care is not indicative of giving up hope. Hospice support is available for months.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

What staff members are a part of hospice care? Regardless of where you receive care, most hospice care teams have similar construction. Here is a breakdown of our teams at Seasons Hospice: Medical directors oversee your loved one’s care at Seasons, ensuring they receive care tailored to their needs.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2025

Decisions at the end of life reach beyond an individuals medical condition and involve in-depth consideration of how each person defines quality, according to Sharon Hamill, executive director at the California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

A contingent of health care providers across the country are making new investments in pediatric palliative care, but building these programs is no easy feat. The staffing issues occurring throughout health care represent a critical barrier. The labor concerns go beyond mere numbers. Hospices are also stepping up.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She replaces Cathy Swanson, who has led the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider since 2021 when it rebranded as AMOREM following the merger of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. McLeod was most recently a health care consultant at CD&M Consulting.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

A number of my clients tell me that they get reimbursed for approximately 60% of their actual costs of providing the care,” Schramm told Palliative Care News. Tom Cornwell, national medical director of Village Medical at Home in Chicago, indicated. We get adequate dollars just by doing that.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Hospice and palliative care providers can benefit from understanding federal and state laws around the use of psychedelics by serious and terminally ill patients. Fratkin, palliative care specialist for Humboldt Center for New Growth, and founding partner and principal palliative care consultant at Fire & Water Consulting.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Our measure will empower Americans who are without plans for end-of-life care to be prepared in the event they experience severe illness,” said Blumenthal in a statement. “By If enacted the bill would significantly expand federal resources to support advance care planning and end-of-life care decision making.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Hospice News: Jason has an incredible background in post-acute care that we’re going to talk about today. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2023

Though older Asian-American adults may be less likely to discuss pain and symptom management needs with their health care professionals, they may be more receptive to the psychosocial support included in hospice and palliative care, according to recent research from VITAS’ Healthcare. between 2010 and 2019. They represent 1.8%

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

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. So that’s how I created Mourning Dove Medical.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 1, 2022

High Peaks Hospice would like to honor our Medical Director, Dr. Curt Gedney for National Doctors Day by sharing information about him with the team. From that moment on his life’s direction was set… Dr. Gedney was going to work in the field of Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Some leaders foresee several more years of workforce scarcity as stakeholders work to expand clinical education in hospice and palliative care. Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated. The shortage isn’t going away.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults. Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. I’m a pediatrician.

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