Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2024

Given the significance of family caregivers in hospice care, providers can benefit from having tools to assess whether or not they are experiencing burnout. We implemented the caregiver self assessment questionnaire, which is a validated brief metric developed by the American Geriatric Society. There’s a very high number of U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Building partnerships with other providers can help mitigate these barriers, according to Dr. Nathan Goldstein, professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. However, about 50% of community-based palliative care providers are hospices, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

The impending demise of the hospice component of U.S. This included the addition of the hospice component in 2021, which was designed to test coverage of those services through Medicare Advantage. CMMI extended the program through 2030, but recently announced that the hospice portion will end on December 31, 2024.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care. How to screen for hearing loss.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

We expect that this support will, in many cases, stimulate new areas of science related to palliative care, including training and career development, pilot and exploratory studies, implementation and dissemination research and provision of research resources,” the agency told Hospice News in an email. “We

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Vicki Jackson, board president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), noted that palliative care has demonstrated a positive impact on patient-reported outcomes across various illnesses, including cancer, heart, liver, kidney disease and dementia.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

More home health care, health systems, hospices and primary care providers have gained a foothold in the palliative care space, often through community-based collaborations. A diversifying field Though hospices and health systems have largely dominated the palliative care market, primary care providers have increasingly delved into the space.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Roughly 5 to 8 million older adults nationwide have one or more mental health conditions, according to research from the supplement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Palliative care providers have opportunities to bridge gaps of unmet needs among patients who have serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and their families.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2024

The trend points to ways that patients might receive palliative services through new avenues, such as geriatrics, primary care or home health care. The post Palliative Care Integration on the Rise appeared first on Hospice News. A range of medical specialties are incorporating palliative care principles into their care models.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Though social determinants can take time and resources to build into palliative care programs, they come with a strong return on investment, according to Dr. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Bradford is an advanced certified hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and an active member of both the Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Tidewell Hospice, an affiliate of Empath Health.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

She recently joined the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) as its innovation lab clinical officer. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care. Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm.

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

This is according to Dr. Anand Iyer, a pulmonary critical care physician scientist and associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care; and the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). There are so many things.”

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. What are some of the factors that make a residency program age-friendly?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge emerged last year, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. That empathy is already in every pace employee that I’ve met in all of our centers so far, just like in hospice. So we are palliative care, and palliative care is not just the next step before hospice.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Two Maryland-based hospices, Hospice of Washington County and Gilchrist, have agreed to affiliate. We are excited about the synergy between our organizations,” Sara McKay, CEO of Hospice of Washington County and Franklin Hospice, said in a statement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

The impact of limited access to palliative psychiatry can include poor quality outcomes for those with mental health conditions, according to Dr. Priya Krishnasamy, associate professor in the departments of geriatrics, palliative medicine and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Again, this was not an AHPM or HPNA sponsored thing, but we did go around people on the street asking them two questions: what’s one thing that you’re hoping for in the future of palliative care and hospice, and what’s another thing when you’re thinking about what you’re worried about for the field?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Traditions Health Names SVP of Hospice Operations Traditions Health has appointed Tom Moreland as its new senior vice president of hospice operations. Franklin, Tennessee-headquartered Traditions provides hospice, home health and palliative care as well as consulting services across 18 states.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. the researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

It takes time to build up the payment, referral and workforce resources needed to support a sustainable palliative care program, according to Dr. Stephen Goldfine, chief medical officer at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When a health system is able to entrust their hospice, palliative care, and/or home health assets to an expert in the field, they can shift their focus to other areas where they are or can become world-class, and in some instances, create liquidity through the transaction,” Tanzer said. “For These partnerships are a win-win-win.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The four-person board includes experts in palliative care, geriatric oncology, health policy , care delivery, predictive analytics and health care innovation from health systems, cancer centers, and research institutions. “We’re The company offers palliative care in addition to other services.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

It’s not the same as home health and hospice. For Hughes, the PalliCare model realizes an ambition of filling the care gap between home health and hospice care. PalliCare focuses on geriatric patients, and Fluhart was quick to acknowledge seriously ill people outside that demographic also need palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

NACH is the newly combined organization formed by the June merger of National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Prior to that he was CEO of the home health and hospice provider Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Health Group Inc.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Alliance hinted that it was inching closer to a leadership decision earlier this month after completing an affiliation in June between the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). He also holds a masters degree in public health policy and management.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Data are reshaping the health care space, and hospice is no exception. Hospice providers have needed a window into access and utilization, as well as how lawmakers are shaping policies around health care. Data on CON laws has taken on new significance as regulators zero in on the hospice space.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 3-Act Model has been woven into various other programs across Johns Hopkins, including medicine residency at Bayview and multiple fellowship programs, spanning geriatrics to oncology. Now we’re trying to understand how to integrate that into our training and in our workflow so that we’re thinking about that,” he said.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

As health care stakeholders work to improve care coordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Organizations that are delivering hospice and palliative care now are looking to the future and wanting to provide more of a full-service solution for seriously ill patients,” Singleton told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

The population that is over 55 — considered geriatric inside prisons because people’s life spans are much shorter there — is nearly one-third of the prison population,” Gorlock told local news. The prison system was never designed to become a nursing home or hospice, but it has become one. They didn’t have a specific nurse for them.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Improved patient and staff satisfaction are among the most significant returns on investment for hospices that are pouring greater resources into trauma-informed training. This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? Now I would say that PACE is more where hospice was in the 90s. Can you elaborate on that?

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2022

A group of 17 Illinois health care organizations is collaborating to expand access to home-based primary care, including a number of hospice and palliative care providers. Among the participants is Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care. To maximize their opportunity, hospices have to adapt to taking on that role.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

Hospice News: We have Tina Taylor and we also have Christina Andrews here today. I am an acute care and adult and geriatric certified nurse practitioner. This article is sponsored by Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Thanks for sharing.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Others include a geriatric home-based primary care medical group called Welcome Health; Housecall Providers, an in-home primary and palliative care business; and the PACE program MyPlace Health, a joint venture between SCAN and Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA). This included what he called a clinical-first palliative care model. SCAN is a $4.3

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

Increasingly, both policymakers and providers are seeing potential opportunities to reform the Medicare Hospice Benefit, including the prospect of concurrent care. The rising prevalence of diagnoses like dementia is leading some to posit that the hospice benefit — initially designed for cancer patients — could use an update.

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