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Former VITAS Manager Becomes VP of Operations; Hawaii E.D. Doc Turns Hospice Medical Director

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Kauai Hospice Recruits Retired Emergency Doc as Medical Director. Dr. William “Monty” Downs is stepping into a new role as medical director of Hawaii-based Kaua‘i Hospice after retiring from 50 years in the emergency department at Wilcox Health Medical Centert. Wilcox Health is part of Hawaii Pacific Health.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News. Having clinicians more involved in grief programs allows families’ a continued interdisciplinary support after a loved ones’ through that direct connection, Gross explained.

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The Tangled Web of Pediatric Palliative Care Payment and Policy

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Operated in partnership with the Hospice of the Valley, the inpatient facility offers pediatric palliative care, hospice, grief support and respite services. He and his wife Holly Cottor are co-founders of Ryan House in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Providence Hospice-Community Healthcare of Texas Opens New Palliative Care Clinic

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“Our intention is not to replace primary care clinicians but to serve as an additional resource, helping patients and their families plan for the future,” said Dr. Joshua Wesley, medical director for Providence Hospice-Community Healthcare of Texas, in a statement.

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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

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Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. Medical cannabis can also be beneficial in symptom management for cancer patients, according to recent research.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services.

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