Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2022

Strategies revealed in the study include increasing the amount of social workers and re-allocating non-clinical responsibilities, such as scheduling, to other areas of the organization.”. Hospice worker wage and salary increases ranged from 3% to 6% during the last two years.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2023

Compared to routine home care, patients receiving the general inpatient level of care (GIP) were 22.8% less likely to receive a SIA-applicable visit during the last two days of life compared to those in routine home care, the Abt analysis found. SIA visits for patients in GIP on average had 67.6 fewer minutes.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

She retrained as a social worker, and it was while she was a social worker that she began to formulate her ideas for better kind of end of life care, which was to become hospice care, modern hospice care. And I’m sad to say it, but I don’t think doctors are gonna listen to a social worker.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The national average hourly rate for Hospice registered nurses rose 4.58% in 2023, down from a 5.95% increase in 2022, according to a new report by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The house is designed for terminally ill patients whose residences are not suitable for routine or continuous home care, or those whose care needs are too complex for family caregivers to manage. Nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and aides affiliated with Mitchell House will provide additional support.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This tracks with available data. AAHPM’s chief medical officer, told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, efforts to fill that gap in care often struggle due to limited reimbursement, primarily managed through Medicare fee-for-service, Gentiva COO Nick Stengle said in a panel discussion at the Home Care 100 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Clinicians are reachable 24/7, including through telehealth support.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The center offers seniors access to primary care, therapies, skilled care, social and emotional support and day care at the Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic; in-home care and support and transportation to and from Empath LIFE or other approved specialists. That eliminates fragmented care.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2024

This centralization was designed to ensure consistency in its grief care operations and to ensure comparable quality across the company’s national footprint, Yelena Zatulovsky, vice-president of patient experience for AccentCare, said at the Home Care 100 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Routine home care includes intermittent care such as nursing, aide support for activities of daily living, physical therapy, and more in the place they call home. Continuous home care provides a healthcare provider for 8-24 hours per day. Continuous home care is short-term in nature.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 28, 2025

With a robust and growing membership and an engaged board, the Academy is strongly positioned to be a leading voice for hospice and palliative care physicians and professionals. His track record of success, combined with his dedication to improving care at home, makes him an invaluable addition to our team.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Janet Abrahm, the creator of the first palliative care service and fellowship at Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women’s, told PCN that with increased home care services, professionals can start meeting patients where they are. She also underscored workforce shortages.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The clearest example of how this works was the 2020 rebasing of payments for the four levels of hospice care. CMS that year reduced routine home care (RHC) rates by 2.7% and increased amounts for continuous home care, general inpatient care, and inpatient respite care by the same percentage.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

That model is a mix of in-person and virtual visits, nurse practitioners, RNs, social workers and community health workers,” Baumgardner said. “I “We’re in talks with a couple of other payers and also joint venture partners about expanding our value-base; we’re really focusing on that right now.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Weber ascended to the role after serving as vice president of operations for hospice at Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, a New Day Healthcare company. The company’s roughly 7,000 employees provide care to an average daily census of more than 11,000 patients.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Connecticut Hospice cited several goals of launching the new caregiving program, including implementing best practices in dementia care and assistance managing patient behaviors, among others. The post The Connecticut Hospice Launches Dementia Caregiver Services appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

CareLinx is the parent company of Sharecare, which operates a digital platform network of tech-enabled home care providers. Community Care Choices is a community-based palliative care provider. Respite care is provided for caregivers, along with skilled nursing services, and a minimum of 16 hours of monthly in-home care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

These factors often leave pediatrics-trained hospice and palliative care clinicians juggling a higher volume of cases than those who care for adults only. For example,] a registered nurse acting as a social worker, or a social worker acting as a chaplain, child life specialist, or complementary therapist.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This isolation can be compounded for LGBTQ+ seniors with terminal and serious illnesses, according to Dr. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

More access to care is critical,” Alex Mauricio, CEO of Bristol Hospice, told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 conference. “I I think providers need to come together and figure out how we continue to attract more talent to the health care space, how we partner with schools, how we partner with each other.”

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Additional palliative team members included Kim Danforth, a licensed social worker, and Brooke Simmons as its new medical assistant. The medical center’s range of inpatient and outpatient continuous care includes emergency and rehabilitative services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

So building our health care system on this idea — and it’s true, not only in hospice but in any home care and child care. We just assume that the families are equipped to keep a person at home, but we don’t do anything to make that happen. I propose that is the social worker.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Data on quality outcomes has become a part of that picture – one that comes with developing pathways to palliative training through partnerships between hospital and health systems as well as hospices and home health, she stated. “We She is also president-elect of the Case Management Society of America in Detroit, Michigan.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

The caregiver support company ianacare provides tools, support, and empowerment for at-home care as part of employment benefits. In addition to defining what palliative care is, providers should consider the caregivers—both their role and well-being.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 18, 2019

offering a full range of in-home services, from home care, to skilled nursing services, to highly-specialized care for chronic diseases. About Lifematters Founded in 2004, Lifematters is the largest employer-based home care and care management company in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Bereaved families often face tremendous challenges fielding a barrage of tasks following a loved ones’ death, according to Grant Marylander, grief counselor at Trail Winds Hospice, which provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care. White serves as bereavement coordinator and chaplain at Kansas-based Interim HealthCare of Topeka.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2023

In addition to nurses, the retention program also aimed to recruit admission nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. We’re prepared for an uptick, but there’s been a lot of effort and expense in developing that workforce.” All told, hospice saves Medicare $3.5 billion annually, the study found.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

So most of that palliative care is under that physician service or physician practice type of element. It’s the other disciplines that are problematic, social workers, CNAs, nurses. But you can certainly get reimbursed for nurse practitioner or physician services through managed care or Medicaid as well.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

“We can provide better care to patients with advanced and serious illness, and it’s encouraging to see research show what changes could come in hospice.” CMMI analysts examined four payment model demonstrations to determine current barriers to palliative care access and utilization.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Howe to the care team at The Denver Hospice,” Interim President Tricia Ford said in an announcement. “Dr. Established in 1978, The Denver Hospice provides care to more than 4,000 hospice and around 1,200 palliative care patients annually in nine counties in Colorado. .

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Children’s Specialized Hospital in 2015 launched its Pediatric Palliative Care Anchor Training Program, which includes interdisciplinary education pathways for professionals to expand their expertise and skills in serious illness care for children and families. How has your program taken shape since that first discussion?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patients at the hospital-based center receive care in a home-like clinical setting that includes overnight accommodations for friends and family. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Amedisys cited Muscato’s integral roles in strategic investments such as the joint venture strategy the company is pursuing with its Tennessee-based subsidiary Contessa Health, which grew its reach into the high-acuity home care space. Recent hires also include nurse case managers Caitlin Cunningham and Annette Drouin.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2024

I would say we have a number of employee recognition programs that honor nurses, CNAs, aides, physical therapists, social workers, health care, staffing employees, home care and hospice employees and veterans. It’s never been more important to show the professionals how valued they are to us.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

Meier’s talk inspired Main Line Health to begin assessing its palliative care programs for opportunities to expand, according to Terre Mirsch, the Pennsylvania-based health system’s executive director of home care and hospice. The key to this was the anticipated reductions in the total cost of care.

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