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Palliative Care Momentum Growing Among Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. You start wherever the need is, and wherever it’s presented for you and your organization in your community,” Doleman said during the conference.

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Executive Changes at Niagara Hospice, Transcend Strategy Group, AMOREM, HomeCare & Hospice

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I would like to personally thank every employee, past and present for taking this journey with me. To my board members, thank you for supporting me and our vision to improve health care throughout [western New York]. Niagara Hospice has an average daily census of roughly 40 patients and an annual census of more than 1,200 patients.

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4 Hospices Tap New Executive, Clinical Leaders 

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Moreland joining the company is the next step in a decades-long career in hospice. His previous employers include Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ: AVAH), Nextaff, Saint Jude Hospice & Spirit Homecare, Iowa Hospice and Bon Secours Health System, among others.

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

.” The new institution carries on the work of the Illinois-based JourneyCare Foundation, an affiliate of the former JourneyCare Hospice that supported community-based palliative and hospice care for patients without insurance or who lacked sufficient resources to pay for services.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

The story lacked sufficient context to reflect a clear and accurate picture of the hospice community, according to the Hospice News editorial. Factors deemed suspicious, like live discharges or recertifications, were often presented as clear indicators of fraud, even though they could be matters of medical necessity.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

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But perhaps ironically, patients with longer hospice stays may ultimately save payers more money due to reductions in high acuity and other aggressive forms of care in a patients’ final year of life. Recent data show that hospice stays of six months or longer can reduce health care costs in a patient’s last 12 months by as much as 11%.

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Future Leaders: Steven Alessandro, CEO of Interim HealthCare franchises

Hospice News

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].