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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas. “We

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NAHC-NHPCO Alliance Taking Shape

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The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) are moving forward on the integration of their combined new organization. Announced in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon).

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The State of the Hospice Nursing Workforce 

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A main issue is that many students do not receive adequate exposure to hospice and palliative care during their medical education, including training in the full scope of these interdisciplinary services. Registered hospice and palliative care nurses reported an average of $42.48

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Amedisys Sees Hospice Admissions Dip Despite Revenue Growth

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Hospice results were in part impacted by a -4% decrease in patient admissions and a 0.5% Other factors included rising hospice care delivery costs such as investments in clinical staffing and higher compensation and benefit costs, among others, the company reported. rise in average daily census volumes.

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Joining Forces: 2024’s Hospice Investment, Consolidation Trends

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Chapters Health provides hospice, home health, palliative care and other services in its home state, as well as in Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Affiliations with other hospice and senior service entities have been a cornerstone of Chapters growth.

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Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: How Telehealth Rules Will Change

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The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Though initially the telehealth waivers weren’t intended to be permanent, they will likely have long-term impacts in hospice.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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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. I thought it was withholding care.

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