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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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While some innovative technology trends have aided in improved rural hospice care delivery, regulatory and reimbursement challenges remain a pain point for providers trying to burgeon access among hard to reach, underserved communities, Graham told Hospice News. If youre a rural hospice, you may have higher reimbursement needs.

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VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

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Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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Ohio is among the top 10 states for hospice utilization, but for some populations that rate has not gone up. A dire need exists to be able to better support physicians, hospital discharge planners and social workers on culturally relevant approaches to care at home and having end-of-life conversations with minority families and patients.

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Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

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Strong staff education and reimbursement are among the keys to successfully integrating social determinants of health within a palliative care program. Catholic Hospice and Catholic Palliative Care Services is part of the Florida-based Catholic Health Services of the Archdiocese of Miami.

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How an Advance Care Planning Bill Could Impact Hospice and Medicare

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and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act to the Senate designed to promote greater access to those services among Medicare beneficiaries. Social workers are probably the most positioned for these kinds of conversations. million, Grant told Hospice News. Warner (D-Va.)

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Hospices Navigating a New World of Quality

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The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. The hospice provider has a triage 24/7 call line for patients and caregivers to connect with clinical and social worker teams.

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Key Research Trends: Long Hospice Stays, Palliative Care Save Medicare Dollars

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This is the first of a two-part service that will detail key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence they ways hospices communicate and operate. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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