Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Winston & Strawn LLP acted as legal counsel to The Care Team, which provides home health and hospice in Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas and now Indiana. This marks the home health and hospice provider’s fourth acquisition since it became a portfolio company of private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners in 2019.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Based on that analysis, the general perception that palliative care costs more money than it saves doesn’t hold water, Dr. Vipul Bhatia, associate chief medical officer for WellSpan said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Annual Leadership Conference. We have to see them early enough to see the impact.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Alex Ferguson has stepped into the role of senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Agape Care Group. The South Carolina-based hospice and palliative care provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. as its president and CEO.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

William Collinge, associate director of the Integrative Palliative Care Institute in Washington, said most palliative care organizations evolved as basic, mainstream medical care provided by doctors, nurses and social workers. The integrative model highlights an ongoing evolution. But it is still an emerging field.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart that took place at the Hospice News Elevate Conference in Chicago. Hospice News: I am here with Maria Warren and we’re going to talk a little bit about technology and value-based care. Are you not?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

“The ideas underpinning all of this is that when patients’ needs are really complex, everyone should have access to a specialty team of palliative care specialists in whatever setting they’re receiving care,” Bowman said at the C-TAC-CAPC Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. “We It’s moving this team of professionals upstream.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Through the project, the center seeks to design an interdisciplinary serious illness conversation care model.The Dartmouth Cancer Center, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Dartmouth Health are collaborating on the initiative through a joint venture. Our colleagues in oncology were a natural place to start.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The proposed legislation in California ibrings attention to the value of health care workers and the need to attract more professionals to the field amid rising demand – especially nurses in senior services, according to Craig Dresang, CEO of California-based YoloCares.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

(NYSE: CHEM), recently launched a targeted hiring and retention wellness initiative designed to ease workforce strains and increase capacity for patient care, paving the way for sustainable long-term growth. The post VITAS Deploys New Retention Program to Combat Labor Headwinds appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

According to Wu, the hospital sees about 1,000 patients a year across the spectrum of serious illnesses; some of the most common diagnoses include sepsis, heart failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cancer and dementia. This is where connecting at a heart level runs through everything we do,” Wu said.

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Given this remarkable shift, it's clear that end-of-life care is growing in demand and with it, a need for residential hospice agencies. Hospice agencies offer a peaceful environment for people nearing the end of their lives. In this article, we'll explore how to start a hospice agency and ensure its success.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The last few years in particular carried exacerbated pressures on palliative care workers, according to Beth Lown, chief medical officer at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare based in Boston. During that time frame, workers reported low levels of well-being that indicated a higher potential risk of burnout.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As NHPCO advised its members in a Member Alert this morning, the legislation contains measures that will affect hospices positively and negatively. Telehealth extension: The legislation extends hospice telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2024, which were initially enacted as part of the CARES Act in 2020.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

That meant helping community colleagues understand that Pallitus serves patients with any serious or life-limiting illness, regardless of their prognosis. “Hosparus sounds a lot like hospice, and so many of our community colleagues were not referring patients,” Dillon told Palliative Care News. “So,

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

MAY 6, 2024

Rabia Atayee, PharmD BCPS FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Care. I am immensely grateful for the influential figures who have shaped my journey in Hospice and Palliative Care (HAPC).

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

This article is based on a Palliative Care News discussion with Deanna Heath, Senior Vice President of customer experience at KanTime, Jared King, Vice President of business development and sales at Hospice Dynamix and Sundar Kannan, CEO of KanTime. Can palliative care function without numerous systems? How do you get there?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today? That roundtable approach is key in hospice as it is at CHAP.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 22, 2024

The Traditions Health hospice volunteer coordinator oversees 13 volunteers at two agencies in Georgia — one in Lawrenceville and one in Roswell. That’s important because volunteers enter patients’ homes. During that time, she’s come to understand what patients need, and how volunteers can add value.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

She explains why VNS is bullish toward concerns about a hospice carve-in, and she also shares an outlook on the VBID demonstration’s extension through 2030. Additionally, she discusses VNS’s outcomes-driven approach to end-of-life care, and how they are helping other organizations employ a similar approach.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 10, 2024

Daniel Shalev, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. I’ve been fortunate to have many impactful and dedicated mentors who have profoundly shaped my journey in hospice and palliative medicine.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

Founded in 2008 on compassion and clinical excellence, Traditions Health has grown to become a trusted in-home hospice care provider with 79 hospice locations across 18 states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Learn more about hospice care from a trusted and nationally recognized provider today.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. social worker, chaplain), everyone should be able to ask a question or two about spiritual concerns, social concerns, or physical concerns. How did you decide to focus just on palliative care?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Some hospices have recently expanded the reach of their inpatient services while other providers have temporarily shuttered these programs. AMOREM Set to Launch Inpatient Facility North Carolina-based AMOREM will soon unveil a new inpatient hospice care facility to help improve access in its home state.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Hospices are increasingly collaborating with community organizations to better address the end-of-life needs of the homeless population. The Denver-based nonprofit organization offers shelter for people with end-of-life care needs. They may also need access to a continuum of care further upstream of hospice, he stated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Assessing clinician satisfaction and streamlining onboarding can pay off for hospices when it comes to staff retention. Hospices have poured dollars into retention amid widespread workforce shortages exacerbated by the pandemic. It impacts clinical capacity and our ability to serve patients.” Hospice News photo).

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Having a greater understanding around the impacts of trauma and abuse can help hospices improve end-of-life experiences for patients and working conditions for staff. Training and education are keys to caring for patients and employees with unique needs impacted by trauma and abuse.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

So before we became accredited by, with the Joint Commission in their home care program, we were already receiving referrals from local physicians, nurses, social workers, discharge planners, at a number of different healthcare systems in the area. You know, we improve the quality of patient care by, by following that patient.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

“[Family members as caregivers] are chronically overlooked by our health care system, even as care decisions and delivery happen in the home more than ever before. This lack of recognition has led to a lack of support,” Steven Lee, co-founder and CEO of ianacare, told Hospice News.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled “How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle.” Some viewed this piece as an affront to the amazing work hospice does for those approaching the end of their lives by cherry picking stories of a few bad actors to paint hospice is a bad light.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For palliative care clinicians, that apathy can lead to the depersonalization of patients, negatively affecting patient care. The need to roll with the nearly constant changes in the health care system also takes a toll, according to an executive panel from Houston Hospice.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Staffing strains and quality concerns have hospice providers relying more heavily on technology to strengthen the delivery, timing and experience of end-of-life care. There’s a human element to it and a patient-centered care element to it that helps advance health care overall.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The sons were very focused on rehabilitation, and the patient gave his assent. We additionally discussed hospice care as an option for care that might follow the trial of rehabilitation. Many of them aren’t enrolled in hospice before they die. That’s the problem. What are other options?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A recent study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management found that the primary care-led, integrated approach to palliative care espoused by agilon were two-thirds less likely to die in a hospital and on average spent five more days at home near the end of life. We can bring powerful data and care pathways.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

The thing that sets them apart from each other is the type of patient that each service is tailored to. The priorities and outcomes of the two types of care can also be quite different. What Are The Similarities of Hospice and Home Health? Hospice is indicated for end of life care for patients with a terminal illness.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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