Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We We borrowed from the experiences in home health with the proposals that we advanced the CMS including the 36-month rule, So if we see the hospice rules have an impact like the home health ones, then it will do its job,” Dombi said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The 36-month rule, when it was implemented for home health really had a significant impact on a very specific type of potential program integrity issue in home health. Home health has been and still is a very easy health care provider type for entrepreneurs to sort of enter the marketplace.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

Senate Finance Committee announced last year that they would investigate the relationship between Kindred at Home and its former private equity backers Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and TPG Capital. . Private equity activity has ramped up in recent years throughout the health care continuum, and hospice is no exception.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Quality data can help health care leaders across the continuum visualize the return on investment of growing palliative care training initiatives/partnerships, according to Brynn Bowman, CEO of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). She is also president-elect of the Case Management Society of America in Detroit, Michigan.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As you’re thinking about not only working with referral sources and other providers and facilities, they may start asking you for information about it, even if you’re not participating in it. You need to be able to use that information to then bring it forward and tell a story. It needs to be able to tell a story.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

Austin: I think in home health and hospice, there’s a different answer for each one. I would say generally speaking, in home-based care services, we don’t do a very good job of pounding our chest and saying, “Hey! For more information, visit?homecarepulse.com. homecarepulse.com.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This month’s CE, “Evidence-Informed Nursing Clinical Practices for Wound Debridement,” provides nurses with a wound management framework, an overview of wound debridement options based on the potential for wound healing, and scope of practice considerations for developing a plan of care.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 23, 2021

home care tech trends may be challenging, but it is necessary in order for agencies to strengthen and grow; and more importantly for providing better patient outcomes. Adrian Schauer identified that one of the major trends in 2021 would be a significant shift in home health-care from technology-enabled to technology-centric.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Adrian Schauer identified that one of the major trends in 2021 would be a significant shift in home health-care from technology-enabled to technology-centric. Even though there was a demand over the past two years to implement technology, there still are home care agencies falling behind. Take a look  here.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

Hospice News spoke with Hilliard about BoldAge’s PACE model, its plans for growth and how its executives’ experience in hospice, home health and palliative care will inform the company’s development. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies? There are a lot of similarities.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 28, 2018

With specialized education, programming, networking, and the chance to test-drive some of the most cutting-edge products and solutions, we are excited to learn more about the realities and challenges of operating a home infusion agency, as well as of course to display AlayaCare’s leading technology.

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Accessible Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2023

About Accessible Remote Care Management and Accessible Home Health Care Founded in 2001, Accessible Home Health Care provides compassionate home health care to support families and keep seniors safe in the homes they love. Accessible Home Health Care offers customizable in-home health care services.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Keep an eye out for new information from CMS regarding the pilot program and HHVBP requirements. Those who run referring sources like hospitals and skilled nursing facilities will want to know this information more than ever. The post What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing appeared first on AlayaCare.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Keep an eye out for new information from CMS regarding the pilot program and HHVBP requirements. Those who run referring sources like hospitals and skilled nursing facilities will want to know this information more than ever. Start considering new plans and strategies for improving your agency’s HHVBP measures.

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Hospice News

JUNE 12, 2023

What is your prediction for the shortage of leaders in home health and hospice? For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com. How long will it continue? Economists and labor analysts predict labor scarcity and a rising wage index will continue to be a problem for employers well into 2023.

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Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Of course you will want to fully enjoy this time with each other, but it’s also the best time to determine how she is really doing, and if you can detect any changes in her health that perhaps have gone undiscovered through phone calls and FaceTime. Has she provided anyone with personal information over the phone or internet?

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 19, 2019

Better Outcomes 2019 On September 18-20, 2019, AlayaCare will host its fourth annual Better Outcomes conference, which explores the challenges and opportunities in home health care and helps agencies understand how to best use technology to position themselves for future growth. AlayaCare was founded in 2014.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 10, 2023

Let’s say you’re a nurse like me who worked in home health for the first decade of your career. You’ve never worked in the hospital, and while you love home health, you’ve been feeling called to finally take the plunge and enter the world of acute care. As professionals, there’s always the micro and the macro.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 3, 2018

AlayaCare always aims to sit at the forefront of innovation in home health care technology. Having software that optimizes schedules and routes can cut travel time by 30 per cent — an efficiency that benefits client, caregiver, and agency.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Across the board, as the number of older adults receiving care at home grows, so will the need for nurses and caregivers specializing in home health, including nurses who understand the specific needs of individuals with HIV, which vary from person to person.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 26, 2022

Best practices for home health agencies include adopting a zero-tolerance policy for all incidents of violence and working with police to identify potentially dangerous neighborhoods where special precautions need to be taken and provide that information to employees.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That said, after back-to-back record years, we expected a drop in home health activity because of COVID and the introduction of PDGM, but 2022 will still be considered a strong year. For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 1, 2023

Let's say you're a nurse like me who worked in home health for the first decade of your career. You've never worked in the hospital, and while you love home health, you've actually been feeling called to finally take the plunge and enter the world of acute care. As professionals, there's always the micro and the macro.

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

Senior in-home care is a crucial part of caregiving in Rockville, MD, and throughout the DMV. At Comfort Home Care, we believe it’s the heartbeat of compassionate support for your loved ones. As the Baby Boomers (aka Boomers) advance in age, becoming well-informed about the dynamic world of home health care becomes vital.

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Comfort Home Care

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In part one of our two-part blog series, we discussed the initial steps on how to identify the ideal home health aide in the Rockville area. There are a variety of in-home health services available today Ensuring you’re getting the proper care from a reputable agency is very important. Finding Quality Agencies.

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Accessible Home Health Care

JULY 20, 2022

Founded in 2001, Accessible Home Health Care provides compassionate home health care to support families and keep seniors safe in the homes they love. For more information about Accessible Home Health Care, visit [link]. To learn about Accessible Remote Patient Monitoring, visit [link].

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Nurse.com

JUNE 3, 2022

According to the statistics and projections from the National Bureau of Labor and the Health Resources and Services Administration, the need for nurses skilled at providing care to patients in their homes is growing. This is a good time to consider a career in home health nursing.

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Home Care Pulse

APRIL 26, 2022

The intake team data shows that it takes an average of 72 hours for referral information to be received once it is requested. Common HIPAA Violations in Home Health: Navigating the 7 Trickiest Compliance Pitfalls. Michah’s data: Hospice Item Set Data A 180, Place of care prior to hospice. 30% inpatient hospital = 180 patients.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The proposed Transition Board was selected collaboratively by the boards of NAHC and NHPCO and represents the full breadth of the patient-centered healthcare sector providing care in homes and communities nationwide, with wide-ranging expertise, demographic and geographic diversity, varied organizational tax statuses, and other criteria.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

I was eager to build my skills in home health nursing. As I expanded my education, I focused on home health–a specialty I’ve always been drawn to because you can interact with people, and education is a big component. As the aging adult population grows, so will the need for skilled home care nurses and caregivers.

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 11, 2022

And if you work in home health, you know, that book backwards and forwards. And I have a funny story because, so I’m coming from having done Oasis d and Oasis D one when I was in home health. <affirmative> further information and to actually see the exact descriptor of the line by line.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

And then I transitioned to clinical education first at the local level, and then at, at a corporate level for a, uh, national, uh, home health company. Well, for anyone who is around in home health in 1998, <laugh> Dinosaur years, um, Medicare did one of its reimbursement cuts.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2022

So in the home health world, in the hospice world, we’ll take on one or two patients and do some per visit activity. And that doesn’t, that’s how I got started in home health. I took on patients on my way home from the rehab. Melanie Stover ( 27:04 ): Sure. Melissa Mendez ( 27:19 ): Perfect.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

Once we explain the comfort that we’re able to provide their loved one, it helps them to make more informed decisions. Our UnityPoint At Home Nurse Residency Program helps attract newly licensed registered nurses and prepare them for careers in home health care or hospice. That’s what they fear most.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

I’m curious as to how that learning experience may have informed your approach to educating others about hospice. For example, a patient may be hospice-eligible, but they may come on to home health because that’s all they know about. You came to it with some of those same misconceptions that others have.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 6, 2023

On his last day in the office, Sciullo sat down with Hospice News to talk about the need for care integration and his strategies for effective leadership in community-based health care. How do you think your experience working at the bedside informed your approach to executive leadership at Empath?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Just because I’ve been in home health longer than I’ve been in hospice, we learned that in home health a long time ago that garbage in and garbage out. J’non Griffin: I think that’s really important going into the HOPE tool and quality measures and all of that.

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