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Federal Funds Reignite Hospice Nurse Recruitment Initiative

Hospice News

A new hospice nursing recruitment effort has launched in the New England region after being stalled by the pandemic. The recruitment initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) and the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire (the Alliance).

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Leadership Through Empowerment: Charles Hall Takes Helm at Family Hospice

Hospice News

After a long stretch in pharmaceutical sales, I got involved with post-acute services through experience with Amedysis [Nasdaq: AMED], both in home health and hospice, and then worked with Brookdale Senior Livings [NYSE: BKD] health care services in a national role there. So that’s kind of what started the journey here.

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Three Key Gauges of Hospice Business Performance

Hospice News

Just think about it all the pharmacy needs, the nursing needs, the clergy needs, the supply needs, the equipment needs. Debbie Johnston, founder, Ask Nurse Debbie and Serenity First Hospice, author of The Hospice Handbook. “One This may include Medicare Advantage plans, ACOs and other entities. Examining per-payer margins.

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Palliative Care Increasingly Important in Value-Based Landscape

Hospice News

Primarily, Medicare reimburses for palliative care through fee-for-service payment programs that cover physician and licensed independent practitioner services. Already, a growing range of health care providers are investing in those services, including hospices, home health agencies, health systems, primary care and other providers.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Hospice News

Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. Her passion to provide excellence in home health care and hospice is evident.”

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Hospice M&A Going Strong, But Non-Medical Home Care a Rising Star

Hospice News

Deal volume for non-medical home care companies outstripped that for hospice or home health during the first half of the year. As of the end of Q2, this included 23 deals compared to 17 each for Medicare-certified home health and for hospice, according to a report by M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart.

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Pennant Group Retools for Efficiency in Troubled Labor Market

Hospice News

Wage inflation slowed sequentially, clinical headcount increased and home health and hospice turnover has declined as we continue to improve these trends will allow us to admit and serve more patients and residents.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased home health base rate payments by only 0.7%

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