Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Gavin Baumgardner, national medical director for palliative and complex care for Contessa, told Hospice News. “We’re The joint ventures’ boards have a 50/50 split among members from each partner with oversight by a dedicated medical director. We’re seeing internal growth within those existing programs.”

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

Patients with eating disorders can face an array of challenges that impede access to health care and pose risk of negative care experiences, according to Dr. Jonathan Treem, regional medical director of palliative care and hospice at Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group | Kaiser Permanente.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 2023 Annual Leadership Conference.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

The grant will also support efforts to address social determinants of health, according to Dr. Heidi Young, associate chief medical officer for Capital Caring and medical director of the Primary Care at Home program. The dollar amount was undisclosed. million primary care visits in 2016.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6% Medical social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly increase, but in terms of productivity tended to have larger caseloads, with a national average of 29.15 These nurses saw average national salary increases of 5.95% in 2022. patients compared to 14.12

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. The Northeast Georgia model provides a nurse practitioner, who works under the advice of a physician, and a social worker. That’s when we started to revamp the program.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. “We’re

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. For individuals who take part in the program, they are required to be visited by a nurse and a social worker once per month.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

If restrictions eased around controlled substances, then hospice providers might be more open to their use, according to Dr. Karl Steinberg, medical director for Hospice by the Sea. He is also CEO of California-based Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Inc. I don’t see a lot of focus on the possible harms.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. AAHPM president and vice president and national medical director of Aspire Health.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

Brown is also medical director of Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Phelps Center for Cerebral Palsy. For many patients with rare diseases, unmet needs extend far beyond the medical or clinical manifestations of their conditions,” Brown told Palliative Care News in an email.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Additional services include medical equipment assistance, a telehospice program, and music, reiki and pet therapies, among others.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. Hospice utilization reached 46.1% in California during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). that year reported by MEDPAC. “It

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The interdisciplinary program is open to all New Mexico primary care and specialty care providers, chaplains, social workers, and virtually “anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care,” said university representatives. Piromalli is also co-medical director of Project ECHO.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2024

Pagliaro joined the organization in 2012 as a hospice and palliative physician, ascending into roles such as associate director of palliative medicine and vice president of medical services. Pagliaro is also medical director of palliative medicine at Jefferson Health East and serves on its ethics and cancer committees.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

Over time, Unity’s palliative care team began serving more patients in their homes, including those with other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder or advanced dementia, according to Medical Director Dr. Amy James.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

The center is not immune to the labor pressures, but seeks ways to do more with less to ensure patients’ needs are met, according to the center’s medical director Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf. The organization recently added two additional staff members trained by the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This isolation can be compounded for LGBTQ+ seniors with terminal and serious illnesses, according to Dr. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We have a social worker, medical director, chaplain services, nursing care and nursing assistants, and bereavement and volunteer coordinators. My concern is still around the ability to recruit health care workers with the environment of nursing and doctor turnover and burnout. We just admitted our 50th patient.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While those who work directly with patients such as nurses and CNAs are more likely to report symptoms of burnout, social workers, grief counselors, doctors and chaplains working with palliative care organizations experience the same degree of trauma and need the same support, Waldrop said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She previously served as its associate medical director following her fellowship, then moved on to become its director of pediatrics before ascending to her current leadership position. “It Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director. Goode will continue to care for patients on a part-time basis.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Valley Health’s palliative care model includes a full interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. Valley Health currently offers palliative care in a number of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, subacute medical facilities and the home.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time. Our medical director is a volunteer and has been here for 22 years. But it’s a beautiful model because of the lack of complication. Our volunteers actually go through a really lengthy training program and are willing to do that.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. Luckily, we have been able to stay fully staffed. Our staff right now has three nurses — including myself. We’re starting small to be able to manage patients coming to us.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Not only problems related to diagnosis and treatment, but also the myriad challenges that arise in the social realm,” Hospice of the Valley Executive Medical Director Ned Stolzberg told local news. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

The whole team of nurses, social workers and chaplains were so committed to their patients,” Sheehan said. Lightways plans to continue developing its services by hiring a full-time pediatric medical director to foster a culture that truly understands palliative care for children. “We’re

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Nashville-headquartered organization recently secured a $60 million funding round to expand its health services for cancer patients, including palliative care and programs to address social determinants. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. We have medical social workers who support the patients.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated. Nurses saw average national salary increases of 5.95% in 2022. Many organizations also implemented bonus programs to attract job seekers and reduce turnover.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

Brubaker Miller is a licensed clinical social worker and brings more than 25 years of experience in the hospice industry. Rai will also oversee medical operations at Care Synergy’s new Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program, anticipated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Dr. Dustin Dillon, medical director of palliative care services at Pallitus, said it was important for the palliative care provider to stand on its own. Dillon said roadblocks to patient care often include a lack of access to transportation, food scarcity and medical bills.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility. We started having palliative care IDGs, where we would have our medical director sit in on case management and case conferences to understand “should we have actually coded this differently than we did?”

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

I would like to share this honor with the physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and counselors I have been privileged to work with to care for patients with cancer and substance use disorders. Second, much of HPM is interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary in nature.

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Comforcare Home Care

AUGUST 15, 2022

Hospice uses an interdisciplinary team consisting of a medical director, nurse, social worker, home health aide, spiritual care and volunteers. Hospice care focuses on quality of life, pain relief and symptom management rather than curing the illness. Hospice offers a full benefit of care and helps with end-of-life care.

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