Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Though revenue streams for palliative care are often shallow, these services can generate sustainable growth for providers who can play their cards right with payers. When it comes to palliative care, billing teams need to have a firm grasp on the different levels of codes to apply when submitting claims, she continued.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2024

Pediatric palliative care providers have room for improvement when it comes to understanding the factors that can impact health care decisions among seriously ill young adults and adolescents. Pediatric palliative care providers can cultivate a variety of strategies to aid tough decisions among youth populations, Truba said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed Kari Bradford, a doctor of nursing practice, as its new palliative medical director. She will also serve as a mentor to palliative care teams, the company indicated in an announcement.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Strains on reimbursement, referrals and staffing represent the biggest obstacles to palliative care providers’ viability and growth. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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HopeHealth

JUNE 17, 2022

University of Rhode Island and HopeHealth partner on new palliative nursing fellowship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2022 South Kingstown, RI -- The University of Rhode Island (URI) and HopeHealth have partnered to support aspiring nurses in one of health care’s fastest-growing specialties: palliative care.

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Hospice Red River Valley

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Angela Maddock , RN, CHPN, has successfully passed the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN®) examination through the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center. where she obtained her education as a Licensed Practical Nurse and of Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Detroit Lakes, Minn.,

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Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Currently, this includes only physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, along with clinical social workers. “If If you spend more than 30 minutes, billable providers are limited to physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora entered the palliative care field nearly 20 years ago as a hospice aide. Today she is a hospice- and palliative care-certified nurse practitioner at MJHS Health System in Brooklyn. MJHS Nurse Practitioner Akunesokwu (Neso) Obiora provides community-based palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2023

Improving equitable, quality care for homeless populations involves providing education to internal hospice staff and to community care partners and referral sources, according to Nycole Snodgrass, director of operations for hospice and palliative at Providence Hospice Los Angeles County and SoCal Palliative Care.

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HPNA podcast

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Rachel Wells is an Assistant Professor and Core Mixed Methods Faculty in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Wells has focused on the development and testing of highly efficient and effective models of early palliative care for those living with advanced heart failure.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Joe Rotella, chief medical officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), calls on hospices to maintain their core principles amid a churning sea of regulatory and economic changes. It has just seen so much growth in hospice and palliative care. Now, Rotella will soon retire from AAHPM.

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HPNA podcast

APRIL 1, 2025

In this episode, we explore the profound impact of Kelli Anspach MSN, CV-BC, NPD-BC, CHPN's thriving and sustainable training program, which has successfully trained more than 1,000 hospital nurses over the past 10 years through the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) program, founded by Betty Ferrell PhD, MSN, CHPN.

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AJN Off the Charts

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. Browse and subscribe.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Cagle was one of the contributing researchers of the recently unveiled data from the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Brody is also a registered nurse in end-of-life care. The data revealed a tie between state certificate of need (CON) laws and hospice quality outcomes. A projected 12.7

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HPNA podcast

MAY 1, 2025

In this deeply personal and resonant episode, longtime hospice nurse and podcast host of The Heart of Hospice , Helen Bauer, BSN RN CHPN, shares an intimate look at the soul of hospice nursing the part thats rarely documented but always deeply felt.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Hospice and palliative care nurses work in a care giving space that is often difficult and foreign for most families, friends, and other caregivers. Hospice and palliative care nurses work with patients at the end of their lives, developing close bonds with the patient and the patient’s loved ones.

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Hospice Red River Valley

MARCH 28, 2022

Katrina Zierden , CNA, CHPNA, has successfully passed the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (CHPNA®) examination through the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center. The CHPNA® examination was designed for experienced certified nursing assistants. where she obtained her CNA education.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Palliative care can be equally rewarding and challenging. So much of who people are impacts their experience of the palliative journey. It should be no question, then, that minority nurses are an invaluable resource at this time. Yet, the current state of palliative care suggests that the industry doesn’t quite reflect this.

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HPNA podcast

AUGUST 3, 2021

. Palliative Nursing Leadership: Advocacy in Action. Together, they shed light on the role of the nurse in palliative care advocacy, including leading the way in addressing support for advancing the care of patients and families with serious illness. . Palliative Nursing Leadership: Advocacy in Action.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 25, 2024

” Based on their study findings, they offer recommendations for meeting the needs of hospitalized nurses. . ” Based on their study findings, they offer recommendations for meeting the needs of hospitalized nurses. Curious about the growing field of aesthetic nursing?

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HPNA podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2021

. Palliative Nursing Acute to Post Acute Transitions in Care: Challenges and Opportunities. Dr. Gentry is a nurse practitioner with the Duke University Palliative Care Consult Service, faculty at the Duke University School of Nursing, and a member of the Duke Hospital Ethics Committee.

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HPNA podcast

AUGUST 1, 2024

She is currently the Operations Director for Palliative Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Memphis, TN. She is currently the Operations Director for Palliative Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Memphis, TN. She is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Rosa, PhD, MBE, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, my hope for this recent piece in the American Journal of Nursing is to highlight simple, practical, and enjoyable ways to incorporate spirituality into everyday life and everyday nursing care, with the intention of supporting our own well-being and the well-being of patients and families we work with.

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 15, 2024

About Amisha: Amisha Parekh de Campos, PhD, MPH, RN, CHPN has a joint appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing, and Quality and Education Coordinator of the Middlesex Health Hospice Program, Middletown, CT. Joseph in 2009; additional certifications include hospice and palliative care (CHPN).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, make sure you send them the invite. The more, the merrier.

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Hospice News

APRIL 15, 2024

Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. Family caregivers in rural areas are more likely to experience social determinants of health that negatively affect the provision of palliative and end of life care.

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HPNA podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2024

board members of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation. Prior to her current position, she held leadership positions in hospice, palliative care, and quality with BJC Homecare in St. She also assisted in the implementation of a system-wide palliative care program. Catherine Pyke, M.A. Catherine Pyke, M.A.

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AJN Off the Charts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This month’s AJN Reports takes a close look at how artificial intelligence is being used in health care—and why nurses must be involved in its development and implementation. How can nurses best attend to seriously ill patients’ existential needs?

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AJN Off the Charts

MARCH 27, 2023

CE: How to Write an Effective Résumé In today’s job market, nursing students and new graduate nurses need to develop an employer-focused résumé geared toward a specific job. AJN Reports: Decarbonizing Health Care Nurses can be involved in solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the health sector.

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HPNA podcast

JUNE 3, 2024

Moderated by Dr. Betty Ferrell, this episode discusses the adult-gerontology nurse practitioner's role in hospice and palliative care. This podcast episode coincides with an article written by Heather and Kelly in the June 2024 issue of the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. Heather Coats and Dr. Kelly Henrichs.

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Palliative Care Chat Podcast

JUNE 20, 2024

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCN, FAAN is a consultant to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, a palliative nurse practitioner at North Shore Medical Center and co-director of the Palliative APP Externship.

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HPNA podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

. In our 6th episode of HPNA’s Podcast Corner, we offer listeners a framework to explore nursing advances in LGBTQ-inclusive palliative care. Nina Barrett, palliative care nurse practitioner, frames the unique health needs of the LGBTQ palliative care patient, including challenges regarding disclosure and advance care planning.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services. Established in 1971, the organization provides hospice, palliative, nursing and home care services across four counties in western New York. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 30, 2023

”—Miranda Squire and Karen Hessler i n this month’s Original Research article, “Patient-to-Nurse Violence During One-to-One Assignments: A Silent Epidemic” The February issue of AJN is now live. A Specialty Spotlight on perianesthesia nursing. Here’s what’s new. A note on the cover.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This can only be achieved if care teams, including hospice nurses, know the latest evidence-based strategies for dementia care. But hospice nurses also recognize the challenges these patients and their families face every day and are ready to help ease their distress and fear. Hospice nursing supports patients with dementia.

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Pallimed

JANUARY 28, 2021

by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) Most palliative care teams love to have medical students on service, but the access may be variable. Some schools make palliative care rotations mandatory, some optional, while others make it hard to find or "build your own." People laugh and turn away. All my friends say they want to be surgeons.

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