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Addus Bolstering Workforce, Building Density for Hospice, Home Health, Personal Care

Hospice News

Providers have also had to compete for new hires with travel nurse companies. Generally speaking, these have been able to offer nurses higher wages and more flexible scheduling as demand for their services increased during COVID. Competition with travel nursing firms has been among the drivers of wage increases for hospice companies.

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Addus Sees Hospice Improvements, Plans to Rebalance Home Health-Personal Care M&A Activity

Hospice News

Meanwhile, the company’s near-term acquisition sights are set more on home health than in personal care amid potential payment shifts. Pandemic forces winding down in hospice Addus provides home health, personal care and hospice to about 47,500 patients across roughly 203 locations in 22 states. of the company’s $251.6

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Early Telepalliative Care Can Reduce Caregiver Burden, Improve Quality

Hospice News

Researchers have increasingly dug into the quality impacts of virtual palliative care delivery and how telehealth outcomes compare to in-person care. Rinaldi is also co-director of Mass Generals palliative care clinic.

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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

Hospice News

Addus earlier this month closed a $350 million acquisition of Gentivas personal care business. Though Addus has focused on growing its personal care and home health services, hospice remains a pillar of its strategy. The company seeks to co-locate its three services in the markets it serves.

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Inside New Day Healthcare’s Acquisition Strategy

Hospice News

Tuck-in are smaller deals the company pursues within its existing markets and co-locating its multifaceted business lines, including home health, hospice, personal care, private-pay nursing and therapy services. Scott Herman describes as tuck-ins, market expansion and transformational. Financial terms were kept confidential.

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When Nurses Are Caught Between Hospital Policy and Frustrated Family Members

AJN Off the Charts

I was a little anxious because I had already heard that this had been an issue overnight and that the parents had pushed back on efforts by another nurse to hold them to the policy. The leash for stressed and grieving family members is inevitably longer than the leash for stressed nurses, a reality that is both understandable and complicated.

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Nurse Practitioners Ranked No. 1 Job for the Second Year—Here’s Why Women’s Health NPs Are More Vital Than Ever

Daily Nurse

News & World Report has named Nurse Practitioners (NPs) the #1 job in America, a powerful affirmation of their critical role in an evolving healthcare landscape. “WHNP-BCs are critical in reproductive health, pregnancy, menopause, and primary care. The post Nurse Practitioners Ranked No.

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