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Palliative Care a ‘Natural Fit’ for Home Health Agencies

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Though relatively few home health agencies provide palliative care, those providers and their patients can benefit from more integration of those services. Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. So they end up getting discharged from their services.

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Penn Bay Medical Center Deepens Roots in Community-Based Palliative Care

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Penn Bay Medical Center is moving forward with plans to evolve its palliative care program. The medical center is an affiliate of the MaineHealth system and began providing hospital-based palliative care two years ago. It has since expanded into community-based serious illness care. Census Bureau.

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Valley Health System, Family of Caring Launch Palliative Care Partnership

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Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care. Our service facilitates a seamless transition between the home, to the hospital, and back again.”

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Contessa Launches JV with Memorial Hermann Health System

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Its staff of 29,000 employees and 6,100 affiliated physicians provide care across 270 sites in Southeast Texas. Tennessee-based Contessa’s care model made it an attractive partner to Memorial Hermann Health System. In addition to palliative care, Contessa provides hospital-at-home and skilled nursing-at-home services.

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New Contessa, UAMS JV to Provide ‘Full Spectrum’ of Home-Based Care

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The two organizations have formed a joint venture — UAMS Health Comprehensive Care at Home — that will provide primary care; hospital, recovery, and rehabilitation services; home health, and palliative care. The JV will offer each of these services in the home setting.

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Choice Health at Home Acquires Lumicare Hospice

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among Medicare decedents in 2020, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. Established in 2008, Choice offers home health, hospice, private duty and skilled nursing rehabilitation services, operating in 60 locations across Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. Founded in 1965, the faith-based organization offers assisted and independent living, memory care and rehabilitative services. “We has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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