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When Nurses Are Caught Between Hospital Policy and Frustrated Family Members

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When I said we had to go through the social worker to get an exception to the visitor policy, she called me “rule-bound,” at which point her husband stood and rushed forward until he was towering over me. The emotional hangover A difficult professional interaction can trigger or exacerbate other personal struggles.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 Billion (April 21). s (NYSE: HUM) $2.8

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Blue Ridge Hospice Moves Forward with New PACE Program

Hospice News

The Virginia-based nonprofit capitalized the program largely through philanthropic donations Participants in the program will receive preventative, primary, acute and long-term health and personal care services, including social activities.

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Gentiva Engineers Unique Palliative Care Payment System Via AIM Program

Hospice News

The following year, the insurance giant divested Kindred’s hospice and personal care segments, selling a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CDR) for $2.8 The care model is driven primarily by nurse practitioners who visit as often as once a week, according to Stengle.

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Gentiva Leaning Into Staff Development, Advanced Illness Management Business

Hospice News

That’s what’s going to make us different in some of these other health care industries that maybe don’t take the time.” The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. CDR in 2022 purchased a 60% stake from the insurance mammoth Humana, Inc.,

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VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

Hospice News

Patients at the hospital-based center receive care in a home-like clinical setting that includes overnight accommodations for friends and family. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8 billion.

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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. However, the profile of palliative care will likely rise in coming years as the health care system evolves towards outcomes-based payment with an emphasis on cost savings. “As