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Dementia Time-Shifting: When the Past Becomes the Present

Responsive Home Care

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This isnt just failing to remember what day it is; its a total immersion in a different period of their life. […] The post Dementia Time-Shifting: When the Past Becomes the Present appeared first on Responsive Home Care.

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How to be present with a loved one at the end of life

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JUNE 3, 2022

When your loved one is nearing the end of life, here are tips for what to say and do – and how to simply be present with them. The post How to be present with a loved one at the end of life appeared first on HopeHealth.

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CMS Ramps Up Efforts to Root Out ‘Door Knocker’ Hospice Schemes

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“[It’s] helping to enhance the education and the beneficiary to inform them to not necessarily accept these kind of open invitations or marketing schemes to get these free benefits that were reported or presented to them as being provided by Medicare in the attempt to mitigate or to compromise their Medicare Beneficiary Identification (MB)] and have (..)

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How Hospices Can Avoid Pitfalls in AI Implementation

Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2025

AI can provide capabilities that provide clinical decision insights through predictive and prescriptive machine learning modeling, it can summarize large swaths of data through Generative AI summarization, and a lot of opportunity is presenting itself in the agentic AI space. This requires careful evaluation.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

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While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics.

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VITAS Seeking Large Acquisitions in Hospice CON States

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

First is we like CON states or states where there are restrictions on barriers of entry,” Witzeman said during a presentation at the UBS Healthcare Conference. “We are fairly optimistic on a pipeline of potential Covenant-size deals, but there are a few hurdles from an internal perspective that we would certainly want to keep in mind.

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How Health System Palliative Providers Can Leverage Data to Gain More Resources

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

I wanted to find that, because when you go then to a CMO or CEO and say ‘I want another physician in palliative care,’ I can then tell them, this is what you told us.

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California Hospice Physician Sues CMS, HHS Over Fraud Allegations

Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Rami Moustafa Shaarawy recently filed a civil action lawsuit against HHS, CMS and Noridian Healthcare Solutions LLC, seeking to prevent termination of his physician billing privileges following Medicare fraud risk allegations presented by an independent contractor.

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OIG: Dedicated Leadership Key to Effective Hospice Compliance

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It’s not required,” Jillian Sparks, attorney at the OIG’s Industry Guidance Branch, said during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference. “This is voluntary, non-binding guidance. These are recommendations from the OIG.

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Ready for the Future: Your opportunity to shape the content presented at EAPC 2025 in Helsinki!

EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The post Ready for the Future: Your opportunity to shape the content presented at EAPC 2025 in Helsinki! Read this blog from the Scientific Committee Co-Chairs, Catherine Walshe and Simone Veronese to hear more on this. Applications are being accepted via an online form , and the deadline to submit is 31 January 2024.

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Defining Palliative Care Quality in Murky Regulatory Waters

Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2025

The diverse landscape of palliative care services that exists today presents both opportunities and challenges when it comes to defining quality, according to Keith Everett, CEO, ProCare Hospice in Nevada. Everett is also founder and principal of the consulting firm TruHue LLC.

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Enhabit’s De Novo Strategy Paying Off in 2025

Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2025

million of adjusted EBITDA in full year 2024, CFO Ryan Solomon said during the earnings presentation. The seven hospice locations launched in 2022 and 2023 generated $6.2 million of revenues and $1.2 Employing an updated case management model has helped Enhabit in reinforcing its hospice clinical workforce.

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How Palliative Care Can Better Support Transplant Patients’ Caregivers

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Most transplant centers require that a caregiver be present and available to patients in order for them to be considered for a transplant, Montoya told Palliative Care News. Even less attention is given to addressing the social determinants of health such as financial, housing or transportation needs, she said.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

They can use that energy trying to figure it all out to focus on being present. Knowing what they qualify for can lessen that burden, and they can use those resources to do other things. We cannot change their health outcome, but maybe we can impact their journey.

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Palliative Care’s Most Disruptive Forces in 2025

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Financial volatility across the health system presents a substantial risk to palliative care teams, because there are no requirements that health systems or plans provide palliative care (with some specific exceptions). Despite changing winds in U.S.

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Emergency Department Residents Lack Training in Palliation

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Education in palliative care principles for emergency department clinicians could likely improve care for seriously ill patients who present in the ED. Patients with serious illness, even hospice patients, present to the ED in increasing numbers for symptom management.

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2 Tailwinds Shaping Hospice Growth, Care Delivery

Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

Stepping into the value-based landscape can present important opportunities for hospices to widen patient reach and support growth, he stated. As far as tailwinds for the industry specific to hospice, [its] predictions for demographic growth, Jackson said.

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‘Extra Steps’: Building Strong Pediatric Palliative Referral Partnerships

Hospice News

MAY 14, 2025

Education and collaboration is a significant part of building lasting referral relationships in the pediatric hospice and palliative care realm, but often an ever-present battle, MacDonell-Yilmaz stated. A large barrier is helping referrals understand that these services can be offered concurrently alongside curative treatments.

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Judge Upholds Ruling in VitalCaring, Encompass Health Case

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Specifically, they claimed it improperly compares the undiscounted future value of VitalCarings exit proceeds with the present value of the contributions made by private-equity investors. VitalCaring requested that the court reevaluate the allocation of funds in the trust, arguing that the current approach overlooks the time value of money.

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HHS Unveils National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This strategy presents a vision, along with recommendations for achieving it. Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations. “At some point in our lives, most of us will either be a family caregiver or need one.

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Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“[The analysis] gave us a very, very good insight in terms of how we effectively utilize palliative care services that are present in our hospitals,” Bhatia said. “If

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Building a Clinic-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

While they offer an alternative to home-based services, they present their own unique benefits and challenges. First, the clinic-based model presents challenges in its need for physical space and the associated costs. These locations often assist patients by offering a variety of services beyond symptom management.

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Louisiana Hospice Owner Convicted in $1.5 Million Fraud Case

Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

None of these patients had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and several are still alive several years later, according to evidence presented at trial. Justice Department, Angel Care enrolled 24 patients in hospice between 2009 through 2017 who did not meet Medicare eligibility requirements. million in improper Medicare payments.

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3 Ways Nurses Can Better Support Their Autistic Patients

Daily Nurse

APRIL 15, 2025

Learn About the Different Ways Autism Presents Many people think that autism exists on a straight line that places you either ‘more or less’ autistic. Becoming aware of bias is crucial to meeting autistic clients where they are and providing them with resources that make them feel seen and heard.

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The Pennant Group Sees Less Competition for Hospice, Home Health Acquisition Targets

Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

As we closed out the year, we essentially had full access to the entire revolver and ample dry powder as we continue to grow, CEO Brent Guerisoli said in a presentation at the Oppenheimer investors conference. We have such a revolver, up to $250 million in the middle of last year, and we did an equity offering.

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Improving Inclusive Palliative Care for Transgender Patients

Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

It’s not just past, but also present experiences that are still in existence and impact the quality of care that transgender patients receive,” Fried said. Ultimately, the negative impacts include a lack of access and quality of care for seriously ill transgender patients, Fried indicated.

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Palliative Care Momentum Growing Among Hospice Providers

Hospice News

MAY 10, 2023

The wide breadth of service variety within the scope of palliative care presents another lever moving hospices’ investments in the space, especially in terms of reaching patients upstream, Farrand indicated during the Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C.

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Palliative Telehealth’s Quality of Life Improvement Equivalent to In-Person Care

Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Researchers found that early palliative care via telehealth often improves quality of life for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at a level equivalent to in-person care, according to a study presented at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

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Managing the Hospice Payment Cap by Balancing Length of Stay

Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Salinas made these remarks during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. This allows for greater flexibility in providing care to those in need.” Regulators and other stakeholders have been keeping an increasingly close eye on the payment cap.

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Inside Palliative Care at Contessa’s Health System Joint Ventures

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Contessa provides nurse practitioner managers, field staff, virtual care clinicians, data and analytics services, marketing and supplies, Dawn Black, clinical manager for palliative care at home at Contessa Health, said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference in Denver.

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital Speeds Hospice Transition with AI

Hospice News

JULY 9, 2024

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston applied an AI algorithm to facilitate timely transitions to hospice for patients presenting in the emergency department. After this effort was initiated in 2021, about 54% of eligible patients elected the hospice benefit, compared to 22% in years prior, a new study in JAMA Network Open indicated.

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Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 16, 2025

For many individuals we serve who present with chronic, progressive and/or neurological conditions, this is what they face daily. End-of-life care in LTC often presents unique communication challenges. Or sent an email only to receive no reply, leaving you questioning its tone? We all have, right?

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VNS Health Develops AI Methodology for Palliative Care Patient Assessments

Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

VNS Health staff, with lead researcher Rutgers University Assistant Professor Elizabeth Luth, presented their findings at the recent International Nurse Informatics Conference. ”We The AI system, an open-source large language model, translated diagnostic and billing codes into a narrative format to identify patients’ needs.

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More States Integrating Palliative Care Into Medicaid Programs

Hospice News

MAY 24, 2023

Because of the poverty requirement, Medicaid beneficiaries present with a much more complicated picture of needs,” Silvers said. This means that varied palliative populations needs should have multifaceted avenues of support within Medicaid care models, Silvers added. It’s a lot of complex needs.”

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Hospices Face Cybersecurity Risks

Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

That presents the opportunity to figure out prospectively how to keep risks at a minimum. “AI in the health care space is … a bit of a double-edged sword because as amazing as the frontier is that we’re currently in, there is a flip side to that [of] risk,” Rudman said during a recent Husch Blackwell podcast.

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Leveraging Sales Strategies in Hospice Payment Cap Management

Hospice News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

One key to cap management is to find an appropriate mix of long length-of-stay patients and those expected to be in hospice for a shorter time, Ryan Klaustermeier, vice president of professional services at Axxess, said during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference.

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Diabetic-Friendly Baking for Seniors

Accessible Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Quality over Quantity —Remember, it’s not about the amount of dessert you present but the quality of the sweet treats you offer. Pre-Portion —An easy way to make dessert meals less of a hassle is to bake recipes that either have one-serving portions or allow you to portion the dessert yourself when presenting it to your guests.

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Palliative Care Can ‘Dramatically Decrease’ Cancer Patient Rehospitalizations

Hospice News

MAY 12, 2023

Patients with ovarian cancer who have received palliative care had fewer hospital readmissions compared to others, according to a recent study presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) in Tampa, Florida.

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Benefits of Early Palliative Care Referrals for COPD Patients

Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

In a recent Medscape podcast , Iyer presented a case study involving a 78-year-old male patient with end-stage COPD. The patient experienced four hospitalizations in the prior year, including two intensive care unit stays.

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New Jersey Passes Community-Based Palliative Care Medicaid Bill

Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Too often when an older person is facing an illness, they get swept up in the health care system without being presented the option of noninvasive care. “If Medicaid covers palliative care, we can redirect resources from costly care that might not yield the benefits people need or want, and towards person-centered,” Rowe told local news.

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VNSNY Poised for Interstate Growth, Rebrands as VNS Health

Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2022

Their health plans may also undergo out-of-state expansion as opportunities present themselves. “We’re expanding both within and outside of New York. We’ve got a number of new areas that we’d like to partner with others around the country on.”.

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3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Leff is the co-presenter of a 10-hour intensive social worker training program tailored to the hospice and palliative care fields with Terry Altilio, a social work coordinator at New York City’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work, second edition.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

Live discharges are disruptive to patients and families and could mean that terminally ill individuals do not receive adequate care at the end of life, according to the two authors, who argue that these incidents are critical care transitions that contribute to increased hospitalizations and emergency department visits.

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The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

ED-palliative partnerships present a quadruple aim opportunity to improve care for seriously ill patients.” “This ED-embedded palliative care consultation service was clinically meaningful, operationally viable, and delivered a 6.7x ROI,” the authors found. “ED-palliative

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Dementia Time-Shifting: When the Past Becomes the Present

How to be present with a loved one at the end of life

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CMS Ramps Up Efforts to Root Out ‘Door Knocker’ Hospice Schemes

How Hospices Can Avoid Pitfalls in AI Implementation

3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

VITAS Seeking Large Acquisitions in Hospice CON States

How Health System Palliative Providers Can Leverage Data to Gain More Resources

California Hospice Physician Sues CMS, HHS Over Fraud Allegations

OIG: Dedicated Leadership Key to Effective Hospice Compliance

Ready for the Future: Your opportunity to shape the content presented at EAPC 2025 in Helsinki!

Defining Palliative Care Quality in Murky Regulatory Waters

Enhabit’s De Novo Strategy Paying Off in 2025

How Palliative Care Can Better Support Transplant Patients’ Caregivers

Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

Palliative Care’s Most Disruptive Forces in 2025

Emergency Department Residents Lack Training in Palliation

2 Tailwinds Shaping Hospice Growth, Care Delivery

‘Extra Steps’: Building Strong Pediatric Palliative Referral Partnerships

Judge Upholds Ruling in VitalCaring, Encompass Health Case

HHS Unveils National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Building a Clinic-Based Palliative Care Program

Louisiana Hospice Owner Convicted in $1.5 Million Fraud Case

3 Ways Nurses Can Better Support Their Autistic Patients

The Pennant Group Sees Less Competition for Hospice, Home Health Acquisition Targets

Improving Inclusive Palliative Care for Transgender Patients

Palliative Care Momentum Growing Among Hospice Providers

Palliative Telehealth’s Quality of Life Improvement Equivalent to In-Person Care

Managing the Hospice Payment Cap by Balancing Length of Stay

Inside Palliative Care at Contessa’s Health System Joint Ventures

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Speeds Hospice Transition with AI

Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

VNS Health Develops AI Methodology for Palliative Care Patient Assessments

More States Integrating Palliative Care Into Medicaid Programs

Hospices Face Cybersecurity Risks

Leveraging Sales Strategies in Hospice Payment Cap Management

Diabetic-Friendly Baking for Seniors

Palliative Care Can ‘Dramatically Decrease’ Cancer Patient Rehospitalizations

Benefits of Early Palliative Care Referrals for COPD Patients

New Jersey Passes Community-Based Palliative Care Medicaid Bill

VNSNY Poised for Interstate Growth, Rebrands as VNS Health

3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

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