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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Building a Clinic-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

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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Customizing a Palliative Program to Patient, Payer Priorities

Hospice News

The company’s care model is interdisciplinary, with nurse practitioners and registered nurses playing key roles. Social workers and chaplains provide services on a PRN basis, Gerke said. That would be way too difficult to manage.”

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

Hospice News

I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care. What was your role in the process and how did you determine a need for these services?

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

I made my way through the ranks as a CNA, then a registered nurse, and then a nurse practitioner and now, I’m in a leadership position. I have spent about 11 years total with Optum and then worked with Aspire, but now I’m currently working with Contessa and Amedisys to help support palliative care at home programs.

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice? The opportunity presented by the aging of the Baby Boomer generation should be fully realized and embraced as there is much parallel work and effort of care provided in hospice and the 4Ms.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

She has been a registered nurse for 29 years and has been with Home well for 10 years. So in order to enter our Go Home well program, a client needs to have been discharged from a hospital, a rehab, skilled nursing facility within the last 30 days. Laura is the executive Vice President of Home Well Care Services.