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3 Tips to Help Volunteers and Home Aides Better Manage Hospice Workflow
The demand for skilled hospice physicians is on the rise. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSNM), while the hospice and palliative medicine specialty is training 325 new fellows annually, this “is insufficient to keep up with population growth and demand for services.”1 What’s more, these physicians don’t […]
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Steps to Facilitate Patient Transitions to Hospice Care
While 88 percent of Americans now say they would prefer to age-in-place at home, Home Health Care News reports that few have a plan in place to ensure effective home-based care.1 As a result, family members are often pressed into service as long-term caregivers, but as noted by recent research this puts them under significant […]
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Hospice
How to Optimize Patient-Quality Care With Hospice Mobile Solutions
The number of hospice patients is on the rise. According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Facts and Figures 2020 report, patient volume admissions increased 23.9 percent between 2014 and 2018 and show no signs of slowing.1 This uptick makes sense. As noted by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), “hospice care […]
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Hospice
How Hospice IDG Teams Can Create Better Efficiencies
There are more than 4,000 hospice care agencies across the United States serving more than one and a half million patients.1 This number is expected to steadily grow as patient-centered care paradigms become more commonplace and families look for care capable of working in tandem to ensure physical, mental and emotional care needs are met. […]
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Helping Hand: Three Ways Software Solutions Can Support Patients in Hospice IPU
The prioritization of patient-centric care combined with the increasing number of for-profit, freestanding hospice providers has prompted a shift in operational priorities: As noted by Hospice News, many hospices are now expanding their care options upstream to better serve patient needs as they see a role for themselves and their patients that extends far beyond the […]
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Robotic Pet Therapy in Hospices: Can They Help?
Loneliness and isolation are linked to serious health issues, and older adults have a higher chance of experiencing these emotional conditions thanks to concerns such as chronic illness, the death of close friends and family, and the challenges of aging in place.1 Patients in hospice care environments, meanwhile, are at even greater risk. Ongoing pandemic […]
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Hospice
In-Person Hospice Visits: What to Expect With Evolving Changes
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit hospice facilities particularly hard, with increased risk of severe outcomes among aging patients, thus adding significant strain on hospice staff and support systems. But there’s another side to the story: patients’ mental health. As noted by Psychiatric Times, the lack of in-person activities such as congregate dining and family visits […]
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Compliance
Hospice Value-Based Care Modeling Alive and on the Upswing
For those of our Hospice colleagues who follow government policy, you may be wondering what’s going on in the evolving landscape of hospice value-based care modeling. I’m thinking specifically of the Primary Care First Serious Illness Population and direct contracting models. Truth be told, it feels like the conversation’s gone a bit cold. That said, if […]
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Compliance
FY 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule
CMS published their proposed Hospice Payment Rate updates on April 14. The proposed rule has changes beyond the payment rate that will impact hospice. The changes include: Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) Routine updates to hospice base payments and aggregate cap amount for […]
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How Advance Care Planning Improves Hospice Care Success
Advance care planning (ACP) is a critical component in end-of-life care. By proactively considering how, when, and where they prefer to receive medical treatment, hospice patients can both streamline care processes and significantly reduce the stress of familial decision-making in the event they can’t speak for themselves. According to the CDC, however, 70 percent […]
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