Locals in central Wisconsin have likely at least heard of Madison-based Agrace Hospice & Supportive Care. The nonprofit routinely advertises in local media and other forms of direct-to-consumer marketing in addition to relationship-building with referral partners. Lynne Sexten, president and CEO of Agrace Hospice & Supportive Care, recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss […]
Washington-based Providence Hospice of Seattle and the Northwest Kidney Center recently partnered to develop a palliative care program that allows patients with renal diseases to continue receiving dialysis after they transition to hospice. With most of these patients having to forgo dialysis in order to be eligible for the Medicare Hospice Benefit, the program could […]
Technology is becoming a critical point of access and growth when it comes to fueling palliative care referrals. Electronic health record (EHR) interoperability will be key to building a sustainable palliative care patient census, as more providers re-examine the ways they collaborate with other health care organizations throughout the continuum. The complexity of referral management […]
SCAN Health Plan, subsidiary of SCAN Group, recently launched a new integrated care delivery model focused on seniors who are home-bound or reside in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Members of the company’s Embrace Medicare Advantage plan are eligible to participate in the model, which integrates primary care, geriatric and palliative care medicine. Through […]
Maryland-based Gilchrist Hospice Care will soon open doors to a new $15.3 million residential inpatient hospice facility in Baltimore. The William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Gilchrist Center Baltimore will provide inpatient and respite care to the area’s most underprivileged and underserved patients approaching the end of life. The center’s construction was supported by philanthropic […]
Efforts have been growing to push forward education and awareness about the importance of advance care planning. In addition to expanding public knowledge, more training and education is needed among health care professionals of all walks to facilitate and encourage conversations involving goals of care at the end of life. Advance care planning is an […]
Florida-based Tidewell Hospice recently opened doors to a new bereavement center in its home state. Though plans to renovate the former Ellenton Hospice House were long in the works, a growing need for community bereavement support during the pandemic helped to push forward construction on the revamped space, now the Tidewell Family Grief Center. Through […]
Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)., sponsors of the HOSPICE Act, have called on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to reserve the use of payment suspension penalties to hospices in severe cases of noncompliance. CMS has included provisions of the law in the proposed 2022 payment rule for home […]
As hospices move towards value-based payment models, payers, referral partners and patients and families themselves are paying increasing attention to quality metrics. However, health care providers, including those in the hospice field, would benefit from additional training and workforce development dedicated to quality and safety, according to new research from the National Association for Healthcare […]
LGBTQ+ individuals face an array of challenges in accessing end-of-life and serious illness care, with some reporting discrimination from health care providers. A better understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity and family roles will aid hospices in as they work to reach these underserved communities. Demographic trends indicate a rising need for end-of-life and serious […]
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