The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. Help Texts offers a mobile service that sends advice and supportive messages via text to bereaved individuals and, as of late December, health care […]
The electronic medical record (EMR) company Careficient Inc., has acquired Net Health’s home health, hospice, home care and palliative business, as well as its revenue cycle monitoring (RCM) products. Net Health, an EMR and analytics firm, divested its HealthWyse, Hospicesoft and RCM division to refocus on its core rehab therapy and wound care lines, the […]
Pending regulatory approval, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital may be stepping in to fill care delivery gaps after a local hospice closed due to labor shortages. Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) shuttered its services last year, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians. HHCJ had two hospice and 17 home health patients on […]
The Elizabeth Hospice recently purchased a medical office building complex in its home state of California for a price tag of $8.1 million. As 2022 came to a close, the nonprofit hospice provider took ownership of the 26,945-square-foot property in Escondido, California. The decision to purchase the building was several years in the making and […]
Hospices can assist terminally ill patients and their families who have questions about “green” burial options by connecting them with services like death doulas or by educating staff on those practices. Interest in natural or green funeral and burial options has been growing year-over-year, according to the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). Around 60.5% of […]
Wisconsin-based Agrace Hospice & Supportive Care is raising employee compensation and expanding their benefits. The three-pronged initiative includes a higher minimum hourly wage, year-end gratitude bonuses for all employees and lower health insurance premiums for lower-wage earners. The workforce investment is aimed at long-term retention, according to Agrace CEO Lynne Sexten. Coupled with organizational culture, […]
The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Roughly 78% of hospice and palliative care providers around the globe indicated “less or much less” use of […]
Nurses at St. Charles Home Health and Hospice in Bend, Oregon, have unionized with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) to negotiate for improved working conditions, compensation and other issues. The home health and hospice provider is part of the St. Charles Health System, a nonprofit that serves communities in Central Oregon. The system also operates […]
Tony Strange, CEO and director at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH), will retire at the close of this year. COO Jeff Shaner, who has been with the company since its founding in 2017, will succeed Strange effective Jan 1. “I am looking forward to this new leadership role as CEO and further building on […]
Clinical turnover has been on the rise since the pandemic’s onset, leading hospices to raise the bar on their recruitment and retention efforts. But a disconnect may exist between health care leaders and the underlying issues affecting frontline staff. Rising turnover during the pandemic has heightened workforce challenges for hospices and other providers throughout the […]
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