Wisconsin-based Agrace Hospice and Supportive Care is implementing a plan to become carbon neutral by 2025. The move will ultimately help to ensure sustainable services for patients in more ways than one, according to executives. Among the hospice’s key objectives is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The initiative involves new operational strategies, as well as […]
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The advent of value-based programs such as the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration hold financial promise for providers — as well as risks. As the hospice component of VBID nears the end of its first year, some providers are seeing gaps between how the program is designed and how it is […]
The next episode of our podcast, Elevate, is now available! The coronavirus pandemic has woven a complex web around the hospice regulatory and compliance landscape. Reporter Holly Vossel sits down with Jen Flugaur, vice president of clinical excellence at Agrace Hospice & Supportive Care to take a closer look at how hospices are navigating shifts […]
Despite rising demand and utilization for hospice care, gaps in access and awareness among communities of color continue to plague the industry. Grasping the systemic issues at the heart of these disparities will be key for hospice providers working to reach a larger and more diverse patient population. Hospices have room to grow in reaching […]
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 […]