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 […]
New COO Takes Helm at Compassus Laura Templeton has risen through the ranks at Compassus, recently becoming its new COO and executive vice president. Since joining the company in 2012, Templeton has served as senior vice president and chief of clinical operations. In the midst of a worsening industry-wide staffing shortage, Templeton was charged with […]
Hospice providers and patients are having difficulty procuring medications due to nationwide drug shortages, threatening quality of care and patients’ access to hospice. These include essential drugs for pain and symptom management. The scope of the shortages seems to be widening. Slightly more than 240 medications were in short supply at the close of Q1 […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Ealia Washington, Sr. Director of IPU Operations at Enclara Pharmacia, to learn the ins and outs of the inpatient unit hospice, or IPU. Washington shares her experiences leading Enclara’s round-the-clock IPU support team and notes how Enclara is helping IPU […]
Reliable vendors have a role to play in hospices’ financial and operational sustainability as well as regulatory compliance. Particularly during the pandemic, reliance on technology and staffing services have come to the forefront, as has maintaining the durable medical equipment (DME) and pharmaceutical supply chains. Finding efficient and responsive service providers is extremely important for […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Karen Bergenholtz, Senior Director, Implementation & Education at Enclara Pharmacia, to learn about the top challenges facing hospice leaders and nurses in the year ahead and what facilities are doing to overcome them. She also discusses the impact of the […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Natasha M.S. Jackson, PharmD, Director of Training and Education at Enclara, to learn about the disparities and inequality in hospice access and other challenges providers face. She explains how providers can help push for greater health equity and also […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Deanna Douglass, Enclara’s SVP of Business Development, to learn how hospice providers are navigating the new regulatory climate going into 2022 and beyond, staffing challenges in hospice and Enclara’s forthcoming E3 Pro application. Hospice News: What career experiences do […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Raymond Capella, vice president of Clinical Services has been […]
The cost of providing general inpatient care can be steep for hospices. Expenses run the gamut from staff wages and salaries to medications, as well as costs related to establishing and maintaining a physical facility. Medication management is a vital piece of both the clinical and financial puzzle when it comes to general inpatient care. […]
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