Heart to Heart Hospice’s return on investment in its community-based palliative care service line has come in the form of improved quality and financial outcomes. The Texas-based hospice’s InHome Connect Palliative Care brand has led to significant declines in capitated per member per month (PMPM) costs and positive trends in timely access. The results are […]
Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice has launched a de novo in the West Columbia community in its home state. The new location is branded as Heart to Heart Hospice of the Riverbend and is now accepting patients. It serves four Texas counties. “It’s exciting to expand our care services in this part of the state,” […]
Hospice chaplains often have little recourse for upward mobility along their career ladders. This can make recruitment and retention difficult among the next generation of the spiritual care workforce. More professionals from a wider range of interfaith groups are entering the field, according to Shana Sullivan, bereavement coordinator of Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice. Sullivan […]
VITAS Launches New Florida Location VITAS Healthcare has opened a new location in Florida, expanding the hospice provider’s footprint in its home state. The Chemed Corp (NYSE: Chem) subsidiary recently announced the new office’s opening, located in Wesley Chapel, Florida. The location will serve as a hub for staff providing hospice services across Pasco County, […]
Traditions Health Names VP of Hospice Sales Traditions Health has appointed Tamera Venticinque-Black as its new vice president of sales for its hospice business. Franklin, Tennessee-headquartered Traditions provides hospice, home health and palliative care as well as consulting services across 18 states. Venticinque-Black previously served as regional market executive for the western region of Compassus […]
Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice will soon add its first location in Oklahoma. The de novo will open this fall, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and serve hospice patients and their families across 11 surrounding counties. The new location will allow for expanded access to end-of-life care and caregiver support, according to Robert Watson, who […]
End-of-life doulas can help hospices’ efforts to improve health equity in hard to reach settings while also improving quality in the last days of life. The quantity and quality of patient visits during the last days of life is an important quality measure for hospice providers. Having doulas at the bedside during the last days […]
Interest in palliative care is rising among job-seeking clinicians, but the influx remains too slow to meet rising demand. A lack of available training and generally poor understanding of palliative care among clinicians and the public have long been barriers to growth. However, that paradigm may be starting to shift due to a series of […]
Hospices are increasingly eying palliative care as a promising growth opportunity, prioritizing expansion in that field over other health care service lines. More than half (56%) of hospice care professionals indicated that they planned to launch palliative care programs during 2023 in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey, prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase. […]
With limited means of palliative care reimbursement, providers have had to develop creative approaches to their staffing models. Some of those employers have folded wages for palliative care staff into the budgets of their hospice programs, for example. Others have designed a “pay as you go” model as they build out their palliative care businesses. […]
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