The return of volunteer requirements is among the regulatory changes being implemented with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The U.S. Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2020 issued a number of flexibilities intended to ease burdens on health care providers during the pandemic. This included the temporary lifting of the […]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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 […]
Hospices are finding the need to be creative and adaptable as they rebuild volunteer programs that were suspended or diminished during the height of the pandemic. Hospices rely on volunteers to organize educational programs, perform back office work, fundraising and to help patients stave off loneliness and social isolation. But need for social distancing and […]