The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Lindsay Nixon, administrator at Arbor Hospice, […]
Palliative care providers’ largest referral hurdles have been long-rooted in misunderstandings about their services. Breaking down referral barriers to improve patient access can take vigilant education and outreach efforts. Among the most common misconceptions about palliative care is that these services are often conflated with hospice as support received at the end of a person’s […]
Palliative care providers need to focus on their specific organization’s specific strengths in order to stand out from a broad range of competitors. Seriously ill patients often have multiple chronic conditions that require a flexible and individualized palliative care delivery approach, according to Rachel Dedes, senior director of palliative care at NorthStar Care Community. Marketing […]
Hospice providers are increasingly focused on memory care settings and physician offices as referral sources. Though many hospices see facility-based care as their primary referral engines, a growing base of providers are seeking ties to community-based organizations to increase access and utilization this year. Physician offices were identified among the most significant referral growth opportunities […]
Michigan-based Centrica Care Navigators has affiliated with the NorthStar Care Community, which also operates Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice. Financial terms were undisclosed. Post-transaction, the combined nonprofit organization will care for more than 1,800 hospice patients across 60 Michigan counties, as well as nearly 900 palliative care patients, making it one of the largest […]
Hospices are developing new services to meet patients’ complex needs and capitalize on value-based payments, but the workforce shortage is causing complications. Ensuring appropriate staffing is a key consideration in service diversification. This goes beyond numbers alone — employee interest and engagement also count, according to Christina Andrews, director of professional services at Axxess. “When […]
During the past two years, Northstar Care Community has grown both its patient census and its workforce. It did so at a time when thousands of health care providers were struggling to do either. Northstar was able to stay nimble in response to rapidly changing conditions. A key component of this was pre-COVID technology investments […]
Bereavement care has moved into a more virtual space since the pandemic’s onset as hospices worked quickly to implement telehealth systems. These systems gave them access to patients and families when COVID-19 forced the need to socially distance. Extending a virtual aspect of grief support in a post-pandemic landscape could be beneficial for hospice providers […]
Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice have launched the Van Allsburg Pediatric Hospice Art Program, having raised $1 million in donations with support from the locally-based children’s book author, expanding the two hospices’ existing art program. The program reflects a rising tide of pediatric-specific services growing among hospice and palliative care providers nationwide. Hospice of […]
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