Scrubs

MARCH 3, 2023

She is a hospice nurse and educator who spends her time teaching her followers about the end-of-life experience. I had never thought about using social media as a vehicle to discuss hospice, but I decided to upload a video to see if there was interest. Julie McFadden shares content on TikTok under the username @HospiceNurseJulie.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The JAMA study comes as federal regulators scrutinize private equity’s role in healthcare.

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Hospice 111

Scrubs

JULY 25, 2023

It has been my joy to observe and learn from the hospice nurses and a privilege to walk with patients and families during the last days of life. I have seen firsthand that Bob’s approach—coming alongside patients and their families and treating them as your own—works and provides an atmosphere where excellent nursing takes place every day.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospice Audit Series. Audits are a fact of life for hospices—it’s not a matter of “if” a hospice will be audited, but “when.” With the hospice carve-in to Medicare Advantage, MAO audits will join the list. Today’s Episode | Painting the Picture: How to Advocate for Clinical Hospice Eligibility in the Audit Appeal Process.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Near patients’ final days, they and their families can greatly benefit from hospice professionals who understand how to provide specialized care for dementia. Dementia has a long, variable course, making prognostication and determining hospice eligibility difficult. Below are four ways hospice can provide care for people with dementia.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 16, 2023

That’s why I love Hospice. The hospice nurse was there to guide me and my family through this process. And the nurse sat and talked with me. I was a grown ass adult and she got me through a really vulnerable time. I really admired that and wanted to be that kind of nurse too. It allows me that kind of 1:1 bond and time.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. 424.550(b) would simply expand every reference of “HHA” to “HHA or hospice.”

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Scrubs

JUNE 20, 2023

This time it’s nearly 1,800 nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice in Oregon, the first nurses’ strike in the state in 22 years. Another week in healthcare usually means someone somewhere is going on strike.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 11, 2022

As many hospices continue to diversify into new business lines, staying abreast of enforcement trends outside of hospice is more important than ever. Home health in particular, is receiving significant government scrutiny.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 7, 2022

As hospices face unprecedented staffing shortages and a burnt-out workforce, a key to thriving may be to re-engage with our human essence, which can be found through story. Welcome to an inspiring conversation on how story can help us reconnect with mission, staff and communities.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. His second book, Letter to a Hospice Nurse , celebrates the lives of hospice patients and gives a format for surviving family and friends to process grief.

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Medbridge

JUNE 25, 2024

SEATTLE – June 25, 2024 – With reimbursement always on the line and a continuous need to hire and train new nurses and other clinical staff, home health and hospice agencies need a trusted and reliable way to educate new staff quickly and efficiently.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that its 2022 work plan for hospices will include a nationwide review of hospice beneficiary eligibility. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss what led to this latest effort by the OIG, what hospices can expect and what they should do.

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Hospice 40

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. Increased scrutiny in hospices. Hospices should also be concerned about care coordination. The post Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies appeared first on Relias. Focus on follow-ups.

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Scrubs

MAY 30, 2023

He was surprised to receive the honor after being nominated by one of his hospice patients. Chuck Murphy had tears in his eyes when Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital presented him with the coveted DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses. Murphy started working at the facility in 2016 and was promoted to unit charge nurse in June 2022.

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Scrubs

JANUARY 31, 2023

Joyce For me the worst I ever had was 24:1 working as a hospice nurse. That same job I worked Monday-Friday and then was expected to be on call overnight from 7pm-7am both Saturday and Sunday.

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Long Term Care Hospice Hospital Medication 278

Scrubs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Theresa Brown is a hospice and oncology nurse that was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in 2017. The experience showed her what it’s like to be on the other side of the nurse-patient relationship, but she was shocked at how poorly she was treated by the healthcare system even with all of her prior knowledge and experience.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

JSK: Tell us how cyber-security challenges might be different for Amedisys in the home health, hospice, and palliative care world compared with other health care service environments like inpatient care or medical group practices. Amedisys is one of the largest providers of Hospice and Home Health in America. They needed to grieve.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

I’m an RN case manager doing home hospice now, and I love it. Kristin I left the hospital 8 months ago, and while I miss my coworkers like crazy, I don’t miss the hospital at all. The bureaucratic BS was unreal, the staffing was seriously unsafe, and we were all burning out.

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Hospice Hospital Billing Medication 246

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Others are transferred to inpatient hospice centers. Home hospice is never an option for someone with no family, no friends, and, often, no home. The decision to begin hospice brought guilt, grief, and relief.  Gunshot wounds, tuberculosis, amputations, protein-calorie malnutrition.

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Scrubs

JULY 20, 2023

Elisabeth She told me to put a mask on and visit my patient (hospice nurse) after I’d been exposed to delta and was symptomatic. , “Thank you for what you’re doing (AGAIN)”. Amanda Makes excuses for bad workers over and over again. Sweeps a lot of problems under the rug.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sometimes we are initiating hospice; other times the patient is moving to be with family who will take responsibility for end-of-life care. That said, he would not hear about hospice care, telling us, and himself, that he might still regain enough strength for the oncologist to treat him.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 30, 2024

KN is a 90-year-old man I visit at an inpatient hospice. Sitting with him in hospice I wonder whether, if we had treated him, he’d be home, cancer free, with years left to live. His son warned me that my visit might “be a waste of time” because he sleeps much of the day and “can’t even get out of bed.”

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Serenity Nurse Aide Academy

MARCH 12, 2024

Hospice Care Agencies Our healthcare training for aspiring certified nursing assistants also helps them provide compassionate care for patients who need hospice care. They provide services and support for patients and their families as they navigate the hospice care journey.

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Relias

JUNE 13, 2024

The incidents were not isolated, with 9% of nurses in skilled nursing experiencing workplace violence every week, 6% in long-term care, 3% in home health, 2% in assisted living, and 2% in hospice care. 51% of nurses in hospice care reported verbal abuse, and 14% reported physical assault or abuse.

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Acute Care Long Term Care Hospice Unit Organization and Environment 52

Minority Nurse

JUNE 15, 2023

Hospice work can sometimes bring opportunities for debriefing, especially when a patient is heading toward death or has already passed away. Hospices, where this practice is the norm, allow nurses, chaplains, aides, and other staff members to laugh, cry, and ponder the deeper meaning of patients’ lives.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 6, 2023

When I was first in nursing school, I was sure I’d graduate and serve the dying with dignity and compassion by opening an inpatient hospice. Sometimes what drove us to nursing isn’t what continues to light our fire.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Alongside the general need for hospice nurses and palliative care nurses, these opportunities may include: Palliative nurse practitioners (NPs): Given the disparities in minority palliative care, there must be greater diversity in care leadership roles. Nurses can also treat patients in their own homes.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 22, 2022

When confronted with a complaint, allegation or event that implicates a potential Medicare overpayment, hospices have an affirmative duty under the federal 60-day repayment rule to conduct an investigation and refund any overpayment.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

Every Path Is Different Sandra Nosek, MSN, RN , has been a nurse for over 30 years with experience in management, staff development, QA wound care, long-term critical acute care, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. She recently obtained an RN case manager position with a small hospice in her community. “

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Health Watch

MARCH 7, 2014

1) Hospice A hospice is an end-of-life facility for terminally […] Although most medical assistants work in doctors’ offices, there are plenty of opportunities to find MA jobs in locations outside the norm.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

While home health has typically focused on post-acute nursing, therapy, hospice and personal care, payment models have expanded the concept of home as one’s health hub, to address social determinants of health: food, transportation, loneliness and social connection, among other touch points of social care.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Many of you employed by hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, and other organizations are likely working during the holidays, perhaps even on your favorite special day. So how do the holidays impact you, your mental and emotional health, spiritual well-being, and professional responsibilities as a nurse? Working During the Holidays.

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Hospice Scheduling Hospital 98

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

After working with Garnett to master the material and conquer her testing anxiety, she passed the test and currently works as an LPN in hospice. In 2019, she mentored a student struggling to pass her exam to become an LPN. Garnett’s tenacity and zeal energize her followers to achieve incredible feats.

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Unit Organization and Environment Patient Centered Care Collaboration Hospice 105

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Yashaswini Singh and Christopher Whaley wrote in The Hill : “Over the last decade, private equity firms have spent nearly $1 trillion on close to 8,000 health care deals, snapping up practices that provide care from cradle to grave: fertility clinics, neonatal care, primary care, cardiology, hospices, and everything in between.”

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Hospice Appointments Tests Insurance 95

Relias

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In terms of home care aides, the 2020 turnover rate reached 36.5%, according to highlights from a salary report by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and its survey partner. “We don’t have the number of employees that it currently takes to meet the care needs of the market.”.

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Certification Acute Care Hospice Hospital 96

Connect Care Bytes Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Support New Order Panel - Standard Analgesic Pediatric Specialty Referral Optimization Launch 9 The Prescriber Virtual Drop-In Centre closes TODAY at 16:00.

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