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Providence’s Joint Venture With Compassus Likely Delayed Amid Concerns About Patient Care And Rural Access

Home Health Care

10, Thomas Doyle, general counsel for the Oregon Nurses Association, a labor union, wrote to the director of OHA. One comment from Paul Goldberg, a retired director of the Oregon Nurses Association, expressed concern about Providences motivation for pursuing the deal. Nearly all of the submitted comments are opposed to the transaction.

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Future Leader: Brett Ringold, Vice President, A Long Term Companion

Home Health Care

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. What do you foresee as being different about the home care industry looking ahead to 2025?

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What Problems has OIG Identified with the Hospice Program?

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Hospice care is for terminally ill patients who decide to forgo curative treatment and instead receive palliative care. Hospice care generally includes nursing and aide services, drugs, and supplies.

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CMS is Taking Action to Address Benefit Integrity Issues Related to Hospice Care

Briggs Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an important role to play in ensuring that hospices are providing necessary and critical, high-quality care to our Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. Unfortunately, hospices are profiting from fraud at the expense of beneficiaries far too often.

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Maxim Healthcare Group Splits; HouseWorks Agrees to Buy Greater Boston Home Care

Home Health Care

Edward-Elmhurst Health and Residential Healthcare Group – a division of Graham Healthcare Group – have formed a joint venture (JV) to offer home health and hospice care services across the greater Chicago area. Residential has managed home health and hospice services for Edward-Elmhurst Health for more than a decade.

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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

STEP 3: Define Staffing and Service Standards The National Consensus Project’s Palliative Care Guidelines advise delivering palliative care through an interdisciplinary team that may include professionals such as: Physician. Nurse Practitioner. Advance Practice Registered Nurse. Care Manager. Social Worker.

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Voices: Jackie Owen, RN, BSN Clinical Product Specialist, CitusHealth

Home Health Care

Home Health Care News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today at CitusHealth? Jackie Owen: With 15 years of nursing experience, my background encompasses various care settings, including infusion, home health, and hospice care.