Hospice Related Topics 
Relias
MAY 6, 2022
The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, contains valuable information to help your hospice organization identify billing issues and prevent improper payment audits. The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide.
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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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.
The Guardian
JULY 17, 2024
But for about 28,000 people who need specialist end-of-life care (nearly 5% of all deaths), a hospice is where they receive it. A much larger number receive palliative care from hospices in the community (more than 80% of hospices’ work is delivered in this way, through partnerships with the NHS). Continue reading.
The Guardian
JULY 15, 2024
Sector says ‘too many people dying in avoidable pain’, with soaring numbers being pushed back into the NHS One in five hospices in the UK are cutting services amid the worst funding crisis in two decades, a report has warned, with soaring numbers of patients being pushed back into the NHS.
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.
The Guardian
DECEMBER 21, 2022
The UK’s network of independent, mainly voluntary-run palliative care providers said hospices were experiencing a perfect storm of soaring costs and rising demand just as revenues from traditional public fundraising methods are collapsing.
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