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.
Social Work Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Limitations on visits from family (as defined by each resident), other personal guests, and even certain service providers (such as hospice personnel and long-term care ombudsmen) have drastically exacerbated loneliness and social isolation among residents.
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 28, 2022
Substantive professional experience (minimum of 10 years) focused on palliative care, hospice, end-of-life planning and care, grief and bereavement and other relevant areas. NASW seeks individuals with the following qualifications to join the task force: Baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree in social work. Active NASW membership.
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
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.
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