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Actions of geriatric and home care teams save Veteran’s life

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Food Insecurity, VA geriatrics, Veterans, Veterans Health care

(Source – news.va.gov) The Robley Rex VA Geriatrics and Extended Care team received a call from a Veteran reporting that

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Federal lawmakers push for more Medicare benefits at home

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Home Care, Legislation, medicare

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new bipartisan bill in Congress hopes to address Medicare’s looming insolvency issue

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Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments End of Life, Hospice, Telehealth

(By JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press published by STAT on April 23, 2023) At age 93, struggling with the effects

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Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments End of Life, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Hospice, medicare, Medicare Advantage

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice

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Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General Telehealth 

Why Medicare advisory group is going after telehealth, at-home care

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Home Care, medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Telehealth

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare is paying too much for telehealth and at-home care, the executive director of

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Aging End of Life Hospice/Home Health Services 

A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Aging, End of Life, Grieving, Older Adults

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before,

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HHS Expands Home and Community-Based Services in Five New States and Territories for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(Source – www.cms.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift

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Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare Advantage 

Payers could be key in helping solve the nation’s caregiving crisis

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) It’s an issue Americans face every day: an older parent the family no

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Hospice/Home Health Services Veterans Benefits 

Veterans in their 80s stay active with home exercise program

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(Source – bogs.va.gov) VA Geriatric Scholar Aaron Sampson and colleagues from the Greenville VA Health Care Center launched a home

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