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Future Leader: Jeffrey Briggs, Director Of Intake, Family & Nursing Care

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. My wife also works for the same home care agency — Family & Nursing Care. HHCN: What drew you to this industry?

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Abuse and Neglect: CMS Should Strengthen Reporting Requirements to Better Protect Individuals Receiving Hospice Care

Briggs Healthcare

“GAO’s review of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for reporting and responding to abuse and neglect allegations found two gaps in the requirements for hospices, compared with requirements for extended care provided in hospitals and nursing homes.

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Future Leader: Joseph Cauterucci, CEO, Avalon In-Home Nursing And Rehabilitation

Home Health Care

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Joseph Cauterucci, the president and CEO of Avalon In-Home Nursing and Rehabilitation, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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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. Hospice, at its core, provides palliative care and support for people who are terminally ill and for their families.

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Future Leader: Kelly Salb, Director of Client Services, Family & Nursing Care

Home Health Care

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Kelly Salb, director of client services at Family & Nursing Care, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Users Have Higher Likelihood Of Hospice Utilization

Home Health Care

People who receive home health care during the last three years of their lives are more likely to utilize hospice care at the end of life. What’s more, these older adults were more likely to use hospice compared to individuals who have never used home health care.

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Home Health Agencies Grapple With ‘Acuity Creep’ As Patient Needs Become More Complex

Home Health Care

With the need for intense care comes the need for more nurses, home health aides and other caregivers. When they’re sicker — as we’ve seen it — we need nursing care for the same person,” Johnson said. “In They’re the primary people taking care of our seniors,” Gommel said. “I I’m betting on home.”

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