Hospice Keys

Are retirees and young couples searching for the same perfect housing solution? Are those who have always lived in small towns the lucky ones - as they reach the age of retirement they discover that there is no need to search for a new housing solution? #aginginplace #retirement #housingsolution

Music can evoke powerful emotions in the brain. Music can transport us back in time.

Many physicians do not understand hospice and are uncomfortable discussing end of life care planning. #hospice #endoflife

🌿 The high prevalence of CBD & marijuana products creates complex employment issues around testing employees for use and determining if they have a legal waiver. ⚖️ Employers, be mindful of evolving policies! #WorkplacePolicies #CBD #MarijuanaUse #EmploymentLaw Shawe Rosenthal LLP

Palliative care’s value and use are still not well understood in the USA—and even less so in many countries globally 🌍. The recent conference in the UAE explored how these services can be used, showing how awareness is growing 🌿. Exciting to see this vital care spreading! #PalliativeCare #GlobalHealth

As first reported last week, research at MIT has shown that recent growth in hospice utilization has coincided with substantial #Medicare #savings. While hospice #utilization results in Medicare savings at the federal level, it is also worth noting that hospice Medicare utilization saves #Medicaid dollars. States should, however, be cautioned to proceed with extreme discretion due to the proliferation of fraud and abuse by rapid and poorly regulated hospice expansion. More hospices are not necessarily needed to increase appropriate utilization; reforms in outdated funding, regulatory efforts, and an increase in public awareness would increase access to quality hospice care.

The ongoing debate about non-compete agreements continues. #noncompete #employmentlaw Pierce Atwood LLP

The ability to build a trusting relationship with patients and their families is a key skill set for any hospice professional to possess, but one that takes on a profoundly different meaning when caring for survivors of abuse, violence and trauma #hospice #relationship #satisfaction

🤖 Thinking of using AI for hiring? Check out the AI and Inclusive Hiring Framework launched by the Department of Labor! It offers best practices to help employers balance the benefits and legal risks of AI in recruiting. 💼 #AIinHiring #InclusiveHiring #DOL #FutureOfWork Phelps Dunbar LLP

…regulatory concerns are top of mind for providers nationwide. Program integrity issues have regulators taking a broad brush across the industry and made for a challenging hospice auditing climate… #hospice #audit #regulations #programintegrity