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The information presented in this map reflects the results of hospice inspections provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the hospice industry’s federal regulator, in response to a public records request. The time period covers Jan. 2, 2004, to Oct. 16, 2014.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, professional organization in Glenview, Illinois; Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, non-profit in Jacksonville, Florida; Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services; Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, professional organization in Ontario, Canada
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with the severely ill and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. [1]
VITAS® Healthcare is a provider [1] of end-of-life care in the United States. Operating 53 hospice programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia, [2] VITAS employs 11,000 professionals and serves an average daily census of more than 21,000 patients, according to the company's website. [3]
A HuffPost analysis of more recent data, from the years 2009 to 2012, found that the percentage of inspection and complaint reports citing a deficiency was even higher: 55 percent. Twenty hospice providers, including Vitas’ Atlanta operation, were cited for more than 70 violations over that span.
Shutting down a hospice can pose political and practical challenges, the former official said. For example, finding a new provider for current patients can be a huge logistical challenge – and traumatic for the patients themselves. “There are some terrible hospices and you can find some awful stories,” he said.
Transfer of hospice: Transfer of hospice does not involve a discharge from hospice in general, but a discharge from the current hospice provider to another one. [87] Discharge for cause: Occasionally a hospice will be unable to provide care to a patient, either due to philosophical differences with the patient or due to a safety issue.
Gentiva Health Services is a provider of home health care, hospice, and related health services in the United States.The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.Prior to its October 2014 acquisition by Kindred Healthcare, it was a Fortune 1000 company with over $1.7 billion in annual revenue and a member of the S&P 600 index.