Directors › Human Resources

Having a Leadership Team Is Not the Same as Functioning as One

An organization can have experienced executives and regular leadership meetings yet struggle to function as a team. Explore how trust, accountability, open disagreement, and shared priorities shape effective leadership culture in hospice.

October 29, 2026 · 9 min read

Marketing › Internal Marketing

Aging in Place: The Gap Between Wanting Independence and Planning for Care

A recent survey reveals a gap between the desire to age independently and preparation for future care needs. Learn what the findings mean for hospice social workers, administrators, and marketers.

October 23, 2026 · 5 min read

Directors › Emergency Preparedness Plan

Aging in Place: Using Neighborhood Data to Improve End-of-Life Care

Discover how interactive maps of aging and neighborhood-level data help hospice and palliative care teams identify hidden vulnerabilities to improve quality of life.

October 23, 2026 · 4 min read

Office Team › Billing

Understanding How the Medicare Wage Index Is Built: What Hospice Providers Need to Know

September 23, 2026 · 5 min read

Compliance and Regulatory › Clinical Compliance

The Agency Is Accountable. The Clinicians Are Not. That's the Problem

Hospice compliance gaps aren’t caused by clinicians. They are built into the structure of distributed care. Agencies carry the risk while clinicians own the clinical moment, creating a visibility gap no policy memo can fix.

August 5, 2026 · 3 min read

Social Workers › Resources and Readings

Caregiving for Divorced Parents: Research on End-of-Life Care Quality

A recent study published in The Journals of Gerontology explores how marital status and social networks impact the quality of end-of-life care for older adults in the United States. Using data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), researchers analyzed ten dimensions of care. Three

March 30, 2026 · 3 min read

Chaplains › Resources and Readings

Hospice Ethics: Why Clinical Wisdom is the Ultimate AI Safeguard

The healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving, moving beyond AI as a simple administrative tool toward its potential as an "Artificial Moral Agent." An intriguing article in the Hastings Center Report, "What Does Moral Agency Mean for Nurses in the Era of Artificial Intelligence?" (Ulrich et al., 202

March 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Directors › Compliance and Regulatory - Directors

Understanding HQRP: The History of Hospice Quality

Hospice care, since its inception, has been about compassionate care. However, the underlying mechanisms of how it is paid for and how hospice quality is evaluated have undergone a significant transformation. This shift is part of a broader healthcare movement towards value-based care, moving away f

March 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Directors › Accounts Receivable

How to Improve Your Hospice Revenue Cycle: 7 Key Questions

Our previous installments, Strategic Hospice Revenue Cycle Management and Hospice Billing: How to Build a Clean-Claim Process, established that a healthy revenue cycle is the engine that allows an agency to maintain stability and focus on its clinical mission. However, hospice leadership typically f

March 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Directors › Patient Care

Analyzing the 'Quiet Workforce': New Insights into U.S. Family Caregiving

Many conversations about healthcare focus on hospitals, physicians, or emerging technologies. However, a significant portion of care in the United States occurs in a different setting: the home. Data from a recent Pew Research Center survey highlights the scale of this shift. Millions of Americans n

March 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Marketing › Hospice Research Articles

ICU to Hospice Transitions Are Increasing. What Should We Measure Now?

What the study examined A new national study examined US Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries over age 65 who were admitted to an ICU between 2011 and 2023. The authors found that discharges to hospice after ICU admission increased substantially over time, including an increase in hospice discharg

March 6, 2026 · 2 min read

Blog

Will Generative AI Disrupt the Traditional Hospice Care Paradigm?

Recent reporting has highlighted how major health systems such as Mass General Brigham and Mayo Clinic are using Generative AI (GenAI) for clinical reasoning. These applications extend beyond administrative efficiencies and into the generation of preliminary diagnoses and treatment plans. For hospic

February 26, 2026 · 4 min read