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2. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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   Comprehensive hospice inspections by state agencies, which average just under three years, are rare compared to inspections of other health care providers, a HuffPost analysis found. Nearly 400 hospices haven’t undergone a full certification inspection in more than six years. Use the tool box below to learn more about hospices in your area.

3. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Following these two 90-day benefit periods, the hospice is required to evaluate more closely and review the case every 60 days. Commercial insurers, managed care program providers, and Medicaid often have their own regulations regarding re-certification. When the hospice re-certifies a six-month or less prognosis, this is based on the patient's ...

4. Amedisys - Wikipedia

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   They are one of the largest home health providers and second largest hospice care provider in the United States. Amedisys provides in-home skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology, medical social work, home aides, and hospice and bereavement services, with 11 million patient care visits in 2011. [4]

5. Calvary Hospital (Bronx) - Wikipedia

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   The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care. [3] In addition to its main facility in the Morris Park, Bronx it has had a 25-bed facility within the Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2001. It also has various outreach programs. [3]

6. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   A Hospice House in Missouri. Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.

7. Kalighat Home for the Dying - Wikipedia

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   St. Mother Teresa opened this free hospice in 1952, next to the famous Kalighat Kali Temple in Kalighat Calcutta. [6] With the help of Indian officials, she changed an abandoned building which previously served as a temple for the Hindu goddess Kali into the "Kalighat home for the dying", a free hospice for the poor. Later on she changed the ...