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When Advanced Illness Patients Keep Returning, It May Be Time for Hospice

If hospital readmissions and emergency department visits are increasing for your seriously ill patients, it may be time to refer them to hospice. As part of the continuum of care, hospice is most beneficial when it is provided for months, rather than weeks or days. With hospice, patients with advanced disease receive coordinated care wherever they call home. VITAS clinicians offer expert medical care, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support to your patients. Refer to VITAS 24/7/365 for hospice evaluations, admissions, and compassionate care for your seriously ill patients. VITAS® Healthcare hospice services: • Supplement the high level of care attending physicians and clinical staff bring to their patients. Our staff actively monitors and manages changes and declines in your patient’s condition • Facilitate seamless patient transitions and conduct medication reconciliation • Help to reduce avoidable rehospitalizations and ED visits and help to optimize

HEDIS® and CAHPS® score

Visit VITAS.com for hospice eligibility guidelines. Call 800.93.VITAS to refer patients quickly. Download our mobile app for fast, seamless, secure referrals from your mobile device.