Hospice News October 17, 2024
Quality, compliance and technology investments are becoming increasingly crucial when it comes to hospices’ recruitment and retention strategies as they seek to gain an advantage in the health care labor market.
Finding and keeping quality employees who are able to keep up with the fast pace of today’s hospice compliance landscape has become a challenging feat, according to SilverStone Health CEO Alfonso Montiel. The Dallas, Texas-based health system provides palliative, home health and hospice, among other services.
The rising volume of auditing activity in the hospice space can come with expensive costs and operational strains, which can complicate providers’ ability to invest in recruitment, Montiel said during the Hospice News Staffing Summit.
“[Compliance] is very challenging, because one mistake can...