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The Link Between Palliative and Mental Health Care

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Researchers dug into patients’ data to examine palliative care utilization and delivery of mental health services and pharmacotherapies between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018. Low palliative care utilization is associated with higher risk of mental health challenges among patients with pancreatic cancer, recent research found.

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Research Points to Palliative Care’s Underutilization Among Cancer Patients

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The researchers examined Medicare claims data of beneficiaries 65 and older with recent cancer diagnoses who were given a six-month life expectancy prognosis between 2010 and 2019. Patients included those with advanced stage breast, colorectal, non-small cell lung (NSCL), small cell lung (SCL), pancreas and prostate cancer.

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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

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He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County. All of this started from a [University of California-San Francisco (USCF)] safety net study in 2010, which showed that most MediCal members spend a lot of time in the hospital close to death,” he said. “All

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Unveils New Palliative Care Unit

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Its palliative care program began in 2006, launching its first clinic in 2010 and growing ever since, Cohen stated. New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue recently launched a new palliative care unit. Susan Cohen, palliative care program director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. With each new expertise there’s collaboration.”

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes.

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HCA Healthcare Launches Hospice, Palliative Care Fellowship Program in Florida

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of the state’s overall population in 2010, a jump from 9.9% of the state’s overall population in 2010, a jump from 9.9% Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc. The program will accept two fellows annually. The fellowship will launch in July 2023 at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, the Orlando VA Medical Center and Chemed Corp.

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How Medicaid Boosted Palliative Care Utilization

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The study included patients between the ages of 18 to 64 who were newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancers between 2010 and 2019. More cancer patients have been receiving palliative care since the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid. About 18.9% 1, 2014, according to American Cancer Society research recently published in Health Affairs.