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National Alliance’s Scott Levy: Hospices Need ‘Regulatory Relief’ to Protect ‘Sacred Benefit’

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This is according to Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer at National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). Can you share your background in hospice and home over the last decade, starting with your most recent role at Amedisys? I started out in a lower-level government affairs position at Amedisys in August 2015.

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Health Systems Adapt to Changing Environment by Expanding Hospice, Home-Based Care

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Initiatives like these allow health systems the opportunity to not only capitalize on growing demand, but also to address a more comprehensive range of their patients’ health needs in the setting that most prefer, according to Angel Vargas, vice president of Care at Home for Kaiser Permanente. Census Bureau. billion in 2021.

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Key Trends to Watch: Health Systems Moving into Hospice, Home-Based Care

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California-based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest integrated health systems, is among those making big investments in the home setting, including hospice and palliative care. The division offers home health care, palliative care and hospice in addition to high-acuity services like hospital-at-home. “We

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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Data Trends Point to Palliative Care’s Return on Investment

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Receiving palliative care could help avoid the risk of death in a hospital setting for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

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The Forces Driving, Impeding Access to Pediatric Palliative Care

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Moving the needle forward will take improved national regulations and strengthen care delivery systems, the organization indicated in a separate report. There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

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There is a belief that the preferred place of death for adults and children is home (Ellingsen et al 2014; Pollock, 2015; Rainsford et al 2018). 2015) ‘Problems with preference and place of death for children too’, BMJ , (19th November), p. 2021) What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like?