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5 ‘Hidden Gem’ Palliative Care News Stories in 2024

Hospice News

Palliative care providers have explored diverse routes to improve quality and access to their services in 2024. The topics spanned evolving reimbursement trends, innovative care delivery partnerships and research examining the biggest barriers among undeserved populations.

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How Palliative Care Could Address Unmet Needs of Patients With Rare Diseases

Hospice News

Palliative approaches can help address gaps of care among patients with a diverse range of rare chronic and serious illnesses. Although uncommon, the severity of symptoms and increased mortality risks associated with rare diseases is fueling greater demand for more specialized health care professionals.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. Palliative care does that. Five flavors of palliative care laws. The reasons for this run the gamut.

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WellSky Intent on Expanding Footprint, Presence Across Care Continuum

Hospice News

Data analytics systems are gaining rising levels of attention in health care. Hospice providers in particular are using analytics to identify patients in need of end-of-life or palliative care services further upstream. The Kansas-based company reports that it has quadrupled in size since 2017, now employing a staff of 2,200 worldwide.

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Why Palliative Care Providers Are Adopting the GUIDE Model

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Bethany Snider of Pallitus Health Partners and Hosparus Health, the GUIDE model addresses something that was missing in dementia care both in the health care continuum and across the country: high quality, interdisciplinary palliative care which can be provided at home. “We

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

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Palliative care will be expanded. Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care. Unity Hospice and Palliative Care has served more than 30,000 patients and families since its establishment in 1992.

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Physician, Legislator Morhaim: Hospices Should Be Vocal About Advance Care Plans

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Nevertheless, only about 38% of the chronically ill have documented their wishes, according to 2017 research in Health Affairs. . To help move the needle, hospice and palliative care providers can serve as advocates and educators, according to Dr. Dan Morhaim, a retired emergency department physician and Maryland state delegate. “I

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