2018 End-of-life care Social worker 
Hospice News
JANUARY 28, 2025
Kamal became director-at-large at the academy in 2018. With a robust and growing membership and an engaged board, the Academy is strongly positioned to be a leading voice for hospice and palliative care physicians and professionals. Prior to joining AAHPM, Kamal was a fellow at the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Without widespread change, demand for palliative care in the United States is projected to outstrip the supply of the clinicians trained to provide it during the next decade. A key barrier to building that workforce is that most clinicians receive little to no exposure to those types of care during their training.
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Hospice News
APRIL 22, 2022
Francis Reflections hospice and palliative care clinicians and physicians will serve patients at the center when their care is no longer manageable in other settings. Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Formerly Hospice of St. Census Bureau.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
If enacted, the legislation would remove co-pays and patient fees for advance care planning (ACP) services, allow social workers to conduct these conversations, expand provider education about associated billing codes, and improve reporting on barriers to ACP utilization. House of Representatives by Rep.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
“This is a tremendous opportunity to offer experienced, hospital-based hospice care to patients who are too fragile or unstable to be transferred to another location,” Mattson said in a press release. The hospital-based hospice unit marks Hospice of Cincinnati’s fifth inpatient location.
Hospice News
MARCH 1, 2024
The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians. It covers the essentials of delivering end-of-life care in the home and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Hospice News
AUGUST 9, 2022
This reflects issues that exist throughout the larger health care system, including among providers upstream of hospice that assist patients with advance care planning. A 2018 AARP study found that 60% of the LGBTQ+ community is concerned about a lack of sensitivity to their needs among health care providers.
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