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Thyme Care Appoints Scientific Advisory Board with Palliative Care Expertise

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The four-person board includes experts in palliative care, geriatric oncology, health policy , care delivery, predictive analytics and health care innovation from health systems, cancer centers, and research institutions. “We’re The company offers palliative care in addition to other services.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

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Summary Transcript Summary What does the future hold for geriatrics? Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. On today’s podcast, we are going to do a deep dive on the future of geriatrics with three amazing guests.

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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

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This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care. Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm.

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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Non-Hispanic Black, Latino, American Indian and Asian or Pacific Islander patients with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to receive this care than white patients from 2004 to 2020, the study found. The Scientific Reports study examined patient data in the U.S. the researchers indicated.

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Palliative Care an ‘Important Piece’ of Quality in Oncology Programs

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Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated. An estimated 1.9

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Psychological Trauma Can Worsen Symptom Burden at End-of-Life

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Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics. Kotwal and fellow UCSF researchers recently examined the traumatic experiences shared by roughly 6,500 adults 51 and older nearing the end of life between 2006 and 2020 in a national Health and Retirement Study.

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4 Hospices Tap New Executive, Clinical Leaders 

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Prior to that, Bond was national medical director for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, which was acquired by AccentCare in 2020. Dopf is board-certified physician in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. Moreland joining the company is the next step in a decades-long career in hospice.