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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

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Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. from 2008 to 2020. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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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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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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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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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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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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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

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I’m just thinking we all went through a major traumatic event in 2020 and the subsequent years. And I think there’s ways that geriatrics and palliative care can kind of add an additional layer to that because we’re unique in that we can draw on the expertise of an interdisciplinary team. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith.