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Humana, Thyme Care Partnership to Expand Access to Palliative Care

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Thyme Care was established toward the end of 2020 following a $16 million funding round, led by Town Hall Ventures and Foresite Capital. This approach addresses both medical needs and social determinants of health, which are crucial components of effective palliative care.By A new partnership between Humana Inc.

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The Case for Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

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Individually, palliative care and social determinants programs both have the potential to improve quality of life and reduce costs — but that potential may be greater when the two are combined. Programs to address social determinants have likewise been found to reduce health care expenditures. Case in point, the U.S.

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Several Large Hospice Providers See Leadership Transitions

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from 2008 to 2020. She is charged with overseeing the home health and hospice providers Colleague Assistance Fund, which supports employees during times of personal need. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation. Empath serves 1 in 5 hospice patients across Florida, the company reported.

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Penn Bay Medical Center Deepens Roots in Community-Based Palliative Care

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Additional palliative team members included Kim Danforth, a licensed social worker, and Brooke Simmons as its new medical assistant. The Pine Tree State had the highest volume of seniors compared to any other state across the country in 2020, outranking only Florida and Vermont that year at 21.2% Census Bureau.

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HopeHealth’s Dr. Leah McDonald Sees ‘System-Wide Embedding’ of Palliative Skills

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McDonald graduated in 2020 from HopeHealth’s hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program. A systematic overhaul of the nation’s health care education programs is needed to ensure that future clinicians are prepared to provide palliative and hospice care amid rising demand, according to Dr. Leah McDonald of HopeHealth.

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Palliative Care ‘Across the Pond:’ Providers Face Similar Challenges Globally

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million people worldwide who need palliative care actually receive these services, according to a separate 2020 WHO report. Though regional variations exist, some palliative care delivery challenges are nearly universal for providers across the globe. Increasing goals of care conversations among patients and families is another. “It

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

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The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.