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Palliative Care, ACO Collaborations Fuel ‘Historical Savings’ in MSSP Program

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Palliative care providers that form collaborative partnerships with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be lending to a landmark downward trend in health care spending in the value-based payment landscape. ACOs participating in MSSP earned an estimated $3.1

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Value-Based Care a Driver of Palliative Care Investment

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A total of 30 hospice transactions were completed in 2023, compared to 19 deals as of the end of 2024s third quarter, the report found. Dr. Julia Frydman, senior medical director at Nashville-based Thyme Care, runs its palliative care wing. She believes palliative care may be inoculated against that industry trend.

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Advocacy Program Pushes for Improved Pediatric Hospice, Respite, Palliative Care

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Serious and terminally ill children and their families often have limited options when it comes to pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care. The first is education and awareness of the issues in pediatric palliative care and respite. A national public awareness program is seeking to change this trend.

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Headwaters Hospice to Launch New Palliative Care Services

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Montana-based Headwaters Hospice and Palliative Care LLC will soon unveil a new palliative care service line, set to launch later this year. Patients in rural, mountainous regions face some of the most significant struggles in terms of accessing and receiving end-of-life care, Brown stated.

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PRIM-ER Palliative Care Training Program Did Not Reduce Hospital Admissions

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Through PRIM-ER, emergency department clinicians received training in palliative care, simulation-based communication workshops, clinical decision support tools and audit and feedback. The study did not measure access to palliative care as an outcome. The results were published in JAMA. Health systems can realize a 6.7%

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Early Telepalliative Care Can Reduce Caregiver Burden, Improve Quality

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Researchers have increasingly dug into the quality impacts of virtual palliative care delivery and how telehealth outcomes compare to in-person care. Satisfaction with care for the caregivers and for the patients [showed] no differences. Rinaldi is also co-director of Mass Generals palliative care clinic.

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MA Palliative Care Benefits See Little 2023 Growth, But Payer Interest Remains High

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Only 10 new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will offer home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit for 2023, but payers may be offering those services through other programs. In-home support services saw the most growth in plan participation for 2023, rising to 1,091 from 729 the prior year.

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