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CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

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A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services. The company expects to begin operating in Las Vegas, Nevada and Arizona next year and in Wisconsin in 2024. The company’s interdisciplinary care model is “high-touch,” according to Phan.

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Telehealth, Social Determinants Programs Propel Pallitus Health Partners to Double Census Growth

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However, attracting people to its palliative care space isn’t always easy because of several obstacles in the community. Dillon said roadblocks to patient care often include a lack of access to transportation, food scarcity and medical bills. “That’s been very, very successful,” Dillon said.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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He died in 2024. Eric 13:00 I also love that too, because even on our inpatient ballot of care consult service, whenever somebody says that they’re unrepresented or they don’t have a surrogate, we never believe that until we usually look up. To have a social worker who’s dedicated in many places.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

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Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Roughly 6% of hospices reported plans to diversify with death doula services, with the same amount voicing interest in launching advance care planning services.

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

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Walk us through why the Renewed Focus of Quality in 2024 is a focus and maybe how that ties into what you were saying, the clinical documentation, what does that mean as far as that goes? That question on the CAHPS survey is, how did I feel about the care that was being provided to me? Let’s move on to the money part.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. Bill 45:17 Well, Louise touched on one, which I’ve been a big fan of, and I think anyone doing ICU training should spend some time in a long term care facility to begin to see the benefits of their work. They’re too busy.

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