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Alivia Care Inc. Launches New Home-Based Care Business in Florida

Hospice News

Dubbed Alivia Care @ Home, its services include home health, private duty and supportive care (community-based palliative care). Patients may need all three components of care at home, supportive care and non-skilled or private duty services, or they may need only one,” Ponder-Stansel told Hospice News.

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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The hearing focused on the common access issues among rural populations.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

To start us off we talk with Kara Bischoff about the article she just published in JAMA Network on a re-validation of the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) in a modern day palliative care setting. But it’s still the prognostic tool used most often by palliative care clinicians. Why do this?

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. Would you accept?”

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