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Regulators Extend Some Telemedicine Flexibilities, Gauge Telehealth’s ‘New Path Forward’ in Hospice

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The waivers have allowed for reconciliation with the new normal of realities in health care delivery, according to Dr. Michael Fratkin, a California-based palliative care physician and board president of the Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care. Fratkin is also a palliative care specialist at Humboldt Center for New Growth.

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VITAS, Big Bend, Heart to Heart, Family Hospice Unveil New Locations

Hospice News

The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care. Hospice utilization rates reached 48.7% that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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