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The Tangled Web of Pediatric Palliative Care Payment and Policy

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Current payment structures do not sufficiently support the full scope of interdisciplinary care. Among families’ largest unmet needs is finding pediatric palliative care providers nearby, along with care coordination and caregiver support, he indicated.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. To medical directors, chiefs, and some were really cool to talk to me. those experiencing homelessness).

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Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

Hospice News

Caris Healthcare provides adult and pediatric hospice care to more than 40,000 patients and families across 28 locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

Calls have grown louder among hospice providers and stakeholders for payers to solidify a dedicated community-based palliative care benefit that would standardize the definition and delivery of these services. “We The bill still has not passed, but even if it were, it would not represent a definitive solution to the shortage.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. Malaz: Yeah, social determinants of health. They do what we call it minimally viable standard.

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