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Inside The Pennant Group’s Palliative Care Philosophy and Practice

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To bring this philosophy into practice, Pennant offers training and guidance on palliative care for members of its physician group who oversee a patients care. These practitioners are reimbursed via Medicare Part B and have the ability to integrate palliative services into a patients care when medically warranted.

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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

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The field of Nursing continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in technology, shifting healthcare needs, and a focus on specialized patient care. As we look toward 2025, certain Nursing specialties stand out for their growth potential, earning opportunities, and capacity to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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Consequently, many have launched additional business lines that enable them to reach patients sooner as well as capitalize on emerging value-based payment models. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem.

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Palliative Care an ‘Important Piece’ of Quality in Oncology Programs

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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, for instance, has a team of palliative care providers “embedded” into its oncology clinic and ALS Center, according to David Wu, the program’s director. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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Now, the rate limiting step in my mind is I don’t have anybody to keep an eye on those patients in the clinic. Now we can talk later on about the different models of paying for care coordination. So implementing stepped wedge would be hard. That would actually be a way to solve this problem. Pallavi 09:26 Yeah.