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Humana, Thyme Care Partnership to Expand Access to Palliative Care

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This agreement directly addresses one of health care’s most significant gaps the fact that only 12% of patients who could benefit from palliative care services currently receive them, Dr. Julia Frydman, senior medical director for Thyme Care, told Palliative Care News.

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Hospices to ‘Optimize’ Telehealth Amid Regulatory Uncertainties

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The ability to develop and provide a sustainable model of virtual care for patients and caregivers will require a more permanent regulatory framework around telehealth utilization, Dr. Julia Frydman, senior medical director at Thyme Care, said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Florida.

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Palliative Care Startups Require Creativity, Flexibility

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On the flip side, factors challenging this market are high costs of treatment and fragmented delivery models which can result in subpar care coordination providing patients with less-than-ideal outcomes. Our program is staffed by nurse practitioners and social workers, under the oversight of our medical director.

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Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

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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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Top Hospice Trends to Watch in 2025

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The new dementia services are designed to support home-based care for dementia patients and provide assistance to their families and caregivers, including education on the skills and information needed to manage their loved ones care safely. However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. To medical directors, chiefs, and some were really cool to talk to me. those experiencing homelessness).

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HSPN ELEVATE: Hospice Clinical Innovation Trends

Hospice News

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Faith Protsman, regional medical director at VITAS Healthcare, Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess, and Cheryl Hamilton Fried, president & CEO at Blue Ridge Hospice. It’s named after our very first patient that we cared for at VITAS.

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