Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. I have spent about 11 years total with Optum and then worked with Aspire, but now I’m currently working with Contessa and Amedisys to help support palliative care at home programs.

Palliative care 246

Palliative care Palliate Medicare Article 246

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

You know, I think the key thing is that, yes, things are definitely changing back then. A lot of the principles that are talked about in core topics in substance use health, I definitely do extend. I would agree that a lot of the time the people we care for have been abandoned previously by the health systems around us.

Palliative care 245

Palliative care Palliate Definition Healthcare 245

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And then I did a geriatric orthopedic fellowship and that was really an exciting opportunity to help hip fracture patients, but then someone knocked on our door. Eric: What’s a geriatric orthopedic fellowship? So I got to help create one of the first geriatric orthopedic fellowships. Eric: Oh, that’s fabulous.

Geriatrics 282

Geriatrics Events Definition Information 282

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Now we can talk later on about the different models of paying for care coordination. It would have been hard to hypothesize that less contact with palliative care would have been better. But I definitely do not think it is ethical to have non palliative care. Enrolling patients in palliative care studies.

Palliative care 293

Palliative care Palliate Social worker Article 293

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. And it became a terror for me. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz.

Medicare 309

Medicare Caregiver Social worker 2024 309