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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

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The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses. Having] these unique insights and focus on end-of-life care also helps St.

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2024 Final Rule May Signal Changes in CMS’ Approach to Hospice Quality

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The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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How Palliative Care Could Address Unmet Needs of Patients With Rare Diseases

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The key to effectively addressing these needs is a comprehensive interdisciplinary care approach, which includes disease-specific specialists, in conjunction with palliative care and social work.” A wider base of palliative social workers can also be a key to improved patient and caregiver support, Brown indicated.

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

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Now we can talk later on about the different models of paying for care coordination. We do have access to palliative care social work in the outpatient setting, and we have a nurse. We don’t have pastoral care actually readily available for our ambulatory patients. Pallavi 09:26 Yeah. That is correct.