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5 ‘Hidden Gem’ Palliative Care News Stories in 2024

Hospice News

Palliative care providers are becoming a larger part of improving outcomes among patients with rare diseases by helping to address nonmedical needs, symptom management, care coordination, spiritual support and ensuring goal-concordant care delivery.

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CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

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A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services. Through the program, DCEs take complete responsibility for a patient’s care while assuming 100% of the financial risk. Most DCEs expect a seamless transition into ACO REACH.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

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Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. The Oregon advisory group began producing a website to inform health care providers about palliative care, with a particular focus on long term care organizations.

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Stratis Health Builds Framework for Expanding Rural Community-Based Palliative Care

Hospice News

Oftentimes, we say the hospital, but the hospital also manages the home care and the long term care. Typically, that is somebody from the health care community who’s leading the charge and is the coordinator or the team. You can bill for advanced care planning.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

But onward to post-acute care and what we see coming in the future. . Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act.

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The Universal Foundation: What therapy teams should know

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The recently published “Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy April 2024” highlights further evolution of the 2022 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Quality Strategy (NQS). The CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) retains the role to test new and innovative measures.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.