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The Tangled Web of Pediatric Palliative Care Payment and Policy

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Current payment structures do not sufficiently support the full scope of interdisciplinary care. Among families’ largest unmet needs is finding pediatric palliative care providers nearby, along with care coordination and caregiver support, he indicated.

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CMS Launches GUIDE Model Demonstration With Strong Showing From Hospice, Palliative Care Participants

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The payment model is designed to improve quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing care coordination, behavioral health and functional needs. The model features reimbursement for care coordination and management, respite services and caregiver education and support.

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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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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. 3HC Announces New CEO 3HC Home Health & Hospice Care Inc.

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Hospices Facilities Launch, Renovate With Growth in Mind

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The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. An estimated 50 patients will be impacted by the temporary closure.

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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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Provider Partnerships Driving Palliative Care Growth

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The fact that we are seeing traditional palliative care providers being joined by hospice organizations, primary care groups and hospital systems all starting palliative programs underscores that palliative principles permeate all aspects of health care and medicine,” Baumgardner told Palliative Care News.