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Palliative Care Increasingly Important in Value-Based Landscape

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However, this model is not designed to fully support an interdisciplinary approach involving physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other professionals, making sustainability a challenge. Palliative care also decreased emergency department visits by 14% and inpatient admissions by 26% while boosting hospice enrollment by 29%.

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Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. For nearly a decade, stakeholders have sought passage of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA). Tammy Baldwin, Shelly Moore Capito Sens.

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