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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. But Congress did not pass the legislation.

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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

Hospice News

Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks. I don’t see a lot of focus on the possible harms.

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Standing Out in the Palliative Care Competitive Landscape

Hospice News

Post-transaction, the combined organization cares for more than 1,800 hospice patients across 60 Michigan counties and nearly 900 palliative care patients, making it one of the largest nonprofit operators in the United States, according to the organization.

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Diverse Mix of Opportunities, Obstacles in Palliative Care’s Future Outlook

Hospice News

But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If If palliative care is a common provision of services in the marketplace, then the investor world is definitely looking at that,” Kulik told Palliative Care News. “No They’re going to try to spur growth.

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Government Funding Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities, Averts Cap Cut

NHPCO

Cap cut avoided: Beyond extension of the IMPACT Act methodology, there was some consideration to MedPAC’s recommendation to outright decrease the hospice aggregate cap by 20 percent. That cut was averted, protecting hospice patients and providers. This package is a mixed bag for hospices. It also directs the U.S.

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State Palliative Care Councils May Be Proliferating

Hospice News

“The purpose of the council would be to study ways to increase awareness and usage of this highly valuable type of care,” Sexten told Palliative Care News in an email. “In In addition, it would help educate Wisconsinites about what palliative care does. Palliative care is often misunderstood and confused with hospice care.

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Using Ring Theory Paradigm

Hospice of the North Coast

Key points: In Ring Theory, the ill partner becomes the priority, and the other partner cannot reveal their angst and grief to them. Daniel Miller and one of the medical directors of Hospice of the North Coast. I’m so thrilled to be able to start a video log exploring topics in palliative care and also hospice care.

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