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‘It’s Where We’re at Right Now’: US Prison System Struggling to Keep Up with Growing Need for Palliative Care

Hospice News

Individuals in prison environments often have limited access to palliative care services, making these patients among the hardest to reach for providers. We’re facing a backdrop in which a lot of people with serious illness are disproportionately represented in our jails and prisons,” Supiano told Palliative Care News.

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care. Overall hospice and end of life care was given too little consideration and disaster management policies and actions have been enacted by the larger response community,” Baker Rogers said.

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[UPDATED] Rep. Earl Blumenauer Plans Landmark Hospice Reform Bill

Hospice News

Blumenauer announced the bill, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, on Thursday at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. In the current draft of the legislation, this would include dialysis, chemotherapy, radiation and blood transfusions.

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U.S. Senate Takes Up Supporting Our Seniors Act

Hospice News

While private residences are the most frequently occurring location of care for hospice patients, long-term care facilities come in second, followed by assisted living facilities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Both Boozeman and Rosen serve on the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging.

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Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care: Understanding the Key Differences

Seasons Hospice

Two terms that often arise in these conversations are palliative care and hospice care. In this months blog post, well break down the key differences between palliative care and hospice care, explore how they are delivered, who can benefit from them, and when each type of care is appropriate. What Is Hospice Care?

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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

Hospice News

We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5 billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Hospice Referral Impacts

Hospice News

Hospice referral streams may be seeing lasting shifts as a result of trends that pre-dated COVID, including growing patient preferences to receive end-of-life care in the home setting, she said. “A There’s a lot less demand for facility-based general inpatient care and more demand for continuous home hospice care.

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