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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed Kari Bradford, a doctor of nursing practice, as its new palliative medical director. Patel is fellowship trained in geriatric medicine with an emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care.

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

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Facing potential out-of-pocket expenses has led to racial divides in advance care planning utilization among lower income and ethnically diverse groups, according to Dr. Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas.

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Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

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Grant is also a nurse practitioner and palliative care consult service provider at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Freeland specializes in geriatrics, advance care planning and home-based primary care.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

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Determining when a patient with Alzheimer’s and dementia is eligible for hospice care can be challenging in the face of the six-month terminal prognosis, given the unpredictable nature of these diseases, according to Keisha Mason, director of nursing at Heart’n Soul Hospice. Brody is also a registered nurse in end-of-life care.

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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

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The varied mix of available palliative payment streams means that providers must take a collaborative approach to care delivery in order to thrive and grow these services, Spragens said, speaking at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly. “A

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GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal

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The post GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, make sure you send them the invite. The more, the merrier.

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Ep. 36: Breaking Down the Silos Between Palliative Care and Hospice

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Initially in a full-time clinical role she has also served in various leadership roles including Palliative Care Professional Development Director, Regional Director of Palliative Care, Vice President of Palliative Care and now Chief Clinical Operations Officer with leadership for both Hospice and Palliative Care programs.