GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Palliative care clinical education avenues have expanded in recent years, but providers say the well may not be filling up quickly enough to meet demand. Communication and peer support elements are among the key training elements for palliative workforce sustainability and growth. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to unpack the reasons behind those results and identify the obstacles that are getting in the way of a more effective approach.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He uses comics and other artwork to share his experiences in palliative care and educate others about topics like empathy and communication skills. We’ve had two podcast already on poems in both aging and in palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? What can you do with the results of a geriatric assessment? Precision medicine?

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

As the palliative care field continues to grow and transform, understanding the current trends, outlook, relevant challenges and necessary skills for future leaders is critical. She added that these services are now being offered in diverse settings, including outpatient and home-based care models.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Eric: So Susan, you have touched so many people in the field of hospice palliative medicine. We’ve got a lot to cover. Susan: I do.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A rising number of health systems and community-based providers have been making larger investments in palliative care through joint ventures. This cooperative model is proving to be a good fit for many health systems that may not have the time or resources to build their own home-based care programs from scratch.

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients can benefit from more palliative care referrals. Thinking of things with a palliative approach gives me the ability to say, what else can we do? A palliative care team can introduce interventions such as low-dose opioids to help reduce breathlessness and pain.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In our podcast with palliative care pioneer Susan Block , she identified the psychological/psychiatric aspects of palliative care as the biggest are of need for improvement. Des delivered a plenary at this year’s National Palliative Care Research Center’s Foley retreat.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Palliative care providers have opportunities to bridge gaps of unmet needs among patients who have serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and their families. People with SMIs navigate a complicated mental health care system that can become even more challenging when they have a serious or chronic physical illness.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. That problem was mirrored in the environment outside of the program.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The value-based cancer care enabler Thyme Care has appointed a scientific advisory board with palliative care expertise to ensure that care and services are aligned with the most up-to-date literature and research. The company offers palliative care in addition to other services.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Palliative care is integral to Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) programs, according to Dr. Glenn Meyers, who was recently promoted to chief medical officer of BoldAge PACE. Can you say a little bit about where palliative care fits into your care model? He joined BoldAge in July 2023.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Palliative care providers may have untapped areas of potential when it comes to improving access and quality through services that address social determinants of health. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

Two years ago, CEO Jonathan Fluhart and COO Tiffany Hughes launched PalliCare to fill a need in the home-based care space. The company employs nurse practitioners and other clinicians to provide palliative care in the home. It’s really been our hottest areas to be in,” Fluhart told Palliative Care News.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Palliative care, in contrast, saw explosive growth in US hospitals. When should people get palliative care?

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. We have Kirsten Engel, who is a n emergency medicine and palliative care doc at MGH. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. Can you each introduce yourselves from your experience in palliative care, and walk us through what each of your roles are?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

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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Hospice News

JULY 24, 2024

Palliative care is grossly underutilized in nursing home settings, but providers can develop new tools that could bring those services to more residents, a recent study has found. Palliative care is important to address uncontrolled symptoms, polypharmacy and identify goals of care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 30, 2024

adults functioning as caregivers at any time,” Dr. Michael Certo, assistant professor of pediatrics for Lurie, said at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s Annual Assembly. “We We as palliative care clinicians meet caregivers who may be particularly vulnerable given the circumstances under which they find themselves.”

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping).

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Homebase Medical, a subsidiary of SCAN Group, is developing a new palliative care model to care for some of the Medicare Advantage organization’s most vulnerable beneficiaries. It provides Medicare welcome visits, transitional care visits and palliative care for frail older adults. SCAN is a $4.3

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary What does the future hold for geriatrics? Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. On today’s podcast, we are going to do a deep dive on the future of geriatrics with three amazing guests.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rooted in the power of storytelling and fueled by a desire to improve health equity and foster meaningful connections, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s innovative palliative care approach has earned industry-wide acclaim. “We

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . Summary Transcript Summary.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN. These are excerpts – not everybody was included. Eric: What is PCHETA?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Unroe has worked in advance care planning and palliative care, dating back to experience at the Duke University Medical Center as a Geriatric Fellow and as a fellow for the Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2022

Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications. The All-Ukrainian Associate of Palliative and Hospice Care was founded in 2011 and is currently working to provide support and direct supplies to hospices and palliative care wards in the country.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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. She will also serve as a mentor to palliative care teams, the company indicated in an announcement.

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