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U.S. Senators Call on CMS to Boost Palliative Care Resources

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, calling for a payment model demonstration designed to support greater access to palliative care. Signatories on the letter included the co-founders of the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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Startup Tuesday Health Unveils Palliative Care Partnership with CareSource

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Palliative care provider Tuesday Health has penned an agreement with the Medicare Advantage organization CareSource to offer services to its beneficiaries. Tuesday Health’s supportive care services operate on hybrid in-person and virtual models, according to Dr. Mihir Kamdar, head of care delivery of Tuesday Health.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. On today’s podcast, we talk about finding an evidence-based answer to this dosing question with three leaders in palliative care: Jennifer Temel , Chris Jones , and Pallavi Kumar.

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Hospice Palliative Care: Palliative Care in CMMI Programs

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This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess. Obviously, palliative care fits in there.

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

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Similarly Jessica Zitter, an intensivist and palliative care doctor analogized the inevitable clinical momentum toward highly aggressive intensive care in US hospitals as a conveyor belt. Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Summary Transcript Summary One marker of the distance we’ve traveled in palliative care is the blossoming evidence base for the field. They study palliative care. She’s pulmonary critical care and palliative medicine trained. These are big trials in palliative care. Kate: Thank you.