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Kaiser Permanente Physicians Negotiate New Labor Agreement

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To tie this with what residents, fellows and resident physicians in palliative care and hospice experience, that training is incredibly difficult, Anderson told Palliative Care News. What we hear a lot of in the palliative and hospice care workforce is that youre working with patients in a vulnerable, critical time.

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Hospice Researchers Seek to Untangle Possible Relationships Between Tax Status and Outcomes

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Private equity transactions represented half of all home health and hospice deals in 2018 and 2019, resulting in a 300% increase in patients enrolled under PE-backed providers, according to research published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Care Compare site.

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Capitalizing Palliative Care Startups

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As a sector, most standalone palliative care providers are still maturing from startups into long-term, sustainable businesses. million people need palliative care annually, worldwide. However, only about 14% of people who need this care receive it. He’s a hospitalist, and they always talked about palliative care.

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The Barriers Creating Pediatric Palliative Care Inequities

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Recent research has uncovered some of the leading barriers preventing greater pediatric palliative care utilization across underserved communities. Seriously ill children of color are among the most underserved patient populations , with a recent analysis digging into the focal points of systematic racial issues tied to health disparities.

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3 Key Hospice Technology Trends

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3 emerging technologies Predictive analytics, remote patient monitoring and virtual reality therapies are three emerging technologies that are becoming increasingly prevalent among hospices, according to an Axxess report shared with Hospice News.

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Hospice Carve-In’s Sunset Could Affect Palliative Care

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Hospice reimbursement trends influence palliative care payment and delivery. Among the significant changes coming this year is the end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model, as of Dec. Value-based payment models such as VBID incentivize quality measurement and reporting among providers.

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The Hospice CARE Act’s Potential to ‘Dramatically Reshape’ End-of-Life Care Delivery

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Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer.