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Education Key to Addressing Palliative Care Referral ‘Pain Points’

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Palliative care providers’ largest referral hurdles have been long-rooted in misunderstandings about their services. Among the most common misconceptions about palliative care is that these services are often conflated with hospice as support received at the end of a person’s life.

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Diverse Mix of Opportunities, Obstacles in Palliative Care’s Future Outlook

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Interest has mounted in the palliative care arena, but building and sustaining these services requires stronger reimbursement and workforce resources. But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If That makes palliative care’s outlook good.

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Standing Out in the Palliative Care Competitive Landscape

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Palliative care providers need to focus on their specific organization’s specific strengths in order to stand out from a broad range of competitors. Untangling knots in palliative care marketing Michigan-based NorthStar Care Community operates Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice.

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How Gender-Affirming Care Bans Could Impact Hospice Access, Utilization

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What’s happening in these states has caused mounting concern around access to quality hospice care for LGBTQ+ individuals, according to Kimberly Acquaviva, social worker and professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing. “This number has grown tremendously and exponentially.

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

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During the program’s first year in 2021, 9,630 MA beneficiaries received hospice care through the VBID demo, and 525 utilized the program’s supplemental benefits, according to a report the RAND Corporation prepared for CMS. Among those benefits is palliative care.

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Care Coordination, Quality Data Crucial to Hospice Referral Growth

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As end-of-life care received a spotlight during a global pandemic, the historical viewpoints around hospice care delivery have been undergoing a “fundamental shift,” Dresang said. This is really an exciting time for our industry,” Dresang said during the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Webinar.

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VITAS, Big Bend, Heart to Heart, Family Hospice Unveil New Locations

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VITAS will also offer free monthly continuing education webinars to clinicians throughout the surrounding location’s communities. The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care.

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