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

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Americans enrolled in Medicare should have the option to access integrated, interdisciplinary, patient-centered, goal-oriented care for serious illness …” Edo Banach, president & CEO of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), The post U.S.

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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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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

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Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. These determinants, along with the natural stressors of palliative and end-of-life caregiving, disproportionately impact their emotional well-being.”

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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. Hospice News: Excellent. Klaustermeier: Sure.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. We just hired a nurse. The Peach program has cared for over 1,000 clients.

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Inside agilon health’s Palliative Care Game Plan

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A recent study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management found that the primary care-led, integrated approach to palliative care espoused by agilon were two-thirds less likely to die in a hospital and on average spent five more days at home near the end of life. We can bring powerful data and care pathways.

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

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Asking clinicians whether they had offered the option of withdrawal of life support and comfort-focused care also did not change length of stay, but did increase the discharges to hospice, odds greater than two-fold, whether it was done alone or in combination with the prognostication nudge. Were these two resources already there?