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Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

Hospice News

Strong staff education and reimbursement are among the keys to successfully integrating social determinants of health within a palliative care program. Does palliative care intersect with social determinants of health? That is the happiest marriage, Romanello told Palliative Care News at the conference.

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Palliative Care Could See ‘Enormous Growth’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

Hospice News

Hospices that have palliative care service lines may be better poised for growth in the merger and acquisition landscape compared to others. In bringing a hospice to market, it is 100% of the time a question that comes from all potential suitors is do they have a palliative care program, Kulik told Palliative Care News.

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Advocacy Program Pushes for Improved Pediatric Hospice, Respite, Palliative Care

Hospice News

Serious and terminally ill children and their families often have limited options when it comes to pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care. The campaign has since grown to include 40 palliative and hospice programs across 27 states. Its about the work being done to fill a gap, Cottor told Hospice News.

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Greater Education Needed to Bring Palliative Care to Cancer Patients

Hospice News

Cancer patients generally need palliative care, but widespread misperceptions often stand in their way, both among the public and many clinicians themselves. This is according to Nadine Barrett, president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC). Do most cancer patients have access to palliative care?

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Headwaters Hospice to Launch New Palliative Care Services

Hospice News

Montana-based Headwaters Hospice and Palliative Care LLC will soon unveil a new palliative care service line, set to launch later this year. The move comes as the hospice provider expands its reach across its home state. Right now we are providing hospice, but we are actively starting a palliative program.

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Inside Heart to Heart Hospice’s Palliative Care Growth Strategy

Hospice News

Heart to Heart Hospices return on investment in its community-based palliative care service line has come in the form of improved quality and financial outcomes. The results are a product of the hospices recently formed value-based partnership with a leading unnamed Medicare Advantage plan in its home state.

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Oncologists: Palliative Care Plays ‘Critical Role’ in Improving Quality, Health Equity

Hospice News

Interdisciplinary palliative care delivery can help to improve quality and health disparities among underserved cancer patient populations, according to oncology specialists. Palliative care providers have sought to strengthen their referral strategies with oncologists in order to better reach patients.