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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. The post U.S.

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New Palliative Care Resources for the New Year!

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We are very excited to announce new Life and Death Matters resources for students! The post New Palliative Care Resources for the New Year! Let’s get started because there is so much to report. appeared first on Life and Death Matters.

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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. Having hospice and palliative care resources available alongside community-based social supports helped improve caregiver outcomes, according to Patano.

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New York State Passes Law to Raise Hospice, Palliative Care Awareness

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Kathy Hochul has signed a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice, and palliative care. The new law requires the New York State Department of Health to develop a public awareness campaign to promote advance care planning. That must change.”.

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Startup Tuesday Health Unveils Palliative Care Partnership with CareSource

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The expanded collaboration with CareSource will bring additional palliative care resources to patients in northeast Ohio. Tuesday Health CEO Jim Wieland told Hospice News. The Tuesday Health partnership is only the most recent palliative care investment from CareSource.

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ACO Partnerships Could Open Doors for Palliative Care Providers

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To take advantage of those opportunities, more attention might be focused on [the provider’s] own capacity and making sure they can take the volume of patients that might be sent their way,” Allison Silvers, chief of health care transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care, told Hospice News. “I

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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.