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Hospice News
MARCH 4, 2025
This agreement directly addresses one of health care’s most significant gaps the fact that only 12% of patients who could benefit from palliative care services currently receive them, Dr. Julia Frydman, senior medical director for Thyme Care, told Palliative Care News.
GeriPal
JANUARY 16, 2025
So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP. This article is sponsored by CHAP. The post Voices: ??Dr.
Hospice News
MARCH 18, 2024
The model uses information gathered from a patient’s genome to plan for care, treatment and services, and to some extent, predict a likely health trajectory, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. However, more stakeholders are applying the term to palliative care.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. Rather, they wanted to provide clear, understandable information that enabled the patient to make reasonable, informed choices about their care.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Contessa is currently in talks with a number of other Medicare Advantage organizations to pursue similar, but not identical, contracts, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, vice president and national medical director of Palliative Care at Home at Contessa, said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference. “We’re
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
We have strategically launched fee-for-service (FFS) initiatives in key locations, showcasing our care model’s emphasis on integrating clinical and social support to address the diverse needs of our patients,” she told Palliative Care News. One of the most significant hurdles to success is inadequate reimbursement.
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