Hospice News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Palliative care clinical education avenues have expanded in recent years, but providers say the well may not be filling up quickly enough to meet demand. Communication and peer support elements are among the key training elements for palliative workforce sustainability and growth. Nonetheless, we have a long way to go.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Roughly 5 to 8 million older adults nationwide have one or more mental health conditions, according to research from the supplement Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). Palliative care providers have opportunities to bridge gaps of unmet needs among patients who have serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and their families.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. That problem was mirrored in the environment outside of the program.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasingly diverse base of health care providers have taken an interest in the palliative care space, a trend that could be indicative of how strategic growth is taking shape in the field. As they build out their palliative care programs, many of these organizations are pursuing partnerships to foster coordination and growth.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Though social determinants can take time and resources to build into palliative care programs, they come with a strong return on investment, according to Dr. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics. Yaquta Patni, wound care and geriatric care physician at Innovative Geriatrics.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. However, when evaluated through randomized clinical trials, the results tend to lean toward mediocre. I think the measures we have, it’s not so much that they’re wrong, but they certainly are imprecise,” Dr. Kathleen M.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Patel is fellowship trained in geriatric medicine with an emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care. Stacy Kreger, a nurse practitioner has an extensive background in geriatric and hospice care, the company indicated in a press release. She is based in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. the researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 3-Act Model has been woven into various other programs across Johns Hopkins, including medicine residency at Bayview and multiple fellowship programs, spanning geriatrics to oncology. Now we’re trying to understand how to integrate that into our training and in our workflow so that we’re thinking about that,” he said.

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2024

Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics. Rates of depression rose up to 40% of these individuals within four years prior to death, with frequent or severe social isolation and loneliness reported among up to nearly a quarter (22%).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Building partnerships with other providers can help mitigate these barriers, according to Dr. Nathan Goldstein, professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. But we’re not so good about going out there in the community and figuring out how to bargain with insurance plans.”.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Dr. Nathan Goldstein, professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said he agrees. A rising number of health systems and community-based providers have been making larger investments in palliative care through joint ventures. These partnerships are a win-win-win.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. This is Eric Widera.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2023

PalliCare focuses on geriatric patients, and Fluhart was quick to acknowledge seriously ill people outside that demographic also need palliative care. Two years ago, CEO Jonathan Fluhart and COO Tiffany Hughes launched PalliCare to fill a need in the home-based care space. As lobbying efforts continue, the company is looking to the future.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Strains on reimbursement, referrals and staffing represent the biggest obstacles to palliative care providers’ viability and growth. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Others include a geriatric home-based primary care medical group called Welcome Health; Housecall Providers, an in-home primary and palliative care business; and the PACE program MyPlace Health, a joint venture between SCAN and Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA). This included what he called a clinical-first palliative care model. SCAN is a $4.3

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated. An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2023

The population that is over 55 — considered geriatric inside prisons because people’s life spans are much shorter there — is nearly one-third of the prison population,” Gorlock told local news. Labor pressures amid growing demand represent the largest barriers in terms of both limited staffing volumes and high workforce costs.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Though far more resources are needed, more opportunities for clinical palliative care training have been emerging in recent years, according to Dr. Nathan Goldstein, currently professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. But business trends are also driving change.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In our podcast with palliative care pioneer Susan Block , she identified the psychological/psychiatric aspects of palliative care as the biggest are of need for improvement. As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2022

The post Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Furthermore, direction to external websites is not an endorsement from AAHPM or HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

We talk today with Betty Ferrell, who has been a nurse for 47 years, and is the founder and PI of ELNEC. As I argue on the podcast, ELNEC has likely done more to lift the primary palliative care skills of clinicians than any other initiative. Josh, welcome back to GeriPal. Josh: Thank you, you all. Eric: So yeah, we got a powerhouse of guests.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health.

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GeriPal

MARCH 4, 2024

The post #HPMParty is returning to Phoenix during the 2024 AAHPM/HPNA meeting appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, encourage them to come. The best networking happens when the convention center closes!

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Summary Transcript Summary. This was in part due to the tremendous support of the National Institute on Aging. By diagnosis?

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Social pain and loneliness. Community-based palliative care networks .

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Eric: So Susan, very big thank you for joining us on this podcast. We’ve got a lot to cover. But before we do, we always start off with song requests. Susan: I do.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I’m an internist by training and practice for close to 25 years now in a spectrum of medicine from hospital-based care to more recently, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Daniel Schwartz: It’s a pleasure to be here representing Elara Caring.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care. We had two palliative care clinics.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

I am an acute care and adult and geriatric certified nurse practitioner. This article is sponsored by Axxess. This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics. They’ve all been laid out for you. Alex: Great Eric: These are the questions submitted by our audience? Anne: Right. So, we’re not totally winging it here. Alex: Oh no.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

We have an existing group of primary care providers, but we’re very aggressively pursuing acquiring as many primary care providers who are already in the geriatric care space, because when you look at most of the risk-based models — the GUIDE model that’s coming out and ACO REACH,” Ponder Stansel said. “[The

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APRIL 28, 2022

Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. His work has been published in places like the L.A. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan.

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