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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

Oregon passed a law in 2015 to create its Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council. Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. States take swings and miss. But the group hit a number of roadblocks.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. What we didn’t have was the payment model to deliver the comprehensive dementia care.

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