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Population Health, Quality, and Palliative Care: The Role of Public and Private Payors

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

Our field’s focus on delivering this type of patient-centric, high-quality, cost-effective care, ideally positions palliative care at the center of discussion in many population health initiatives for health systems, government, and private payers’ programs. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care.

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Health Systems Adapt to Changing Environment by Expanding Hospice, Home-Based Care

Hospice News

of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. For most, this extends to end-of-life care. This integration by Kaiser reflects the ways health systems will need to adapt as they care for the rapidly growing, often chronically ill, Medicare population. Census Bureau. billion.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

Hospice News

Staff at the new office provide 24/7 services to help facilitate hospice admissions for hospital and physician referrals and facility-based patients. The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area.

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COVID-19 Public Emergency Likely to Continue, Hospices Remain in the Dark on Regulatory Future

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remain intact. These include 1135 waivers of certain hospice rules that permitted use of telehealth to fulfill requirements typically done in person, such as recertification by physicians and patient visits. Fratkin founded the home-based palliative care provider in 2015.

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

I’m the senior nurse educator at H C P, Speaker 1 ( 00:25 ): And you’re listening to Vision, the podcast for leaders and forward thinkers in the care industry. Today we’ll be discussing the importance of unifying the care continuum for end of life care. Speaker 3 ( 00:38 ): Hi, glad to be here.

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