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

GeriPal

And Katie, I was going through your Twitter feed, and a tweet I noticed was this one, “All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in people with active substance use disorder.” Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. Is cancer pain really different? Should we be excluding it?