Hospice News
APRIL 23, 2024
In September 2015, the Partnership HealthPlan of California — managed by Medicaid — launched a pilot program dedicated to palliative care, with an emphasis on enhancing patient outcomes while reducing costs associated with caring for chronically ill seniors.
Hospice News
JANUARY 29, 2024
of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. Another barrier is the ongoing shortage of trained palliative care professionals — including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, nurses, social workers, chaplains and community health workers. Census Bureau.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Payment streams lack what’s needed to support the palliative workforce of clinicians, social workers and spiritual care providers. ACAC was instrumental to the development of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) project that took place between 2011 and 2015 piloted by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice. About 21% indicated that their own health was poor in 2020, up from 17% in 2015. The state of caregiving Many of the barriers are financial.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 13, 2023
In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press. Even fewer are trained in pediatric palliative care.
Hospice News
JANUARY 31, 2024
In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press.
Solace
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Social worker and Death Deck co-creator Lisa Pahl agrees and says Carter’s announcement, like his openness about his cancer treatment in 2015, is an opportunity for more understanding of hospice. “I
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