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New York State Passes Law to Raise Hospice, Palliative Care Awareness

Hospice News

The campaign must include education about hospice and palliative care, according to the newly approved legislation. At 30%, the Empire State ranked 50th in utilization among the states and the District of Columbia in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. About 17.4% About 17.4%

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Inside agilon health’s Palliative Care Game Plan

Hospice News

Like many great innovations in health care, it really bubbled up from our community. Our first partner started in 2018. They already had a small palliative care resource. Some of our partners did have palliative care partnerships working in their community, but those were very, very individualized.