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Palliative Care an ‘Important Piece’ of Quality in Oncology Programs

Hospice News

The funds will also allow Thyme Care to deepen its partnerships with health care providers across the continuum, according to Mullangi. Also in 2020 came the launch of partnership between Livio Health and cancer care provider Minnesota Oncology.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement. Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics.

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

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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