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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

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The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum ultimately did acquire Prospero in early 2021 and is in the process of merging the company with its Landmark subsidiary. Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

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billion in 2021, according to Fortune Business Insights. I know how helpless physicians and nurse practitioners can feel when confronted with patients struggling with dementia. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.” billion in 2030 from $34.5

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms. 2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. JAMA Health Forum. And I personally was sent to the desert.

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