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Hospice, Palliative Care Leaders Foresee a ‘New Normal’ for 2023

Hospice News

Some also see the health care system, including hospices and palliative care providers, starting to settle into a “new normal” after the sea changes that have occurred during the past three years. Overall, we do expect some return to normalcy as it relates to routine health care engagement within the senior population.”.

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How Palliative Providers Can Improve Transitions of Care

Hospice News

To ensure smooth care transitions for patients with serious illnesses, palliative providers must tread carefully, collaborating not only with patients and their families but also with other health care providers and community resources to provide holistic support. Krmpotic said.

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Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Develops New Pediatric Palliative Care Strategy

Hospice News

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health recently developed a new palliative care team designed to help improve access and quality among underserved pediatric populations. We’re calling this a palliative paradigm shift and we’re just getting started with it,” Baker told Palliative Care News.

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Palliative Care Physicians Unionizing

Hospice News

Palliative care physicians at Providence St. Labor pressures have haunted hospice and palliative care providers nationwide for several years running, only to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the past few years, Oregon in particular has become a hotbed for unionization among health care workers. Providence St.

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Amedisys Prioritizing Palliative Care Expansion

Hospice News

Expanding its palliative care business is a rising priority for Amedisys Inc., The company’s palliative care strategy rests on the back of risk-based payment models, primarily Medicare Advantage, Kusserow indicated at the J.P. Contessa is a likely engine for propelling the anticipated palliative care growth.

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2023 NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Now Available

NHPCO

The findings in this report reflect patients who received care in Calendar Year (CY) 2021, or Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, provided by hospices certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and reimbursed under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. However, this year started to see the return to pre COVID-19 levels in some areas.

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Payers, Providers Won’t Find Alignment Until Better Palliative Care Quality Standards Are Established

Hospice News

Palliative care providers find themselves in a dilemma. Demand for the service they provide is growing, but that growth is hindered by a lack of industry-wide standards for palliative care. Many palliative care programs lose money because there isn’t a sustainable reimbursement model, according to Baird.