Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

The impending demise of the hospice component of U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. That problem was mirrored in the environment outside of the program.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Hospice visits? ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) celebrates it’s 25th anniversary in 2025. Doing home care? In the ICU at the bedside? We talk today with Betty Ferrell, who has been a nurse for 47 years, and is the founder and PI of ELNEC. Josh, welcome back to GeriPal. Josh: Thank you, you all. Much judge.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Amber Barnato is an expert in simulation studies. A health services researcher and palliative care physician, Amber lauds the ability of simulation studies to isolate one variable in a study. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Amber: I do. You know what?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Every member of the team, even for me, for whatever reason, that switched me from focusing on trying to be in pulmonary critical care to become actually a geriatrician, choose the geriatric fellowship. You cannot be in hospice. And they can start July of 2025. And it became a terror for me. So that’s one. Not the skilled.

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