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Education Key to Addressing Palliative Care Referral ‘Pain Points’

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Understanding the largest gaps of unmet community needs is key for palliative care providers to know where and how to drive their referral focal points, she added. What are their pain points? You need a good person that understands [their] pain points, understands their business and how to partner with them. That’s crucial.

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Research Points to Palliative Care’s Underutilization Among Cancer Patients

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The post Research Points to Palliative Care’s Underutilization Among Cancer Patients appeared first on Hospice News. “Early integration of palliative care (PC) is recommended for advanced cancers, but evidence of its use and the role of provider practice patterns and organizational characteristics in uptake is limited.”

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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

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The post ‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience appeared first on Hospice News. “I think that’s part of the beauty of the story. It’s showing how far so much of society has evolved and advanced in those 20 years, including hospice and end-of-life care.”

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Palliative Care Providers Build Stronger Referral Relationships to Improve Breast Cancer Patient Outcomes

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Palliative care providers help address patients’ various nonmedical, emotional, caregiver and social determinants of health needs, a key point to highlight when seeking to build stronger referral relationships and expand the reach of their services, according to Dr. Arif Kamal, oncologist and palliative care physician.

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CMS Rolls Out 2025 Hospice Final Rule With 2.9% Pay Increase

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percentage point productivity adjustment,” CMS stated in an announcement. The FY 2025 payment rates for hospices that do not submit the required quality data would reflect the finalized FY 2025 hospice payment update percentage of 2.9%, minus four percentage points, which results in a -1.1%

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CMS Issues Guidance for Hospices on HOPE Tool Implementation

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In contrast to the HIS system, which extracts item set data from a patient’s medical record using a standardized mechanism, the HOPE tool will measure aspects of hospice care at different points in the patient’s experience. The document contains introductory material.

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[UPDATED] Rep. Earl Blumenauer Introduces Hospice CARE Act in the House

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At this point, it remains to be seen whether changes were made to the version that Blumenauer ultimately introduced. Stakeholders in the hospice space have welcomed the bill, though some disagreed with some of the provisions included in the discussion draft, including the proposed payment reforms.