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Provider Partnerships Driving Palliative Care Growth

Hospice News

The fact that we are seeing traditional palliative care providers being joined by hospice organizations, primary care groups and hospital systems all starting palliative programs underscores that palliative principles permeate all aspects of health care and medicine,” Baumgardner told Palliative Care News.

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

Hospice News

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, for instance, has a team of palliative care providers “embedded” into its oncology clinic and ALS Center, according to David Wu, the program’s director. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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

GeriPal

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. And it became a terror for me. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz. Malaz: The MVP.

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