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Payers to CMMI: We Need a Standardized Definition for Palliative Care

Hospice News

A group of health plans, policymakers, and insurance companies recently told the Center for Medicare & Medicare Innovation (CMMI) that they needed a standardized definition for palliative care in order to improve access. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). There are different domains of care that need to be addressed.

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? Summary Transcript Summary. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Alex: And we also like to welcome-.

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Caring for Someone with ALS

Traditions Health

In this article, we review the definition of ALS, common ALS symptoms, and how you can better help and support your loved one by seeking the assistance of hospice care services. Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. What is ALS?

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

Social pain and loneliness. How definitions bind us, for example the division between chronic pain and palliative pain in much of the US. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. Community-based palliative care networks . Raj: Thank you.

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Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan

GeriPal

Because, if anybody hasn’t seen it, you’ve got a great Twitter feed that gives tons of pearls on palliative care and a lot on communication. Don, welcome to GeriPal. Welcome back, Abby. Abby: Thank you. Abby: Thank you. So glad to be here. Shunichi, welcome back to GeriPal. Shunichi: Thank you for having me. Eric: Yeah.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

However if you want to take a deeper dive, check out his website “ The Ink Vessel ” or his amazing twitter feed which has a lot of his work in it. If you look back to some of my cartoons from late in residency, they showed just how dehumanized I felt and definitely give windows into how dehumanized I imagined my patients to be.