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Top Lawmakers for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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For nearly a decade, stakeholders have sought passage of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA). If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin, Shelly Moore Capito Sens.

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Blue Ridge Hospice CEO: Embrace Value-Based Transformation

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So far half of the palliative care consults that we’ve been asked to provide have converted to hospice care. We have started in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, and we have done some home-based palliative care. I know that demo just finished and all the data are being analyzed.

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