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U.S. Senators Call on CMS to Boost Palliative Care Resources

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, calling for a payment model demonstration designed to support greater access to palliative care. Signatories on the letter included the co-founders of the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

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Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping).

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Palliative care for people who use drugs during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: A scoping review on access, policies, and programs and guidelines

SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

Full paper available from: [link] If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu: a.nwosu@lancaster.ac.uk

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

GeriPal

Similarly Jessica Zitter, an intensivist and palliative care doctor analogized the inevitable clinical momentum toward highly aggressive intensive care in US hospitals as a conveyor belt. Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz.

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Hospice Palliative Care: Palliative Care in CMMI Programs

Hospice News

This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess. Obviously, palliative care fits in there.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Summary Transcript Summary One marker of the distance we’ve traveled in palliative care is the blossoming evidence base for the field. They study palliative care. She’s pulmonary critical care and palliative medicine trained. These are big trials in palliative care. Kate: Thank you.