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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

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Rural caregivers are more vulnerable to adverse emotional health impacts than others due to their remote locations, researcher Arienne Patano, PhD student at Michigan State University, said at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.

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Hospice Palliative Care: Palliative Care in CMMI Programs

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The slide that the previous panelists put up about the supplemental benefit, that’s only nursing and social work because a prescribing clinician is covered under part B, so you can’t make it supplemental. We don’t really have a palliative care resource.” What’s the point?