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Guaranteed Taps SVP of Strategic Growth; Nurses Step Into C-Suite at Hospice of the Piedmont, Hudson Valley Hospice

Hospice News

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Guaranteed serves Medicare and Medicaid patients across five counties in southern California, including the Los Angeles region. Carl Derrick as medical director.

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Telehealth, Social Determinants Programs Propel Pallitus Health Partners to Double Census Growth

Hospice News

With a service area that includes 41 counties throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Pallitus is focused on helping people live better and longer with quality palliative care programs. Dr. Dustin Dillon, medical director of palliative care services at Pallitus, said it was important for the palliative care provider to stand on its own.

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

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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