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Obstacles and Opportunities for Palliative Care in the ICU

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A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to unpack the reasons behind those results and identify the obstacles that are getting in the way of a more effective approach. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Helios Care Partners with Bassett Healthcare to Expand Hospice, Palliative Services

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The hospice and senior care provider Helios Care is partnering with the integrated health system Bassett Healthcare Network to bring more extensive access to hospice and palliative care to patients in central New York. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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How Palliative Providers Can Improve Transitions of Care

Hospice News

To ensure smooth care transitions for patients with serious illnesses, palliative providers must tread carefully, collaborating not only with patients and their families but also with other health care providers and community resources to provide holistic support. Krmpotic said.

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How Regulation Could Shape the Future of Telehealth in Palliative Care

Hospice News

Palliative care providers are faced with uncertainties that abound over the regulatory future of telehealth as they continue to shape their programs. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed palliative care providers to perform patient care visits virtually. During the pandemic, the U.S.

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Patients, Providers Embrace Integrative Palliative Care

Hospice News

A growing patient demand is fueling the emergence of integrative palliative care, a blend of traditional biomedical care for serious illness and suite of complementary therapies aimed at improving patient quality of life. That research, she believes, with further fuel interest in the integrative palliative care model. “P

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Hospices Leverage Partnerships to Scale Palliative Care Programs

Hospice News

Limited pathways to reimbursement and workforce shortages are the largest hurdles for growth among community-based palliative care programs. Some providers have a learning curve around the complex process of working out payer contracts and sustainable business models for their community-based palliative care programs, according to Goldstein.

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Amedisys Prioritizing Palliative Care Expansion

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Expanding its palliative care business is a rising priority for Amedisys Inc., The company’s palliative care strategy rests on the back of risk-based payment models, primarily Medicare Advantage, Kusserow indicated at the J.P. Contessa is a likely engine for propelling the anticipated palliative care growth.