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

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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. Senators Call on CMS to Boost Palliative Care Resources appeared first on Hospice News. A bipartisan group of nine U.S.

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ACO Partnerships Could Open Doors for Palliative Care Providers

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In the quest to balance patient needs with limited resources, more ACOs are implementing short-term, transitional delivery models that layer palliative care on top of the patient’s other services. If the patient later experiences breakthrough symptoms, the palliative care team can re-engage temporarily to address those issues.

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Inside agilon health’s Palliative Care Game Plan

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The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. Like many great innovations in health care, it really bubbled up from our community.

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Hospice Palliative Care: Palliative Care in CMMI Programs

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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. We spoke earlier about Medicare Advantage.