On Jan. 1, 2025, the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center will begin implementing a payment model for primary care known as the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Primary Care Flex Model under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The ACO Flex Model is a voluntary initiative to improve funding and other […]
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology initiative focused on adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). The new program, developed by the Institute’s Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Department, serves oncology patients who have IDD, such as autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy […]
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Dr. Eduardo Bruera is a true pioneer in the field of palliative care. Bruera founded the first academic fellowship program in palliative care at the University of Alberta in Canada. He later founded the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where he is […]