Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. The home health and hospice provider also offers palliative care, as well as chronic disease management services for seniors. The company is piloting a […]
Many clinicians across the health continuum lack the training and skill sets needed to have goals of care conversations for pediatric patients. Advance care planning discussions are an important, but oftentimes challenging key to supporting serious and terminally ill children and their families, according to Dr. Chris Adrian, a pediatric palliative care physician and writer […]
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) recently called for greater support for family caregivers and social determinants of health in fee-for-service payment models that include palliative care. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed changes to the 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B payment policies. The […]
Lafayette, Lousiana-based Acadian Health has expanded its geographic footprint across five Texas communities. Acadian Health recently expanded in Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas, regions with senior populations that are diverse and growing. The company’s mobile health care clinicians integrate virtual visits with primary, hospice and palliative care services to assess […]
While many in the hospice space agree that evolution is needed to help ensure quality end-of-life care outcomes, conflicting views swirl around how regulatory requirements and associated processes could get us there. Regulators and hospice providers share a common goal of ensuring quality end-of-life care experiences. But points diverge when it comes to molding the […]
Hospice providers have made recent moves to boost family caregiver support as access to respite care and other resources lags. Massachusetts-based NVNA and Hospice is among these providers. The company recently launched a new support group for adult caregivers of oncology patients. The monthly community group is intended to provide resources and assistance for caregivers […]
Though regional variations exist, some palliative care delivery challenges are nearly universal for providers across the globe. Palliative care providers worldwide stand to benefit from sharing “lessons learned” to address common pain points. A frequent issue among many palliative care providers around the world is that not enough seriously ill patients, families or referral sources […]
Providers and payers alike are strategizing ways to tackle current reimbursement challenges and anticipate hospice payment’s future direction. The lines between traditional fee-for-service and value-based payment systems will begin to blur as regulators seek to balance rising demand with the associated costs, according to Burke Wise, cofounder of Empassion Health. Regardless of where value-based payment […]
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are becoming an important source of palliative care reimbursement, and a recently proposed rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could potentially increase their number. CMS has announced plans to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries become aligned with an accountable care entity by 2030, a goal […]
Nearly a year after shying away from becoming an initial public offering (IPO), BrightSpring Health Services Inc. has allegedly re-filed, this time with a much higher valuation. The company, which does not yet have a stock symbol, raised the bar from when it initially filed in October 2021 with a $100 million listing. BrightSpring later […]
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