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Early Telepalliative Care Can Reduce Caregiver Burden, Improve Quality
By Holly Vossel| February 12, 2025Wider utilization of telepalliative services could help ease family caregiver burdens and improve quality among seriously ill patient populations, research has found. Researchers have increasingly dug into the quality impacts of virtual palliative care delivery and how telehealth outcomes compare to in-person care. Telepalliative care models helped to improve experiences among lung cancer patients’ family […]
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Inside The Pennant Group’s Palliative Care Philosophy and Practice
By Jim Parker| February 12, 2025The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) has been quietly building palliative care programs driven by its local leaders with support from the corporate office’s Service Center. Pennant is the holding company for a group of independent hospice, home health and senior living providers located across 13 states. The company currently holds 115 hospice and home health […]
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How Palliative Care Can Better Support Transplant Patients’ Caregivers
By Holly Vossel| February 7, 2025Family caregiver support is lacking across organ transplant centers nationwide. The trend represents significant unmet needs that some say palliative care providers are well-positioned to fill. Transplant caregivers navigate a complex range of medical and nonmedical needs, and often receive fragmented support, according to Yadira Montoya, programs director at the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) […]
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Integrating Alternative Medicine in Palliative Care
By Jim Parker| February 5, 2025Some patients wish to seek out alternative medicine therapies while receiving palliative care, and providers can benefit from understanding the nature and possible outcomes of these interventions, recent research has found. “Alternative medicine” includes any of a range of medical therapies that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession. A few examples include […]
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The Trump administration recently rescinded a memo about a temporary pause of federal financial assistance programs. Questions linger among palliative and pediatric care providers around the future outlook of Medicaid reimbursement as the administration pushes forward on certain policies. The White House, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), recently issued a memo that, […]
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Headwaters Hospice to Launch New Palliative Care Services
By Holly Vossel| January 31, 2025Montana-based Headwaters Hospice and Palliative Care LLC will soon unveil a new palliative care service line, set to launch later this year. The move comes as the hospice provider expands its reach across its home state. Headwaters serves a 30-mile, predominantly rural geographic service region across Helena, Montana. The locally- and veteran-owned hospice provider saw […]
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Michigan Center for Rural Health Working to Expand Rural Palliative Care
By Jennifer Murtoff| January 29, 2025Recent studies have established a dire need for palliative care in rural areas, and the state of Michigan is no stranger to this situation. To respond to the need, the Michigan Center for Rural Health (MCRH) is partnering with Stratis Health, a nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in assisting rural communities with providing palliative care […]
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Kaiser Permanente Physicians Negotiate New Labor Agreement
By Holly Vossel| January 27, 2025Resident physicians at California-based Kaiser Permanente have recently negotiated a new agreement that includes compensation increases and expanded mental health and wellness employee benefits. The agreement came after months of negotiations and included salary increases over the next three years, along with more paid time off and enhanced financial support for resident physicians. It also […]
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Palliative Care Could See ‘Enormous Growth’ in Hospice M&A Landscape
By Holly Vossel| January 24, 2025Hospices that have palliative care service lines may be better poised for growth in the merger and acquisition landscape compared to others. But the ability to demonstrate sustainability and scalability of these services will be crucial to manifesting a return on investment. Investors’ interest in palliative care has slowly mounted in recent years, with these […]
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PRIM-ER Palliative Care Training Program Did Not Reduce Hospital Admissions
By Jim Parker| January 23, 2025A palliative training program for emergency department staff in 29 hospitals did not reduce hospital admissions, a recent study found. Researchers examined the results of the PRIM-ER trial, a cluster randomized clinical trial that took place in close to 30 hospitals nationwide. Through PRIM-ER, emergency department clinicians received training in palliative care, simulation-based communication workshops, […]