Hospice Leaders See Growing Need for a Medicare Palliative Care Benefit

Establishing a dedicated community-based palliative care benefit within Medicare has been a critical goal for many providers nationwide, but the COVID-19 pandemic has led stakeholders to redouble their efforts. The outbreak exposed millions of people and their families to serious illness, and a sizable contingent is realizing that they could have benefited from interdisciplinary person-centered […]

Hospice by the Bay Rebrands To Reflect Broader Scope of Services

California-based Hospice by the Bay has rebranded as By the Bay Health. The new brand is designed to reflect the organization’s full range of services, including palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care, and skilled home health care as well as hospice services. The rebranding reflects a growing trend in hospice care that sees […]