Want to read more palliative care-focused content like this? Subscribe to Palliative Care News today! A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. However, when evaluated through randomized clinical trials, the results tend to lean toward mediocre. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to […]
Fragmented health care has significant ties to adverse outcomes in patients with chronic or serious illnesses. Palliative care providers’ ability to navigate the health care system, coordinate the delivery of care, interact regularly with patients and facilitate communication between providers can reduce this fragmentation. This type of coordination can improve outcomes, decrease costs and offer […]
COVID-19 cases are rising in various parts of the country with potential implications for hospice and palliative care operators. Cases of the virus began to uptick in July, and some fear an even bigger surge as winter moves many people indoors and in closer quarters. More than 18,000 people in the United States were hospitalized […]
As services evolve in the palliative care field, providers may be facing tough questions around quality. Quality can be difficult to both define and measure among the varied forms of palliative business and care models currently in use. Currently, no standardized quality measures are in place for palliative care. One of the toughest questions percolating […]
CEO turnover has been rising during the past two years, among organizations that run the gamut as far as size, tax status and ownership structure. The reasons behind the trend are also plentiful. For starters, many hospice leaders are aging with the rest of the population and reaching retirement age. Others have migrated to other […]
By the Bay Health CEO Steps Down After nearly a decade in the role, California-based By the Bay Health CEO Kitty Whitaker recently announced plans to retire this spring. Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay […]
New York-based Calvary Hospital has founded a high-needs population Accountable Care Organization branded as NavigatorACO. Calvary is the only acute-care hospital in the United States that focuses almost exclusively on hospice and palliative care. NavigatorACO is designed to participate in the forthcoming Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, […]
A primary barrier for patient and family access to palliative care is a lack of standardized definition and payment mechanism. Without an established palliative care benefit or universally recognized definition in place, care delivery models, patient experiences and reimbursement of palliative care services vary widely across the nation. Consequently, many providers and payers don’t have […]
As hospice providers contend with industry-wide nursing shortages, some are taking matters into their own hands with in-house residency programs. A lack of hospice-specific clinical training is a significant recruitment barrier. Few nursing students receive exposure to hospice or palliative care during their education, and most do not feel prepared to provide end-of-life care to […]
Dr. Christopher Comfort, chief operating officer for Calvary Hospital in New York City, oversees the organization’s operating budget as well as all patient care. He is also an ambassador for the hospital’s CalvaryCare program, designed to educate the health care community and the public about palliative care and hospice. Calvary is the only acute care […]
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