Clinicians are increasingly seeing a need to revamp the Medicare Hospice Benefit in ways that better support the needs of patients with life-limiting conditions, as well as their families and caregivers. Evolutions in medical treatments and in terminal conditions have reshaped patients’ end-of-life care trajectories, according to Dr. Rachel Jordan, board-certified family nurse practitioner and […]
In this episode of the Hospice News Elevate podcast, we’ll be talking about the growing demand for palliative care and the barriers that interview with providers’ meeting those needs with our guests: Dr. Rachel Jordan, director of legislative affairs and advocacy at Hospice of the Chesapeake and Dr. Christopher Paredes, a geriatrician specializing in home-based […]
Hospice and palliative care providers may now apply to participate in the direct contracting payment models that exist under the auspices of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Primary Care First Initiative. The direct contracting options include three voluntary payment models that are designed to help CMS and health care providers reduce […]
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