Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) in New Hampshire has developed a financially sustainable advanced illness management (AIM) model that incorporates palliative care principles. The program is designed to meet patient and family needs, and it allow for smooth transitions to hospice when appropriate. The VNA for several years has collaborated on palliative care with […]
California-based Yolo Hospice is growing its palliative care and education program, branded as YoloCares, following a $100,000 investment from the health system Sutter Health. YoloCares offers clinical and palliative care education for community health partners, faith leaders, physicians and the general public. With the additional funds, which will be spread over two years, the program […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the online application period for the Primary Care First payment models. The agency announced the program in April and will implement the models in phases beginning in January 2021, initially in 26 regions throughout the United States. Hospices and palliative care organizations are eligible […]
Though new payment models under the auspices of Medicare’s new Primary Care First initiative are designed for primary care providers, hospice and palliative care providers have a role to play. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in April announced that they would implement Primary Care First in phases beginning in Jan. 2020, […]
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