Palliative care

The prospect of a palliative care demonstration model got a big boost this week from members of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The COVID-19 pandemic and changing policy perspectives in Washington are “supercharging” interest in palliative care, according to Davis Baird, government affairs director for the National Association...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed another delay — but no definitive timeline — of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population physician payment model, which the hospice...

The authors say that advance care planning discussions with clinicians are needed earlier.

Despite the many benefits of palliative care for seriously ill people and their families, deeply held cultural traditions and beliefs of some racial and ethnic groups impact the adoption and utilization...

Home-based senior care providers face a significant problem when it comes to differentiation in the eyes of referring physicians.

From new legislation to market changes, home care is in a position of growth it has never been in before.

As an industry, we need to better communicate the value of palliative care to both providers and patients.

Palliative care advocates are gaining confidence the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will give the go-ahead for a demonstration payment model covering community-based palliative care.

Rather than viewing telehealth as a compromise on palliative and hospice care for the seriously ill, clinicians should see this as an option that is safer as it reduces exposure. Many individuals also...