09
Jul
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), home care and palliative care program development, hospice and palliative care educational materials, Medicare funding and palliative care initiatives, palliative care delivery--educational tools, palliative care program tools, palliative care services, payers for palliative care
by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS The email invitation to a webcast on palliative care piqued my interest. As soon as I registered, however, my thoughts turned predictably to questions I always get when writing about new healthcare delivery services. Is it workable? Who pays for it? Will home care adopt it? My worries […]
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11
Jun
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: crisis management and hospice care practices, hospice and lengths of stay, hospice and palliative care educational materials, hospice and palliative care manual, hospice and palliative care patients--transitions to home, hospice care and palliative care--best practices, hospice care and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP), Vendor News: Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA)
This week, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America released the latest in its pathway to best practices, the Blueprint for Excellence, focused on hospice and palliative care. Noting the rise in hospice use and spending for Medicare beneficiaries, VNAA convened leading subject matter experts and clinicians from its membership, academia and accrediting bodies to […]
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