by FPCC | May 14, 2021 | Hospice News
Patients who inform their loved ones and health care providers of their end-of-life care wishes find that those goals are carried out 90% of the time, according to recent research in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open.read more ...
by FPCC | Apr 5, 2021 | Health Affairs
In 2016 fee-for-service Medicare began reimbursing physicians for advance care planning conversations with enrollees during outpatient visits and waived the copayment for advance care planning when it was part of the Medicare annual wellness visit. Advance care...
by FPCC | Apr 1, 2021 | PBS
Tonight, we report on why palliative care is crucial in rural communities from three different perspectives. Dr. Jennifer Blechman of Bend, Oregon, hospice and social worker Liz Anderson of Asheville, North Carolina, and patient Joanie Devine alongside her fiance...
by FPCC | Mar 28, 2021 | Home Health Care News
Today, in-home care providers that offer palliative care services typically do so as a way to win referrals and bridge gaps between home health and hospice. Launching palliative care service lines is a strategic decision focused more on patient care than reimbursement...
by FPCC | Mar 23, 2021 | STAT
A decade ago, a team of researchers showed clearly that a new treatment for advanced lung cancer significantly improved patients’ quality of life, reduced symptoms of depression, lowered the likelihood of being admitted to the hospital for a complication of their...
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