Hospice News December 8, 2025
Hospice and palliative care providers have achieved many successes, but are facing an uncertain outlook as patient populations and the loved ones supporting them grapple with unmet needs.
Hospice and palliative care services have driven down health care costs while developing interdisciplinary models that address a wide scope of physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs, Dr. Ira Byock, palliative care physician, author and advocate, said during a recent GeriPal podcast. However, significant gaps exist in the availability and sustainability of these services under current regulatory frameworks, he indicated.
Byock is a principal consultant at Clinical Transformation Specialists PLLC and emeritus professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine.
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