Hospice News November 13, 2023
A moving target in palliative care delivery is whether or not these services should have a dedicated benefit in the Medicare system. Discussions have heated up as to what such a program would mean for the industry.
Palliative care models vary widely, with some focusing on interdisciplinary pain and symptom management, and others on consults around goals of care, family caregiving support and social determinants of health. Providers have also increasingly leveraged telepalliative services.
This degree of variation is due in part to the disparate reimbursement pathways for palliative care, according to Dr. Andy Esch, palliative care specialist and senior education advisor at the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).
“No palliative program looks the same from area to area...
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