Hospice News October 25, 2024
Jim Parker

The California-based hospice provider YoloCares is adding an Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program to its portfolio of services, which aims to address patients’ social determinants of health and related needs.

The nonprofit received a close to $3million grant from the State of California to help defray startup costs for the program, which in the long term will receive reimbursement through the Golden State’s Medicaid program.

“The program is coordinating all of the needs that the client has related to medical appointments. We’re going to look at their transportation needs. Do they need meal assistance? How is their housing situation? Psychosocial support?” YoloCares CEO Craig Dresang told Hospice News. “A lot of times these clients don’t need a nurse in the...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Healthcare System, Post-Acute Care, Provider
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