Hospice News January 17, 2024
A primary care-led, integrated palliative program scaled across multiple geographies, care sites and payers demonstrated higher quality care while lowering total cost of care.
A primary care-led palliative program from agilon health (NYSE: AGL) has demonstrated improvement in patient outcomes and reduced hospitalizations.
A recent study examined results of the company’s Total Care Model for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage or Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH). The findings appeared in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
“American health care is facing an impending crisis. We have a rapidly aging population and no specialized palliative workforce to care for this increasingly complex, vulnerable population,” Dr. Benjamin Kornitzer, agilon’s chief medical officer and a co-author...