Hospice News April 3, 2024
Palliative care delivered via telehealth is effective at improving access to caregiver support. Moreover, these services can also be cost-effective, recent research has found.
For the study, caregivers of hospitalized patients who dwell in rural areas participated in a randomized, 8-week intervention consisting of video visits conducted by a palliative care-certified registered nurse. These visits were supplemented with phone calls and texts. For reimbursement, providers relied on the Transitional Care Management (TCM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) billing codes. The research was published in the American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine.
“[Technology-enhanced transitional palliative care] is a feasible, low cost and sustainable strategy to enhance [family caregiver] support in rural areas,” researches indicated in the study. “Potential reimbursement mechanisms...
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