Hospice News April 22, 2025
Underserved patient populations are facing a growing deficit when it comes to accessing quality, inclusive hospice care at the end of life.
Hospice care models have increasingly diversified to reach a broader range of patients with different beliefs, values and spiritual outlooks, but some providers see a long road ahead in the journey toward equitable access.
Despite advancing measures to improve health equity in recent years, two leading barriers continue preventing wider hospice access, according to Alicia Bloom, senior vice president of operations at Empassion Health.
“When we look specifically at hospice, we still have a lot of gaps to close [and] we continue to see two significant disparities,” Bloom said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Florida. “One...
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