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Palliative Care Success: Building Blocks of a High-Performing Hospice Medical Staff
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Building Blocks of a High-Performing Hospice Medical Staff. I wouldn't want to wager a hospice's existence against it. So the hospices of the future will likely be larger. And with size comes the need for a medical staff structure that enables access and quality. Maintain relentless focus on capturing information on physician...
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Palliative Care Success: Hospice Industry Data from NHPCO - A Look Back Five Years
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Hospice Industry Data from NHPCO - A Look Back Five Years. As Dr Christian Sinclair pointed out in a recent post. On the blog Pallimed, the 2010 edition of the NHPCO report. Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America. Was short of surprises when compared to data from last year's report. The size of hospices remained small ...
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Palliative Care Success: Use of Hospice Benefit has Slowed – What This Means for Palliative Care
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Use of Hospice Benefit has Slowed – What This Means for Palliative Care. A recent analysis of Medicare claims by Healthcare Market Resources found that enrollment onto the hospice benefit has plateaued (see blog post Hospice Utilization: Is Hospice Stuck in a Rut? What does the evidence suggest? In utilization rates ,. To be...
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Palliative Care Success: Salary Compression Stalls Growth of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialty
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Salary Compression Stalls Growth of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialty. Hospices and hospital-sponsored palliative care programs are experiencing increased demand for physician services in clinical and quasi-administrative capacities (read here. Some hospices, and a few hospital-based palliative programs, have implemen...
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Palliative Care Success: Accountable Palliative Care Organizations - Best Hope to Improve Late-Life Care?
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Accountable Palliative Care Organizations - Best Hope to Improve Late-Life Care? How can we see further improvement in end-of-life care? Simply, the key elements of an APCO are:. A Chief Palliative Care Officer (full-time physician credentialed in hospice and palliative medicine) accountable for palliative care services ...
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Palliative Care Success: November 2011
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A commentary on how palliative care programs and palliative medicine physicians can play a role in the improvement of advanced illness management in the US. Monday, November 28, 2011. Improving Performance in Late-Life Care - A Modest Effort Starts in Philadelphia. I’m working with a small group of Philadelphia-area. The Philadelphia region’s performance similarly lagged. T least one indicator shows Philadelphia to be performing better than national benchmarks – while 41.9% of those who die in ...While f...
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Value Strategies: FDA Comparing Diabetes Drugs?
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Quality improvement and outcomes, costs, efficiency and value, transparency, strategy and competition. Saturday, July 17, 2010. FDA Comparing Diabetes Drugs? One of the task's of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to approve novel drugs. It has often been mentioned that drugs are not compared to each other head-to-head, as would be desirable for comparative effectiveness. Mostly, drugs are still compared to placebo. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm more interesting on. Value-related Bl...
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Primary Care Breakfast Club: October 2012
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Innovations in Care Delivery. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Primary Care Breakfast Club Publishes in NEJM. We are happy to announce that the authors of Primary Care Breakfast Club published a perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine on September 6, 2012. Our piece, titled "The Developing Vision of Primary Care", has received a lot of feedback from all sides. If you are interested in continuing the conversation, feel free to leave a comment. Posted by Jason Kroening-Roche. Future primary car...
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Primary Care Breakfast Club: January 2012
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Innovations in Care Delivery. Saturday, January 28, 2012. Why are Students Shying Away from Primary Care? Response to Op-Ed: http:/ www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/opinion/29bach.html? Posted by Branden W. Comfort. Friday, January 20, 2012. Renegotiating Reimbursement: Good Policy or Good PR? Not any more. Partners' decision to rework its contract with Tufts, following a similar renegotiation last year with Blue Cross Blue Shield that is estimated to save $240 million dollars, was likely due to the follow...
