advance care planning
National Healthcare Decisions Day is About Taking Control of Life
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 16, is the annual National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), which aims to help people across the United States understand the value of advance healthcare planning. A Conversation Project national survey in 2013 found that 90 percent of all Americans believe talking to their loved ones about end-of-life care is important, but only […]
Read MoreNational Healthcare Decisions Day is About Taking Control of Life
Saturday, April 16, is the annual National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), which aims to help people across the United States understand the value of advance healthcare planning. A Conversation Project national survey in 2013 found that 90 percent of all Americans believe talking to their loved ones about end-of-life care is important, but only 27 […]
Read MoreOncology Care Evaluation Finds Little Impact of Model on Use/Timing of Hospice Election
Access to Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Enhanced Since 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been conducting an alternative payment model based on six-month episodes for cancer care to test whether financial incentives connected to care performance can improve quality and reduce Medicare spending. The Oncology Care Model (OCM) applies […]
Read MoreHospice Groups Outline Priorities for Possible New COVID-19 Legislation
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and a group of hospice organizations have sent a letter to Congress highlighting the need for further health care reform to allow hospice and palliative care to serve their patients while stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Over the last several weeks, Congress has […]
Read MoreThe Challenges States Face to Promote Advanced Care Planning
Efforts by the various states to promote advanced care planning vary widely in their techniques and success, often leading to confusion for patients and access problems for clinicians, according to a new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). An advance care directive is a written instruction recognized under state law and relating to the […]
Read MoreThe Challenges and Opportunities of Advance Care Planning: Proceedings of a Workshop
Advance Care Planning (ACP) has long been a staple of caring for people with serious illness. Over its history, it has been defined in different ways. Clinicians, researchers, patients, and the public have developed a variety of perspectives about the many aspects of ACP, ranging from the definition to the timing, goals, outcomes, and value […]
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