Integration of palliative care across the spectrum of heart failure care and therapies: considerations, contemporary data, and challenges

S Chuzi, K Manning - Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Patients with HF have tremendous PC needs across the spectrum of disease. Despite this,
more data are needed to determine the optimal timing and structure of PC interventions in …

Supportive services at end of life can help reduce acute care services: observations from the Medicare Care Choices Model

P Rowan, D Whicher, M Luhr… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives This study identifies the mechanisms through which supportive and palliative
care services at the end-of-life helped prevent unnecessary use of acute care services …

The Medicare Care Choices Model was associated with reductions in disparities in the use of hospice care for Medicare beneficiaries with terminal illness

MJ Niedzwiecki, LV Forrow, J Gellar… - Health Services …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effects of the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) on disparities
in hospice use and quality of end‐of‐life care for Medicare beneficiaries from underserved …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Primary Care-Led, Integrated Palliative Care for Medicare Patients in a Value-Based Model

K Rao, NE Goldstein, DN Peikes, L Polt… - Journal of Pain and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Faced with a projected shortage of specialized palliative care physicians, scalable
palliative solutions are required to better meet the aging population's needs. Objectives To …