Literature Review
Upstream Hospice
06/27/21 at 09:07 AMHome-based primary care as a new option to build on hospice services.
COVID updates - leading causes of death, vaccines, etc.
04/26/21 at 09:00 AMInteresting articles related to COVID-19 on total deaths, vaccines, etc.
Paying for Palliative Care in Medicare
10/03/19 at 11:21 AMPalliative care achieving goals, but is underutilized.
Advance care planning visits grow, but rate remains low
07/12/19 at 01:21 PMPer AAHPM SmartBrief 7/12/19:
Mission vs Money
03/29/19 at 08:31 AMNation's first hospice program undergoing reorganization.
Dying While Black
02/11/19 at 09:31 PMDying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans
The Role of the CEO
02/11/19 at 03:07 PMThe Role of the CEO by Chris Comeaux, on the 7 M's...
End-of-Life Care, Not End-of-Life Spending
12/13/18 at 01:25 PMAbout one quarter of all Medicare spending goes toward care for people during their last year of life...
Effect of caregiver and decedent characteristics on CAHPS hospice survey scores
10/10/18 at 01:32 PMBuilding on Teno's previous work calling for CAHPS adjustments...
UK study finds timing of hospice referrals varies
10/10/18 at 01:24 PMUK study found hospice referrals were...
Hospice Patients Spend Less Time in Hospital, ICU
09/26/18 at 01:42 PMHeart failure patients enrolled in hospice use less health care...
Predicting Length of Hospice Stay
09/04/18 at 10:10 AMWith much appreciation to my Duke co-authors, another recent article reaching the Journal of Palliative Medicine's "High Impact Articles" list...
Palliative Care Telehealth Program
08/09/18 at 10:15 AMEvaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Telehealth Program in a Rural Palliative Care Population: TapCloud for Palliative Care
Impact of Palliative Care on Hospice
08/09/18 at 10:00 AMImpact of Inpatient Palliative Care on Quality of End-of-Life Care and Downstream Acute and Post-acute Care Utilization
Paying for Value: Hospice
08/08/18 at 08:15 AMPaying for Value: Lessons From the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Hospice CAHPS - Quality
08/08/18 at 08:00 AMEffects of Survey Mode on Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey Scores
Literature Review Workshop - NOLA
08/07/18 at 08:40 AMDr. Warren Hebert and I presented a workshop at the...