Creating a palliative care program to meet the needs of low-income communities requires solutions that are patient centered and supportive of the clinical care team.
Among high-cost Medicare enrollees, those who are seriously ill, frail, and/or had a serious mental illness experience the most potentially preventable spending.
Providing virtual case mentoring to outpatient care teams may reduce unnecessary hospital and emergency department visits for high-need, high-cost patients.
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
When identifying patients with complex health needs for interventions, algorithms that rely on cost data as a proxy for health status may lead to under-identification of Black patients.
A community-based palliative care program reduced medical costs, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, hospital admissions, and days spent in the hospital for Medicare Advantage members with serious illness.
Tailoring palliative care interventions for people who are members of ethnic and racial minority groups may support increased access to palliative care and end of life services.