Tag: Palliative care
ACHC launches Palliative Care Accreditation
April 20, 2021HME News Staff
CARY, N.C. – The Accreditation Commission for Health Care is launching a Palliative Care Accreditation program to advance quality of care and improve patient outcomes in this growing field of health care. Although it’s more traditionally viewed as end-of-life hospice care, palliative care is expanding to include specialized services for all patients with serious illnesses, regardless of their age or prognosis, ACHC says. “Palliative care is emerging as an effective way to help seriously...
CareCentrix acquires Turn-Key Health
May 5, 2020HME News Staff
HARTFORD, Conn. - CareCentrix has acquired Turn-Key Health, a community-based palliative care company serving health plans, hospitals and physicians. Its proprietary Palliative Illness Management program (PIM) will be fully integrated into the CareCentrix platform. “Health plans and patients are looking for home-based palliative care that honors the hard choices that patients and families need to make as well as gives them the opportunity to remain at home,” said CareCentrix CEO John...