Describes the core elements and evidence base behind a home- and community-based palliative care model that was designed by stakeholders to support the health needs of people with serious illness.

Home-based palliative care providers explore key facilitators and barriers to effectively delivering care within a value-based payment environment.

Looked at the provider and payer relationship and discussed how successful partnerships between these two stakeholders can create sustainable and efficacious home and community based palliative care programs.

Home-based palliative care program implemented within an accountable care organization created cost savings through reduced hospital admissions and increased hospice length of stay.

Advance care planning more than one month prior to death is associated with decreased acute care utilization at the end of life and in-hospital death for people with serious illness.

Analysis of 310 health systems showed gaps in opioid receipt between Black and white patients, especially on dosage, which may be related to racial bias among clinicians.

Presents a framework and tools to help health care organizations and communities design a community-based palliative care program to meet patient needs in rural settings.

Implementing a predictive model in acute settings can more reliably identify patients with high mortality risk, which can assist providers in prioritizing advance care planning.

Patients with dementia are more likely to be discharged to hospice from hospitals that offer palliative care programs.

Evaluates the evidence on interventions for people living with dementia, their care partners, and caregivers to help identify what interventions are ready for broad implementation.

Provides an overview of home-based medical care models, the patients that they serve, and their robust evidence base.

Applying principles of trauma-informed care for patients at end of life.

This case study highlights an accountable care organization’s home-based primary care program for homebound older adults, with early analysis of outcomes showing reduced acute care utilization.

Clinical tools, training resources, and case studies of evidence-based care models that support people living with dementia and their caregivers.

This toolkit shares business strategies, sample protocols, and best practice clinical tools for health care providers interested in developing a home-based palliative care program.

Hospital system call line expands access to palliative care supports amid COVID-19.

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.

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.