Hospices, Palliative Providers Innovate to Better Serve Rural Patients
By Jim Parker at Hospice News, 11/21/19 “Rural families have less access to hospice care programs than people in more concentrated populations, according to a [...]
Telemedicine 3.0: How Video Technology Can Support People With Serious Illness
by Michael Fratkin at the Center to Advance Palliative Care's Palliative in Practice Blog, 6/12/19 "The accelerating pace of technology that is pressing us back [...]
Resolution Care Network with Dr. Michael Fratkin
An interview with Dr. Michael Fratkin by Sheryl Smith on the engAGING conversations podcast at sherylsmithrn.com. "Technology and advances in medicine have increased our longevity. As [...]
Michael Fratkin: Soft Landings
By Stephen Waldron at B-TAC February 28, 2019 "Drawing on experience from palliative care leaders like Center to Advance Palliative Care Founder Diane Meier, Dr. Fratkin is driven [...]
Woo-Woo and the Hammer
By Thadeus Greenson in the North Coast Journal, 1/17/19 "Here's how Fratkin describes his approach to new patients: 'I let them know who I am and explore [...]
Local Healthcare Company Focus of WaPo Story
by Thadeus Greenson at the North Coast Journal online, Wednesday 12/24/18. "In case you missed it, The Washington Postrecently put a spotlight on local palliative care company [...]
How California Is Changing Palliative Care
The Next Avenue story featured in Forbes. "Although other Medicaid programs may pay for components of palliative care — such as advance care planning — [...]
Why California is a Hotbed for In-Home Palliative Care
By Tim Mullaney at Home Health Care News, November 27, 2018 "A Medicaid program in California is increasing access to palliative care services in people’s homes. [...]
How California Is Changing Palliative Care
by Beth Baker at Next Avenue on November 27, 2018: [California's] Medicaid program takes a novel approach for some with life-threatening diseases. "In January, California became the first state [...]
Doctors Wait to See How CMS’ Opioid Changes Play Out for Patients in Pain
A look at concerns about opioid policies for patients on palliative care by Allison Inserro at AJMC, the American Journal of Managed Care, 4/7/2018 " [...]