The West Virginia Partnership for Health Innovation (WVPHI) is a coordinating group for health care insurers, providers, consumers and community-based organizations in West Virginia. Their goal is to create a system committed to better quality care, lower health care costs Read more…
Quality Insights will launch a new project in 2023 with the Palliative Care Center and Palliative Care of Southern WV as part of the WV Serious Illness Care Collaborative. The goal of the Serious Illness Transition Support (SITS) project is Read more…
West Virginia Medicaid currently does not reimburse for interdisciplinary palliative care, other than hospice care, but doing so could reduce costs or at least be cost-neutral while improving quality of care. The Medicaid program should consider adding palliative care as Read more…
The WV Advisory Coalition for Palliative Care made many recommendations to the WV Legislature. There were several that were not implemented. The WV Serious Illness Care Collaborative is currently advocating for Recommendation 10. Current fee-for service payment available for physicians Read more…
West Virginia adopted definitions of palliative care and the palliative care team in June 2020 with Senate bill 748. Palliative Care means an interdisciplinary team-based model of care process designed to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients Read more…
The WV Serious Illness Collaborative met on September 26th and was joined by members of Maine’s State Advisory Coalition, Kandyce Powell, Dr. Lauren Michalakes and Representative Margaret Craven. The purpose of the meeting was to find out more about the Read more…