A Single Center Analysis of Palliative Care Clinician Contact Following Declination from Advanced Heart Failure Therapy

In 2013 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a National Coverage Determination that made palliative care involvement a requirement for those considered for Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) as a destination therapy.1 In response, many advanced heart failure therapy programs began incorporating palliative care consults into their LVAD and heart transplant (HT) workflow. Despite this, incorporation of palliative care clinicians into the earlier stages of heart failure care remains lacking.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research