A Single-Center Analysis of Palliative-Care Clinician Contact Following Declination of 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 destination therapy.1 In response, many advanced heart failure (HF) therapy programs began incorporating palliative-care consultations into their LVAD and heart transplant (HT) workflow. Despite this, the incorporation of palliative-care clinicians in the earlier stages of HF care remains lacking.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research