We collaborate with PCPs and Specialists by adding an extra layer of in-home support to increase patient engagement and improve outcomes
IPAs / Physician Groups
For IPAs / Physician Groups
Our PCP and Specialist partners collaborate with us to ensure patients with serious illness receive the best possible quality of care. Our interdisciplinary clinical teams meet patients at home, and via telehealth to efficiently deliver high-quality palliative and hospice care that is consistent with patients’ overall plans of care and tailored to their specific needs.
83%
Increased Hospice
Utilization
Utilization
98%
POLST Completion
and Patient Satisfaction
and Patient Satisfaction
25%
Healthcare Spending
is in the Last Year of Life
is in the Last Year of Life
20%
Average Free-Standing
Hospice EBITDA
Hospice EBITDA
Why Palliative Care?
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious or terminal illnesses. The support focuses on holistic care including providing relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress caused by serious illness. The goal is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family while reducing the emotional effects of illnesses. Home-based palliative care has proven to increase hospice length of stay by 34% and overall hospice utilization by 53%.
Clinical Team
Our interdisciplinary care teams are comprised of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Ambulatory Nurses, Clinical Therapists, Dieticians, Spiritual Guides/Chaplains, Patient Concierges, and Disease-Specific Palliative Case Managers. Each member of the Kara Health team is trained in the Serious Illness Guide created by Atul Gawande and Ariadne Labs at Harvard School of Public Health.
Palliative Care is Not Hospice
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious or terminal illnesses. The support focuses on holistic care and providing relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress caused by serious illness. The goal is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family while reducing the emotional effects of illnesses.
Services
We partner with payers looking to improve patient outcomes, increase patient satisfaction, and achieve market-leading cost-savings. We collaborate with hospitals, physicians, and other providers to develop customized home-based palliative care programs that improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Program Goals and Outcomes
Palliative care is specialized care for complex patients. The approach is holistic in nature and focuses on providing relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress caused by serious illness. We partner with you to provide an extra layer of coverage for patients who need it most.
How To Refer Patients
You have identified a patient that needs palliative care, telehealth, or would like us to visit in-home for evaluation. What comes next?
The Kara Health team listens to their patients, and makes things happen.
I do not know where I would be without you. You are the best.
Kara Health Patient