Central Valley Hospice Palliative Medicine is a physician-led hospice and palliative care organization delivering technology-enabled serious-illness care to rural, low-income and culturally diverse communities across California’s Central Valley. It is the only Accreditation Commission for Health Care-accredited hospice agency in the country to receive a certificate of distinction in telehealth Hospice, reflecting its integration of telehealth into symptom management, medication optimization, advance care planning and caregiver coaching. The organization is also the first hospice provider in California’s Central Valley to earn the American Heart Association’s palliative/hospice heart failure certification. Its telehospice and telepalliative model aims to reduce avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations while improving care for patients with advanced cancer, heart failure and complex chronic illness.
