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MPCAT™
Mobile Palliative Care Assessment Team is an exciting new service for health care professionals to help control pain and manage symptoms for residents of long-term care facilities.
We’re fast. Our phone lines are open around the clock, so you can call any time, day or night. An initial consultative visit will be made in 24 hours.
We’re mobile. Our specialized team consisting of a physician, adult nurse practitioner, and doctor of pharmacy collaborate to provide pain and symptom management recommendations.
We’re effective. Our experienced specialists know how to create plans compatible with the patient’s lifestyle and environment.
MPCAT™partners with each resident’s physician to achieve the best possible quality of life by easing or alleviating pain and other symptoms of disease for people with chronic or life-limiting medical conditions.
 WHO NEEDS MPCAT™
Health care professionals of Western New York! The American Pain Society reported in 1999 that 9% of Americans suffer from moderate to severe chronic pain, but four of every ten don’t get adequate relief. At a number approaching half, that’s a serious need that must be addressed quickly and effectively.
When people hurt, they want comfort. Fast. With just one phone call, health care professionals can access MPCAT™ to improve the quality of life for residents and care-giving families alike.
WHO QUALIFIES FOR MPCAT™ EVALUATION?
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MOST INSURANCE PROVIDERS COVER THE COST OF THESE SERVICES.
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Any patient residing in a skilled nursing facility who is experiencing pain or other symptoms from a chronic or life-threatening disease.
WHY MPCAT™ ?
Because the field of health care has just pointed out the obvious: that when people hurt –with unacceptable severe or chronic pain now being recognized more than ever before they want relief. You call and we respond, thereby enhancing quality of life for each and every patient.
How the MPCAT™ process works → |
