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Joint Commission: Palliative care should be open to all; first certifications announced
As interest in palliative care grows among the public and the healthcare profession, The Joint Commission has acknowledged the field's importance by creating a new recognition program. Hospitals that
3 ways to cut disproportionate healthcare spending
The new survey by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) concluding that 5 percent of the population account for half of all healthcare spending drew a lot of headlines but contained
Hospices, nursing facilities must report quality data or lose Medicare dollars
The days of wine and roses are up for long-term care facilities and hospices. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has insisted those institutions begin gathering and reporting quality
Hospice billing ripe for abuse
Hospice care continues to grow and become a large part of the Medicare program, but questionable billing practices regarding hospice providers are mounting, reports the New York Times. Although one
States cutting AIDS drug assistance programs
Many states are cutting their drug assistance programs to AIDS patients, reports Kaiser Health News. Patients without access to such drugs are far more likely to become seriously ill as a result of
Talk to terminal cancer patients about end-of-life options early
Physicians struggling to initiate difficult conversations with advanced-stage cancer patients about their wishes for end-of-life care now have help in the form of a new guide from the American
Advance care planning struck from Jan. 1 regulation
Despite its history of controversy and rhetoric from conservatives, a new regulation that listed 'advance care planning' as one of the services that could be offered in the 'annual wellness visit'
Live for today: Atul Gawande makes the case for hospice care
In what could turn out to be a seminal article that helps raise demand for hospice care and helps the terminally ill consider a more thoughtful approach to the art of dying , Brigham and Women's
Gentiva-Odyssey merger could be start of a wave in home health, hospice
Gentiva, an Atlanta-based publicly traded home health company that operates about 300 home healthcare offices in the U.S., signed a deal in the wee hours of Monday morning to purchase Odyssey, a
SPOTLIGHT: Oncology nurse struggles with treatment for dying patient
Sometimes, there's not much you can do for a dying cancer patient--the only question is whether you attempt to treat their symptoms or simply keep them comfortable. In this essay, an oncology nurse
