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Limiting hospice care for dementia patients over costs liable to backfire—study

Limiting hospice care for dementia patients over costs liable to backfire—study

McKnight’s Long Term Care News

Policies that limit access to hospice care for dementia patients in nursing homes to save on costs may be doing the opposite, according to new research...

Psychedelics have great medical promise. That doesn’t make them safe.

Psychedelics have great medical promise. That doesn’t make them safe.

By Leana S. Wen, MD, Columnist
Washington Post

Hallucinogenic drugs known as psychedelics have generated great enthusiasm within the scientific community for their potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depression and other mental health diagnoses...

U.S. Announces First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations

U.S. Announces First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations

New York Times

The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited list of the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare...

Hospice of the Piedmont Names Nancy Littlefield as New Chief Executive Officer

Hospice of the Piedmont Names Nancy Littlefield as New Chief Executive Officer

News Release

After a nationwide search, the Hospice of the Piedmont Board of Directors announced today they have named Nancy Littlefield, DNP, MSHA, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, as the organization’s next President & Chief Executive Officer...

Hawaii Care Choices to expand its offerings

Hawaii Care Choices to expand its offerings

Hawaii Tribune Herald (Hilo, HI)

Hawaii Care Choices will reopen its Pohai Malama Care Center facility in Hilo in the next few months as the care provider celebrates its 40th anniversary...

A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter

A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter

By Daniela J. Lamas, MD
New York Times

Mr. Carter’s decision to enter hospice and to continue publicizing that choice is a fitting final gift of candor from a former president to an American public that has long been uncomfortable with our own mortality...

Payers to Hospices—Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Payers to Hospices—Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Hospice News

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships [with] those organizations...

Hospice Industry Groups—CMS Must Retool Proposed Special Focus Program to Ensure Accuracy, Fairness

Hospice Industry Groups—CMS Must Retool Proposed Special Focus Program to Ensure Accuracy, Fairness

Hospice News

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed 2024 home health rule includes plans to implement a hospice Special Focus Program, but some stakeholders contend that some aspects are flawed...

Telephone of the Wind in Thurston County—The power of a one-way phone call to cope with grief

Telephone of the Wind in Thurston County—The power of a one-way phone call to cope with grief

The Chronicle (Centralia, WA)

Known as “wind phones,” they are meant to carry the griever’s words to the wind in phone booths or isolated swaths of forests...

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