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Beshear will proceed with executive action to legalize medical marijuana

Beshear will proceed with executive action to legalize medical marijuana

Murray (KY) Ledger & Times

Sep 22, 2022

Gov. Andy Beshear has made no secret of his support for legalizing medical marijuana. Thursday, five months after announcing his plans to explore the possibility of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes in Kentucky through executive action, he affirmed that he will, in fact, be using his executive authority to set the state on a path to join the 38 other states where medical marijuana is legal...

Can You Die of Old Age? More Doctors Are Saying Yes

Can You Die of Old Age? More Doctors Are Saying Yes

Wall Street Journal

Sep 15, 2022

In announcing last week that Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at age 96, Buckingham Palace didn’t give a cause...

Penn Nursing & Columbia School of Social Work Team Up to Educate Social Workers & Nurses about Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Penn Nursing & Columbia School of Social Work Team Up to Educate Social Workers & Nurses about Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

News Release

Sep 9, 2022

Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the Columbia University School of Social Work (CSSW) are developing a collaborative initiative to educate social workers and nurses about psychedelic-assisted therapy in anticipation of FDA approval of this type of treatment.

Many Alaska pharmacies are understaffed, leading to sporadic hours and patients turned away

Many Alaska pharmacies are understaffed, leading to sporadic hours and patients turned away

Anchorage Daily News

Sep 17, 2022

Signs of a worsening pharmacist shortage in Alaska are everywhere: reduced hours at Anchorage pharmacies. Significant signing bonuses and multiple job offers for newly graduated pharmacy students...

Nothing seemed to treat their depression. Then they tried ketamine.

Nothing seemed to treat their depression. Then they tried ketamine.

The Washington Post

Sep 12, 2022

For years, Jason Anthony wondered why anyone would sing along to music alone in their car, an act of indulgence...

How the Digital Health Investment Slump May Affect Hospices

How the Digital Health Investment Slump May Affect Hospices

Hospice News

Sep 9, 2022

Declines in digital health investment have implications for hospice and palliative care providers...

Hospice, Palliative Care Groups Call for Telehealth Codes on Medicare Claims

Hospice, Palliative Care Groups Call for Telehealth Codes on Medicare Claims

Hospice News

Sep 15, 2022

A coalition of hospice and palliative care industry groups has urged lawmakers to make billing codes for telehealth available on Medicare hospice claim forms...

Joliet’s Joan of Arc wouldn’t turn away from dying kids

Joliet’s Joan of Arc wouldn’t turn away from dying kids

Herald-News (Joliet, IL)

Sep 9, 2022

Even if the world is a sordid, grim repository of bad souls and worse motives, that makes the
existence of Mary Kay Sheehan even more remarkable. Maybe Joan of Arc is not dead.

Small Hospices at a Disadvantage in Medicare Star Ratings

Small Hospices at a Disadvantage in Medicare Star Ratings

Hospice News

Sep 7, 2022

The U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) star ratings system for hospice quality may have unintended consequences for small providers...

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