Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift over the past decade, with more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide now operating as for-profit entities...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has refused once more to a petition from a doctor to treat terminally-ill patients with psilocybin therapy, following federal and state “Right to Try” (RTT) laws. The agency is being taken to court in a new case...

When Lou Lukas meets a new patient, she knows two things right away. First, that her patient has been diagnosed with a terminal illness; and second, that they're terrified...

Prescription rates for non-opioid pain medications have been on the rise in recent years amidst an opioid epidemic, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan...

U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have introduced a bill designed to give terminally ill patients access to certain controlled substances...

The federal public health emergency related to COVID-19 was renewed Friday “[a]s a result of the continued consequences” of the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will give hospices a 3.8% bump in their per diem payments for 2023, according to a final rule published today...

In an effort to close healthcare equity gaps in rural America, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday proposed a rule that will make sure people in underserved areas get access to behavioral health services through telemedicine...

More than a dozen hospice advocacy groups have called on congressional leadership to intervene in a proposed 2.7% bump in Medicare payments, which they say is insufficient in light of COVID-19 and staffing headwinds...