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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

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While following this response, we confirmed that Chou received funding in September 2014 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through his role as the Director for the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center and employment by Oregon Health and Science University (14). Epub 2020 Dec 21. Ann Fam Med.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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By 2007, the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG), which included several eventual PROP members (23), published an “Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (26) that introduced the concept of hard dosing thresholds for opioid analgesics, which was later incorporated into the 2016 Guideline (2, 3).

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Franklin also served on the Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) via the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (9). Additionally, in 2014, Chou co-authored a systematic review and critical appraisal of guidelines for chronic pain (27).

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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The most visible attempt began in 2020 when CMS began allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed some avenues to reimbursement for palliative care services through value-based payment programs and demonstrations.

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