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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

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The biggest challenge is understanding how cannabis laws in particular apply to pain and symptom management in end-of-life care, according to Jennifer Moore Ballentine, CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California. There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks.

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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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We also need to have expanded flexibilities that allow us to do hospice care in other ways. Telehealth has been a positive evolution in recent years to help address some of our challenges that definitely helps in rural care. We have a medical director who flies to see hospice patients.

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Non-Clinical Staff Shortages Cause Hospices ‘Sleepless Nights’

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Widespread workforce shortages of hospice and palliative care providers are expected to worsen during the next 25 years. Recent research has indicated that supply of trained clinicians will be outpaced by demand for serious illness and end-of-life care as the country’s aging population swells.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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What is the demand for end-of-life care in your service area, and how do you anticipate this evolving in coming years? We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. I get into the field right alongside our staff to provide hospice care.

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Executive Moves at UnitedHealth Group, Treasure Coast Hospice

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As a result of Mr. McMahon’s successful tenure with the company, he has met the definition of retirement set forth in his previously granted equity awards, which will continue to vest in accordance with their terms, similar to equity awards granted to other employees,” Leong said. “His

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

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It contains no hard dosing thresholds for prescribing opioids and instead “aims promote equitable access to effective, informed, individualized, and safe pain management that improves patients’ function and quality of life, while clarifying and reducing the risks associated with opioid use (19).” 2019 Dec;160(12):2655-2660. 0000000000001680.

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Six Month Update on Hospice Program Integrity Recommendations

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Together with our advocacy partner, the Hospice Action Network (HAN), we serve as the leading voice advancing public policy to improve serious-illness and end-of-life care, while our CaringInfo program provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers.

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