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How Health Literacy, Education Influences a Patients’ Hospice Experience

Hospice News

In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! The company operates more than 250 locations in 31 states and the District of Columbia, caring for roughly 200,000 patients and families annually.

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How Fraudulent Hospices Evade Regulators

Hospice News

Industry associations also are aware of this issue, according to Logan Hoover, vice president of health policy and government relations at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Scammer hospices enroll patients without informed consent. Scammer hospices are harvesting enrollment numbers.

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Bereaved Families Face ‘Devastating’ Impacts of Hospice Fraud

Hospice News

Fraudulent hospice schemes can take a tremendous toll on families that have lost loved ones who received poor or negligent end-of-life care, according to Cheryl Kraus, director of government affairs and policy at the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS). Was informed consent given?

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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Hope is a palliative care doc and hospice medical director at Evergreen Health up near Seattle, Washington. Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. Who do you give informed consent to?

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