Recent research findings are increasingly getting to the root causes of varying hospice outcomes among diverse patient populations and health care settings. Quality inequities among special needs, dually-eligible beneficiaries Dually-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries may have a lower likelihood of receiving care from high-quality hospice providers, according to a recent analysis. Dual eligible beneficiaries are […]
Journal of American Medical Association Network
Dual pieces of legislation are circulating in New York proposing to block the entry of new for-profit hospices and limit expansion of existing entities in the state. The bills are aimed at addressing rising concerns related to evolving trends in tax status and ownership in the industry. One bill has passed in the New York […]
More people are recognizing the value of advance care planning, but less are apt to follow through with those discussions. More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans indicated that discussing end-of-life preparations with their loved ones is important in a recent nationwide survey from life insurance provider and global technology company Ethos. However, among these individuals, […]