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Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments End of Life, Hospice, Telehealth

(By JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press published by STAT on April 23, 2023) At age 93, struggling with the effects

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Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments End of Life, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Hospice, medicare, Medicare Advantage

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Hospice doctor Bethany Snider sees the writing on the wall: “The hospice

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A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Aging, End of Life, Grieving, Older Adults

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. Two weeks before,

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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift

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End of Life 

Joint Commission issues new safety guidance for palliative care

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Nika Schoonover for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Joint Commission issued new safety guidance for palliative care to seriously ill

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Aging End of Life 

A New Paradigm Is Needed: Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life

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End of Life Veterans Benefits 

Veterans can help survivors plan ahead

August 23, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(Source – blogs.va.gov) It’s a topic people don’t like to talk about: every person dies. Despite the inevitable, there are

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Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic’s Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes

August 6, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) As covid-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant,

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End of Life Medicare - General Medicare Advantage 

Medicare covers grief counseling and depression screening

July 22, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

According to a recent survey of 400 widowed seniors, only 15 percent of widowed Medicare beneficiaries take advantage of mental

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Aging End of Life Medicare - General 

The prevalence of advance care planning remains low.

April 7, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comments

As part of Medicare’s annual wellness visit, Medicare started to reimburse providers for advance care planning; however, the prevalence of

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