Hospice news and information

Proponents of emerging forms of advanced illness care are banking on new payment models, such as accountable care organizations, to bolster their efforts and provide reliable reimbursement.
FULL STORY »

Surveys show most Americans would rather die at home than in a hospital. Now, a new government study suggests more and more people are getting their wish.
FULL STORY »

Federal authorities say a Phoenix-based hospice has agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare.
FULL STORY »

Gary Perry doesn't remember the day he came to Haven Hospice. It was sometime in December 2011, but he was having seizures and his body was riddled with pain from a rare form of genetic cancer that had already killed his daughter a few years before, just 18 days before her 21st birthday.
FULL STORY »

Your recent coverage of the Journal of American Medical Association study on hospice care (“Hospice use increases but aggressive care still common,”) gives this important subject the attention it deserves and...
FULL STORY »

SAN DIEGO—Scripps Health entered hospice care as the area's biggest hospice provider continues to scale down its operations under bankruptcy protection. The not-for-profit San Diego Hospice laid off about a third of its employees after disclosing last year that it faced uncertainty...
FULL STORY »

San Diego-based Scripps Health has entered hospice care as the area's biggest hospice provider continues to scale down its operations under bankruptcy protection.
FULL STORY »

Fewer seniors died in hospitals during the past decade and the use of hospice increased, but more elderly were also hospitalized within a month of dying or moved within days of death, research shows.
FULL STORY »

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said it plans to sign a letter of intent to acquire Jordan Health Systems, a not-for-profit organization that owns a 155-bed hospital in Plymouth, Mass.
FULL STORY »

Looking to bolster sagging revenue, Walgreen Co. plans to launch a national platform targeting hospice providers as soon as next year, an about-face after jettisoning its long-term care pharmacy business two years ago.
FULL STORY »