When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new opioid guidelines in 2016, I warned in the article “CDC opioid guidelines raise alarms among hospice and palliative healthcare ...

Recently, studies and news reports have focused on the acceleration of for-profit hospices and questioned those facilities’ marketing practices. In response to these questions, and those raised by its ...

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Hospice of Redmond continues to serve families throughout Central Oregon amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and is following safety and health guidelines as outlined by the Oregon ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for ...

After more than 35 years, we finally have new regulations pending for hospice, the result of hard work by the Department of Public Health and 28 of the 29 hospice organizations in the state. These new ...

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The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, according to ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Hospice of Washington County is calling for the federal government to reform hospice regulations. Those hospice workers are set to go to Capitol Hill next month to ...