This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
Dr Warner-Maron discusses an Alabama hospice firm which used an inappropriate referral process to boost admissions, and recommends more oversight to prevent fraud moving forward.
Dr Warner-Maron discusses an Alabama hospice firm which used an inappropriate referral process to boost admissions, and recommends more oversight to prevent fraud moving forward.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful.
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful.
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Patients not sufficiently prepared for death were more likely to undergo chemotherapy and less likely to receive hospice care, according to recent findings.
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful.
Researchers surveyed pediatric hospice and palliative care clinicians to determine the challenges providers face as well as the types of support they would find most helpful.
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Bereaved caregivers reported several problems during their loved one's last year of life, prompting researchers to recommend integrated hospice and palliative care and individualized treatment.
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
Researchers sought to understand whether machine learning could be used to identify patients' palliative status as stable, unstable, deteriorating, or terminal.
Approximately 15% of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in a large international cohort had potentially actionable genetic variants, according to a study published in the journal Brain.
Approximately 15% of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in a large international cohort had potentially actionable genetic variants, according to a study published in the journal Brain.
A study assessed the safety and effectiveness of staged bilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound subthalamotomy (FUS-STN) to treat Parkinson Disease (PD).
A study assessed the safety and effectiveness of staged bilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound subthalamotomy (FUS-STN) to treat Parkinson Disease (PD).
“In this randomized clinical trial, acupuncture improved sleep quality and overall quality of life for individuals with PD. The therapeutic effects persisted for up to 4 weeks, underscoring the potential of acupuncture as a beneficial adjunct...
“In this randomized clinical trial, acupuncture improved sleep quality and overall quality of life for individuals with PD. The therapeutic effects persisted for up to 4 weeks, underscoring the potential of acupuncture as a beneficial adjunct...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the investigational cell therapy bemdaneprocel a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD), announced bemdaneprocel developer...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the investigational cell therapy bemdaneprocel a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD), announced bemdaneprocel developer...
A group of nursing home residents in Maryland filed a class action lawsuit against the state health department for failing to meet requirements calling for annual inspections of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), McKnights Long-Term Care News...
A group of nursing home residents in Maryland filed a class action lawsuit against the state health department for failing to meet requirements calling for annual inspections of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), McKnights Long-Term Care News...
Higher numbers of pandemic policies at the state and territory levels were not consistently associated with fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes or in the community, according to a study published in a research letter in JAMA...
Higher numbers of pandemic policies at the state and territory levels were not consistently associated with fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes or in the community, according to a study published in a research letter in JAMA...
Environmental exposure to airborne manganese, beryllium, and nickel may increase the risk of Parkinson disease (PD), according to study results presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
Environmental exposure to airborne manganese, beryllium, and nickel may increase the risk of Parkinson disease (PD), according to study results presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) results in a stable quality of life (QOL) over 5 years in patients with advanced Parkinson disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) results in a stable quality of life (QOL) over 5 years in patients with advanced Parkinson disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
This cohort study reveals that hospices owned by private equity (PE) firms and post-acute care organizations (PTCs) tend to focus on Medicare patients who are expected to be more financially lucrative. Specifically, they appear to target...
Dr Warner-Maron discusses an Alabama hospice firm which used an inappropriate referral process to boost admissions, and recommends more oversight to prevent fraud moving forward.
Dr Warner-Maron discusses an Alabama hospice firm which used an inappropriate referral process to boost admissions, and recommends more oversight to prevent fraud moving forward.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.
With more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operating as for-profit entities, many are concerned as to whether the quality of end-of-life care is at stake.