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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

Deanna Heath: I have worked in the post-acute space since 2003 with a focus in hospice. For the first time ever, the model will test the carve-in of the hospice benefit into Medicare Advantage with the provision of palliative care, transitional concurrent care and supplemental benefits — all spliced and bundled into the VBID model.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). How Did the Media Contribute to this Moral Panic?

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