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The Hospice Action Network Presents 2023 Angel Awards Honorees

NHPCO

President and the first known President to utilize the Medicare Hospice Benefit. While in office, the Carter administration tested hospice care as a model, which later led to the Medicare Hospice Benefit we know today. HAN is the 501(c)(4) advocacy affiliate of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Understanding Policymakers’ Frame of Reference Crucial to Hospice, Palliative Care Advocacy

Hospice News

He turned his attention to health care after immigrating to the United States, where in time he matriculated at the University of Texas in Dallas. To get by, he took a job in the IT department of a nursing home, where he quickly realized that health care technology could use an upgrade. Why aren’t we moving things forward?