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For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

Hospice News

The recent article by the New Yorker and ProPublica that branded “hospice” as a profiteering “hustle” was an outrageous misrepresentation of the provider community. The article begins with a rehash of the AseraCare False Claims Act (FCA) and anti-kickback lawsuit which was filed in 2008 and settled in March of 2020. population.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

For a deeper diver into these issues, check out some of the following links: Ira’s Stat new article “Hospice care needs saving” GeriPal’s episode on the growing role of private equity in hospice care Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations. Ira: I like the article. Alex: Welcome.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

Pallimed

Chou had originally announced his intention to help influence opioid policy in a 2011 article that he co-authored with PROP’s founders (5), and he was a bold signatory to PROP’s 2012 Petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change opioid labeling (6; See Figures 1a and 1b: First page and signatory page.)

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Telehealth’s Post-Pandemic Growth Trajectory

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Amid this surge, Congress enacted the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act in 2008 as part of an attempt to rein in the burgeoning online marketplace for prescription drugs—particularly those involving controlled substances—which had largely evaded prior enforcement actions. The public echoes this sentiment.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Fidelindo Lim

Minority Nurse

Dr. Lim has published over 200 articles on various topics, including clinical practice , nursing education, LGBTQ+ health, reflective practice, preceptorship, men in nursing, nursing humanities, and Florence Nightingale. Meet Dr. Fidel Lim, DNP, CCRN, FAAN, a New York University Meyers College of Nursing clinical associate professor.

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How to Create a Professional Work Culture

Healthy Workforce Institute

Being a leader in healthcare is hard enough without worrying about your employees making it harder. Why aren’t organizations developing their healthcare teams? Any time healthcare experiences a crisis that impacts finances and staffing, we can pretty much guarantee that one of the first “cuts” will be – EDUCATION. Just pick 3.

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The ultimate nursing guide to sepsis

The Nurse Break

Read other clinical articles here. Other tigger warning tools often adopted by healthcare services include the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) or quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) scores, and the national early warning score (NEWS) or modified early warning score (MEWS; the George Institute for Global Health, 2021).

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