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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

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Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. The person didn’t believe in the medications.

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