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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

Hospice News

Facing potential out-of-pocket expenses has led to racial divides in advance care planning utilization among lower income and ethnically diverse groups, according to Dr. Deborah Freeland, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in Texas.

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Diverse Caregivers

Chicago Caregiving

After her wife was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2011, Marsha Wetzel spent the next two years taking care of Judy, her partner of 30 years, until Judy entered hospice care. The Care Plan helps people navigate healthcare systems not set up for LGBTQ+ or racially diverse caregivers. This includes the 2.4

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