The end-of-life health care sector has grown significantly in recent years, which means hospices in Texas and around the country have more competitors. To adjust to this new market paradigm, many end-of-life care facilities are exploring consolidation options to...
In Texas and other states in which it operates, Planned Parenthood provides many reproductive health services beyond abortion to primarily low-income patients. The organization provides cancer screening, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and...
For thousands of Texas residents each year, hospice services represent a crucial form of care at the last stage of life. This is frequently a traumatic and difficult time under the best of circumstances, but past traumas can often add to the stress and difficulty....
A program launched by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services studied the impact of allowing patients to pursue both hospice and curative care at the same time. According to a recently released report, it found that it had wide ranging benefits for...
Since the passage of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), hospice operators in Texas and nationwide have seen their federal funding erode. One problem in particular that lobbyists for the hospice industry hope to correct is...
As the nation's elderly population increases, Texas nursing homes face bringing in many new patients while dealing with an employment crisis. Unfortunately, a recent proposal from the U.S. government is piling even more stress on the nation's nursing home facilities....
If you or someone you love is a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Texas, you may realize that few options are available for end-of-life care, especially when one lives in a rural community. To make matters worse, isolation is often more extreme for this group because...
As people near the end of their lives, many legal and medical issues arise. One of the most common problems is where cancer patients die. Many cancer patients prefer to die at home due to the comfort of familiar surroundings and the lower costs than dying in a...
Hospice provides countless individuals with an essential service on their last steps of life's journey. New research has shown ways to lower the costs and open up more people to the idea of hospice so that the service is better utilized. This is helpful for anyone in...
Hospice providers are critical in providing essential care and comfort to Texas patients in their last days. As healthcare worker shortages continue, hospices may inadvertently violate wage and hour laws by offering new forms of compensation to attract and retain more...
