The Stark Law is a federal statute that regulates the financial relationships in the healthcare industry to prevent fraud and abuse against both patients and the health care system as a whole. In general, this “Physician Self-Referral Law” is designed to make certain...
Even though the majority of physicians and their staff apply good judgment in all matters of patient care, patients and their families are often justified in filing medical malpractice lawsuits against negligent healthcare professionals. This is a clear indication...
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...
Texas nursing homes play a valuable role in providing care for individuals as they age. As with all businesses, nursing homes have overhead. Much of the money that nursing homes and other medical facilities pay covers administration and other overhead-related...
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...
