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...
The state of Texas is unenrolling Medicaid recipients faster than any other in the United States, and some of these recipients include eligible children and adults living with serious medical conditions that require life-saving treatment and medications. Patients and...
Texas has one of the highest mortality rates in the nation for new mothers. House Bill 12, a bipartisan effort passed by Republicans and Democrats expanding Medicaid coverage for new mothers to 12 months postpartum, was supposed to take effect September 1, but it...
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...
Hospice care, though often relegated to the shadows of the healthcare conversation, serves as a vital support system for those approaching life's final chapter. In Texas, this often misunderstood service has been under the microscope, with increased oversight and...
