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Regulating and Paying for Hospice and Palliative Care: Reflections on the Medicare Hospice Benefit
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (4): 697–716.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Vincent Mor; Joan M. Teno Abstract Hospice began as a social movement outside of mainstream medicine with the goal of helping those dying alone and in unbearable pain in health care institutions. The National Hospice Study, undertaken to test whether hospice improved dying cancer patients' quality...
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Medicare Reimbursement for Hospice Care: Ethical and Policy Implications of Cost-Containment Strategies
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1985) 10 (3): 565–578.
Published: 01 June 1985
... alliances with cost-cutters can bring reform, health policy reformers are discovering that they may have to accept a lot of bathwater along with the baby. Medicare reimbursement for hospice care, authorized by Section 122 of PL 97-248, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, provides one...
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On Death, Dying, and Terminality: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1979) 4 (1): 11–29.
Published: 01 February 1979
... the patient has suffered from this change, too, often feeling profoundly alienated from the entire medical apparatus. For terminally ill patients, the problem is especially severe; but the hospice approach (patient-centered like the old medieval hospital, and yet owing much to modern specialization...
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Medicare's Stewardship Role to Improve Care Delivery: Opportunities for the Biden Administration
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2021) 46 (4): 627–639.
Published: 01 August 2021
... will help, but the measures do not have to be published or used as part of P4P. Quality measurement on a national scale simply cannot reliably distinguish fair, good, and excellent, but all acceptable, care. Performance measurement in the hospice program provides a good example of the misguided use...
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Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2023) 48 (3): 457–461.
Published: 01 June 2023
... Americans Die—Is There Really ‘No Place Like Home’? ” New England Journal of Medicine 386 , no. 11 : 1008 – 10 . Wennberg John E. , Fisher Elliot S. , Stukel Therese A. , and Skinner Jonathan S. 2004 . “ Use of Hospitals, Physician Visits, and Hospice Care during Last Six...
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False Claims Act Liability for Overtreatment
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2020) 45 (3): 419–437.
Published: 01 June 2020
... could the associated claims be false? Yet, the department has recovered multimillion dollar penalties and settlements from a number of large hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and hospice chains for billing for unnecessary care. For example, in September 2018 the Department of Justice announced...
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News and Notes
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1990) 15 (3): 691–700.
Published: 01 June 1990
... of
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizationsannounced that it is no longer accrediting HMOs,
managed care organizations, or hospices as of 1 July.
The OfJice of Minority Health Resource Center is a federal agency offering health infor-
mation, data, technical assistance, publications, and other resources...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1985) 10 (3): 601–608.
Published: 01 June 1985
... only 205 of approximately 1,500 hospice programs nationwide were certified
to treat Medicare patients, according to HCFA. Most hospice programs are not seeking
Medicare certification because the daily rates paid for Medicare patients create too great
a financial risk for the hospices...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1985) 10 (1): 215–227.
Published: 01 February 1985
..., with $515 million in assets one of the nation’s
ten largest philanthropies, has elected Helene L. Kaplan, a New York lawyer, as chair of
its 19-member board.
John J. Mahoney of Colorado is the new Executive Director of the National Hospice
Organization.
Juan A. del Real, former general counsel...
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Promoting a “Good Death”: Determinants of Pain-Management Policies in the United States
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 33 (5): 907–941.
Published: 01 October 2008
... Knowledge and Practice , ed. K. J. Doka. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America. Federation of State Medical Boards. 1986 -2003. Legislative and Regulatory Exchange . Dallas: Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. ____. 2004. Development of the Model Policy for the Use...
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Residential Care for the Elderly
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1992) 17 (4): 929–958.
Published: 01 August 1992
.... von Ferber et al. Beitrage zur Gesundheitsokonomie, Bd. 23 Gerlingen: Bleicher. Rückert , Willi . 1990 . “Nursing Homes and Hospices in Germany.” Paper presented to the conference on “The Division of Labour in the Light of New Challenges,” Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1986) 10 (4): 797–809.
Published: 01 August 1986
... topics.
Three national organizations now relate to the hospice movement: National Hospice Or-
ganization, 1901 Ft. Myer, Suite 402, Arlington, VA 22209, (703) 243-5900, founded
in 1976; American Society of Hospice Care, 470 Boston Post Rd., Weston, MA 02193,
(617) 899-2702, sponsored...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1983) 8 (3): 628–636.
Published: 01 June 1983
... Privileges for Health
Care Providers,” November 10-12 in St. Louis; “Legal and Ethical Dilemmas in
Long-Term Care,” November 18 in San Francisco; “Hospice: Legal, Medical and
Ethical Perspectives,” March 10-1 1, 1984, in Chicago; and “Genetics and the Law,”
April 1-3, 1984, in Boston...
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Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (2): 391–402.
Published: 01 April 2000
... Line:Thoughts on a Hospice Response to Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Journal of Palliative Care 9 (3): 25 -28. ———. 1997 . Dying Well:Prospects for Growth at the End of Life . New York:Riverhead. Chin, A. E., K. Hedberg, G. Higginson, and D. W. Fleming. 1999 . Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide...
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Methods for Developing Relative Need Criteria to Accompany a Health Care Capital Expenditure Limit
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1987) 12 (1): 113–136.
Published: 01 February 1987
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10. Dialysis equipment
11. Kidney transplants
12. Ambulatory surgery
13. Hospice programs
14. Routine medical equipment (ultrasound, routine radiology, fluoros-
copy, etc.)
Of course, some applications may involve two or more of these categories. The
following...
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The High Cost of Health Care for the Elderly: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Some Suggestions for Therapy
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1978) 3 (2): 163–180.
Published: 01 April 1978
... maintain that
death can be the friend of the seriously ill patient and the professional’s
highest duty is to assist the patient through terminal illness rather than
fighting it futilely. “Right-to-die” laws and the “hospice” concept will
almost surely continue to grow in popularity. 22...
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Book Review Editor's Introduction
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (2): 377–378.
Published: 01 April 2000
... week prior to death on hospice programs (our
best-case scenario), approximately 2 to 35 percent report their pain as
“severe” or “intolerable,” and 25 percent report their shortness of breath
as “unbearable” (Kasting 1993). Other symptoms are also daunting (nau...
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Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (2): 378–381.
Published: 01 April 2000
... week prior to death on hospice programs (our
best-case scenario), approximately 2 to 35 percent report their pain as
“severe” or “intolerable,” and 25 percent report their shortness of breath
as “unbearable” (Kasting 1993). Other symptoms are also daunting (nau...
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A Time to Die: The Place for Physician Assistance
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (2): 382–387.
Published: 01 April 2000
... week prior to death on hospice programs (our
best-case scenario), approximately 2 to 35 percent report their pain as
“severe” or “intolerable,” and 25 percent report their shortness of breath
as “unbearable” (Kasting 1993). Other symptoms are also daunting (nau...
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Euthanasia and Law in the Netherlands
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (2): 387–391.
Published: 01 April 2000
... week prior to death on hospice programs (our
best-case scenario), approximately 2 to 35 percent report their pain as
“severe” or “intolerable,” and 25 percent report their shortness of breath
as “unbearable” (Kasting 1993). Other symptoms are also daunting (nau...
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