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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Weak Hospice Oversight Makes Safety Problems Hard To Identify
The typical hospice undergoes a full government inspection about once every six years, according to The Washington Post, making it one of the least scrutinized areas of U.S. health care. Meanwhile, more than three dozen hospices and health care groups are protesting a new rule designed to avoid duplicate payments for medications, saying it puts "undue burden" on dying patients.
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