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By April Dembosky, KQED May 21, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In bizarre, veiled conversations, some doctors vaguely hint to dying patients and their families how to hasten death. But overwhelmed families are left with profound questions and the feeling that there is no one who can answer them.

2015 Home Health Agencies Ratings: 5-Star Facilities

By Jordan Rau July 16, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News lists the 239 home health agencies that received Medicare’s highest rating of five stars.

When Prisons Need To Be More Like Nursing Homes

By Maura Ewing, The Marshall Project August 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

By 2030, nearly one-third of all inmates will be over 55, the ACLU says, and caring for aged prisoners often costs twice as much as caring for younger ones. Some states – New York, California and Connecticut — are confronting the problem, however, with innovative programs meant to improve care and save money.

Judge Strikes California Law That Allowed Nursing Homes To Make Medical Decisions For Mentally Incompetent Residents

By Anna Gorman June 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Advocates say the law has permitted homes to give anti-psychotic drugs, use restraints and withdraw treatment without allowing patients to object. But the industry warns the ruling will make it more challenging to provide routine care to such patients.

758 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2016: Data Table

By Jordan Rau December 10, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Medicare is lowering its 2016 payments by 1 percent for 758 hospitals with high rates of potentially avoidable infections and complications such as blood clots, bed sores and falls. This is the second year of the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program, which was mandated by the federal health law to reduce patient injuries. Below are the […]

Toward A Better End: Palliative Care, Hospice And End-of-Life

By khnmarkb February 12, 2015 Page

Here is a round-up of KFF Health News stories on issues related to dying, hospice and palliative care. How Palliative Care Helps: One Iowa Family’s Journey ‘This is their life. They’re the boss,’ says Dr. Tim Ihrig of the palliative care department at UnityPoint hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa. ‘It’s an honor to be on […]

Learning About Hospice Should Begin Long Before You Are Sick

By Caroline E. Mayer January 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

With the growth of the hospice industry, consumers have a number of choices for end-of-life care. Here’s a primer to help be prepared.

Facing Death But Fighting The Aid-In-Dying Movement

By Stephanie O'Neill, Southern California Public Radio May 20, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A young mother with a grave lung disease worries that a California bill that would make assisted suicide legal could pressure terminally ill people to end their lives.

Study: Suffering At The End Of Life Getting Worse, Not Better

By Jenny Gold February 3, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The percentage of Americans experiencing pain in the last year of life increased between 1998 and 2010, despite the growth of palliative care programs and hospice use, according to a study released Monday.

A Top Medical School Revamps Requirements To Lure English Majors

By Julie Rovner May 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

At Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City, many of the medical students majored in things like English or history, and they never took the MCAT. The institution sees that diversity as one of its biggest strengths.

Medicare To Test Allowing Both End-Of-Life And Curative Care For Hospice Patients

July 21, 2015 Morning Briefing

The pilot project, mandated by the health law, is a change to the policy that terminally ill patients are required to forego curative treatments to qualify for Medicare-paid hospice. The project will be limited at first to 140 hospices.

Too Little, Too Late For Many New Yorkers Seeking Hospice

By Fred Mogul, WNYC December 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Evidence shows hospice care can extend life and save money, but only if patients and doctors dare ask for the help. One New Yorker said hospice gave her back a normal life — at peace, pain subdued.

Efforts To Instill Empathy Among Doctors Are Paying Dividends

By Sandra G. Boodman March 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Often considered less important than technical skills, having a good bedside manner is important to helping patients and can lead to better outcomes.

Viewpoints: Kasich’s Compassionate Conservatism; Medicare’s Hospice Care Plan

July 22, 2015 Morning Briefing

A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.

State Highlights: Johns Hopkins Docs Urge FTC Caution On Hospital Mergers; Michigan Hospices To Test Medicare Model

August 20, 2015 Morning Briefing

Health care stories are reported from Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Iowa and Texas.

Mass. Hospitals Considering Merger In Effort To Combat Rising Health Costs

September 4, 2015 Morning Briefing

The negotiations between Beth Israel Deaconess and Lahey Health follow a number of high-profile mergers in recent months. In other health care business news, autoworker contract talks continue to look at a health-care co-op across the industry, a hospice chain in the South settles a whistleblower suit and Oscar, an insurance start-up, is profiled.

FAQ: Congress Passes A Bill To Fix Medicare’s Doctor Payments. What’s In It?

By Mary Agnes Carey April 15, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A rare bipartisan effort will scrap the troubled physician payment formula and transition to a system focused on new quality measures.

Hoping To Live, These Doctors Want A Choice In How They Die

By Anna Gorman March 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In a California lawsuit seeking to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications at patients’ request, two plaintiffs are physicians with serious illnesses. Both want the option of choosing to end their lives.

Toward ‘A Beautiful Death’

By Jenny Gold November 5, 2014 KFF Health News Original

An interview with Consumer Reports’ Nancy Metcalf, author of a new guide to end-of-life planning.

Study: Hospice Care Doesn’t Bring Down Medicare Costs

May 7, 2015 Morning Briefing

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises questions about some of the conventional wisdom surrounding hospice care.

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