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Letters To KHN: Prominent Doctor, Nurses And Other Readers On Medicare Readmissions

August 8, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Readers react to Jordan Rau’s review of the upcoming Medicare push to make hospitals accountable for some of what happens to patients after discharge

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It’s Not Just The Money: Cost Control In Cancer Care (Guest Opinion)

By Harold Pollack July 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Health reform raises deep questions about the size and scope of government, about progressive taxation, about the individual mandate and more. It’s easy to forget that cost control will be a huge challenge, no matter how these ideological matters are resolved. Finding the right combination of humanity and restraint will be particularly hard in addressing life-threatening or life-ending illness.

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Berenson: Take Small Steps Now To Lower Medicare Costs

By Marilyn Werber Serafini June 23, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Robert Berenson, an Urban Institute fellow and former official at the Department of Health and Human Services, says a number of small Medicare initiatives are “low-hanging fruit” that could be pursued now in order to control the program’s spending.

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What Is Palliative Care?

By Joanne Kenen March 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Palliative care takes an interdisciplinary approach similar to hospice

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Program Gives Dying People Chance At Giving Longer Goodbyes

By Julie Bierach, NPR News April 11, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A program in St. Louis is giving hospice patients one more way to say goodbye to their loved ones – using a series of volunteers trained to help them tell their stories.

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Demand Grows For Palliative Care

By Michelle Andrews March 29, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Seriously ill patients, even when not facing death, can benefit from better pain and symptom management, care coordination and help setting goals from specially trained teams, which typically include a doctor, a nurse, a social worker and a spiritual counselor.

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Palliative Care Can Help Children And Families Navigate Bewildering Medical Terrain

By Joanne Kenen March 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

About 1.3 million children live with serious or life-limiting illness and many need an interdisciplinary approach to care to help their families make sense of the maze of medical treatment.

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Nursing Home, Hospice Pay Triggers Questions, Concern, Action

August 16, 2011 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on a range of issues related to Medicare payment of these facilities, including losses that are expected to result from a new payment rule for nursing homes and the lobbying effort being undertaken by hospiece facilities.

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Who Should Get Pediatric Palliative Care?

By Joanne Kenen March 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Pediatric palliative care is for children who are living with very serious and complex illness. They do not have to have a life expectancy of only a few months.

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Health Insurance From Both Sides: KHN Interview Of Aetna CEO Bertolini

By Julie Appleby April 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Mark Bertolini knows the insurance industry inside out. Both he and his son have had life-threatening health crises. He says he wouldn’t qualify for an individual policy and talks with KHN about how Aetna is reacting to the health law.

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USA Today: Medicare’s Hospice Costs Show Dramatic Increase

August 8, 2011 Morning Briefing

This rate of growth is more than that of any other health care sector.

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The Evolution Of Hospice From Its Charitable Roots To Big Business

July 25, 2011 Morning Briefing

Bloomberg reports on how this trend may be leading to a steep price for patients and their families.

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The Real Impact Of Cutting Medicaid — Just When We Need It The Most (Guest Opinion)

By Harold Pollack May 5, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The recent policy debate surrounding the health care safety net seems predicated on the philosophy that we must sharply shrink government despite the accompanying human costs. That vision is most congenial to those who feel comfortable and safe without public help.

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Excluded Groups Want In On Health Information Technology Funding

By Kimberly Leonard, iWatch News May 23, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Providers who were frozen out of a pool of $27 billion in federal funds to convert to electronic medical records are trying to fight back to qualify for the money and increase the size of the money available.

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Medicare Rule Sparks Concerns About Patients’ Access To Home Health Care

By Phil Galewitz March 24, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Providers criticize health law requirement targeted at curbing wasteful spending.

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Health Law Forces Changes To Reduce Hospitals Readmissions

By Michelle Andrews February 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

20 percent of Medicare patients are back in the hospital within 30 days, a trend that endangers patients and raises health costs.

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Making End-Of-Life Decisions Is Hard On Family Members

By Michelle Andrews January 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Few people have advance directives and even when they do, the documents often don’t cover the exact situation, leaving loved ones to make critical decisions in a void.

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Insuring Your Health

January 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In a new KHN feature, Michelle Andrews writes about the coming changes to health care. Please send comments or ideas for future topics to questions@kffhealthnews.org See 2011’s Insuring Your Health stories.  Looking At The Changes 2011 Brings December 22, 2010 Michelle Andrews speaks with KFF’s Jackie Judd about changes in lifetime insurance limits, keeping children insured, […]

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Hospice Or Hospital? Where You Die Depends On Where You Live

By Jordan Rau November 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

An analysis of Medicare data finds many cancer patients are getting aggressive end-of-life care. The intensive approach might not be best for them and adds to the drain on Medicare’s budget.

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Health Programs On The Chopping Block As States Gird For Drop In Federal Aid

By Julie Appleby February 9, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are at risk of losing access to health services as states prepare to make yet another round of budget cuts.

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