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Lawmakers Want To Give Medicare Beneficiaries More Time To Pick Drug Plans Following Reports Of Website Errors

December 9, 2019 Morning Briefing

And Medicare officials hinted Friday that they would be amenable to providing a window for beneficiaries who are worried about their plans. Other news on Medicare focuses on: prescription drug prices, hospital and hospice payments, and increasing costs.

VA Hospices Face Unique Challenges In Providing End-Of-Life Care For Veterans

November 12, 2019 Morning Briefing

Veterans tend to be more chronically ill compared to the general population, with higher rates of disability, intricate psychiatric issues, post-traumatic stress disorders and depression. That can add complexities to end-of-life care beyond what the rest of the population faces. Other news from Veterans Day focuses on the 2020 Democratic candidates’ stances on the VA, organizations helping veterans transition back into civilian life, homelessness, and more.

Study Reveals Long-Lasting, Wide-Ranging Negative Health Effects Of Those Who Have Been In Foster System

January 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

The analysis is “the latest in a long, long line of studies showing the harm done to children when they are consigned to the chaos of foster care,” said Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. In other public health news: smoking, chronic loneliness, tech and wildfire safety, ancient DNA, a fly’s brain, hospice care, and more.

Congress Targets Misuse Of Hospice Drugs

By Melissa Bailey October 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In the bipartisan opioid bill headed to the president’s desk, hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 3, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

How Helping Patients Get Good Care At Home Helps Rural Hospitals Survive

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are now financially rewarded by insurers for safety and efficacy — which often results in patients spending less time as inpatients.

More Than 800 To Be Laid Off As Humana Looks To Cut 2% Of Workforce By End Of Year

October 30, 2019 Morning Briefing

Humana spokeswoman Kate Marx stated the company began evaluating its “work and cost structure” this year but didn’t say where cuts will be made. Other news on the health industry and systems looks at: hospices, acquisitions, hospitals, new clinics, and more.

More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids

By Barbara Feder Ostrov February 21, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In an emerging new tactic against the rising toll of opioid deaths, California, Ohio, Virginia and Arizona are among the states requiring physicians to offer patients naloxone when they give them prescriptions for the powerful painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a national recommendation to do so.

Hundreds Of Hospice Care Facilities Across Country Found To Have ‘Unacceptable’ Life-Threatening Deficiencies

July 9, 2019 Morning Briefing

Citing cases of unmanaged pain, maggots, bed sores and other failures, the inspector general report takes Medicare to task for what it describes as weak oversight and enforcement of the growing number of hospice providers and recommends stronger safeguards “to protect Medicare hospice beneficiaries from harm.”

Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight

By Melissa Bailey July 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A new government watchdog report outlines vulnerabilities in Medicare’s $17 billion hospice program, pointing to inadequate services, inappropriate billing and outright fraud.

California’s Medical Systems Brace For Historic Power Blackouts Aimed At Preventing Wildfires

October 9, 2019 Morning Briefing

Beyond worries about hospitals, hospices and medical care facilities, officials are warning residents to formulate plans to ensure their health needs are met. That ranges from keeping food and water on hand to knowing how to manually open your garage. The blackouts will impact 34 counties in Central and Northern California.

Dealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?

By Sarah Jane Tribble Photos by Christopher Smith May 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

After depending on the local hospital for more than a century, Fort Scott residents now are trying to cope with life without it.

When Needs Arise, These Older Women Have One Another’s Backs

By Judith Graham December 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Many women aging alone want to hold on to their independence. But, when illness or disability strikes, they often need assistance. A program in New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco offers numerous ways to help.

How A Little Pharmacy Shop In Tennessee That Touted Its Great Milkshakes Became State’s Largest Opioid Purchaser

August 29, 2019 Morning Briefing

The Nashville Tennessean dives into the story of the Reeves-Sain shop in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where DEA data shows that even if the company supplied every single nursing home and hospice patient in the Southern U.S., the pharmacy would have outnumbered patients with opioid pills by about 13 to 1. Other news on the opioid crisis comes out of Washington state and North Carolina.

Health Insurers’ Stocks Are Holding Up Surprisingly Well Despite Choppy Political Waters

August 2, 2019 Morning Briefing

The industry is even outpacing others when it comes to profit growth, and UnitedHealth and Anthem, the two largest insurers, each beat Wall Street estimates with their second quarter results. Other health industry news looks at medical device litigation, a lab’s court challenge of a multi-billion dollar Medicare cut, hospices, and more.

Pediatric Hospice Can Be A Godsend For Heartbroken Parents. But The Facilities Often Struggle To Stay Afloat.

May 16, 2019 Morning Briefing

By some estimates, around half a million children have serious medical conditions that are expected to shorten their lives. For too many of them, death will most likely happen amid the fluorescence and thrumming machinery of an intensive-care unit. For the lucky families, there’s pediatric hospice care. In other public health news: the mysterious illness in diplomats, liver transplants, snakebites, exercise for transgender people, tuberculosis, and more.

A Late-Life Surprise: Taking Care Of Frail, Aging Parents

By Judith Graham August 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

More and more older adults, age 60 and older, care for their elderly parents and face physical, emotional and financial stress.

‘No One Is Ever Really Ready’: Aid-In-Dying Patient Chooses His Last Day

By JoNel Aleccia August 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

With its expansion to Hawaii this year, medical aid-in-dying is now approved in eight U.S. jurisdictions. Even when legal, the controversial practice of choosing to die after a terminal diagnosis is difficult, said one Seattle man who shared his final deliberations.

Will Maine Voters Decide To Make Aging In Place Affordable?

By Judith Graham October 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A ballot initiative in Maine proposes that free home care services be available to all residents who need help with at least “one daily activity.”

9/11 Detective Who Pleaded With Congress Over Victims Fund Dies Of Cancer At Age 53

July 1, 2019 Morning Briefing

Despite his illness, Luis Alvarez appeared with comedian Jon Stewart to urge Congress to authorize longterm health care funding for 9/11 first responders. “You all said you would never forget. Well, I’m here to make sure that you don’t,” the former New York City police detective told lawmakers at the hearing. Alvarez was admitted to a hospice within a few days of his testimony.

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