On July 23, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) (H.R. 1676). This act moves to enhance and expand advanced illness care through strengthening provider training and public outreach programs. Initially introduced by Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), and Buddy
Susan Linnee had not eaten for weeks by the time she entered a Minneapolis hospice on Oct. 5. A 75-year-old editor, she was dying of a brain tumor and as her body weakened, she grew confused and stuporous. But suddenly, 17 days later, she perked up and asked for what
WASHINGTON – On May 12, four NPHI members were recognized by Modern Healthcare as among the country’s Best Places to Work for 2018. The four members include Bluegrass Care Navigators (KY), Care Dimensions (MA), Joliet Area Community Hospice, and Nathan Adelson Hospice (NV). Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work program has annually acknowledged outstanding employers of the
