USA - May 11 2015
The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) has proposed changes to the state's hospice regulations, which were last…
Maxwell P. Clayton
USA - April 28 2015
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has proposed to repeal the current Rules for Hospice, found at Chapter 290-9-43, and publish amended…
Alexander B. Foster
USA - March 9 2015
Since 1982, Medicare Part A has included a hospice benefit for terminally ill patients. Currently, qualified patients are entitled to unlimited…
W. Jerad Rissler
USA - January 12 2015
On December 22, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling striking down a portion of the Department of…
Henry M. Perlowski
USA - December 9 2014
On October 31, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted the 2015 Work Plan. As in previous years…
Jennifer Downs Burgar