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NOTE: Full text of Seth Gillman Medicare and Medicaid fraud complaint is attached to this Hospice Community
Source: Foley & Lardner LLP
President Obama signed the “Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014” or the IMPACT Act of 2014
Does anyone use either an actively or inactively or non-licensed hairdresser to provide haircutting services to patients? I cannot find any regs relating to haircutting services. We have always used actively licensed hairdressers and now this volunte
Read more…March 19 --Medicare hospice patients will have access to palliative care, as well as care aimed
The Department of Health & Human Services released the final ruling on the new Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospice. None of these changes to the CoPs directly affected hospice volunteers with the exception of stipulating that volunteers
Read more…How do you document when a volunteer is requested and none are available? Also who is assessing the need for volunteer services in your programs...nurse, social worker?
Read more…This is my first full month as full-time volunteer coordinator/recruiter. Can anyone tell me if there are regs on when competancies and evaluations are due on volunteers and how often?
Also, I have networked with other hospices who count volunteers ho
Surviving Hospice: A Chaplain's Journey into the Big Business of Dying Plus: How To Find a Trustworthy Hospice
This narrative is an insider’s look into the hijacking of hospice by private equity and professional investors and the subsequent harm to patients, their families, and to the interdisciplinary clinical teams. It was released by a NYC publisher on October 31, 2023. For sale on Amazon.
The author, a hospice chaplain, tells end-of-life stories of her patients who were harmed by financially-motivated policies. This is a book for anyone who is embarking on making a choice about a hospice for their loved one, working chaplains, those in training, and those interested in what dying is like with a hospice who places patients as their primary stakeholders.
Maryclaire's experience working for an owner who sold to a private equity firm helped her to realize that the reputation and viability of hospice is in jeopardy. Her goal is to alert all who love hospice to rid it of professional investors.
— Stacy Juba, author, editor, and award-winning health journalist
"Powerful, beautifully written, and eye-opening, this book spotlights the inner workings of a multi-billion-dollar industry and the effect on patients, families, and hospice staff. The author shares poignant accounts of hospice at its best and worst and the hard-hitting truths she learned on her journey. A must-read for family members exploring hospice care."
— Laura Kukowski, CEO, editor, For-Profit Badger Hospice, LLC
"Maryclaire Torinus speaks with authority, providing this essential handbook for choosing a hospice care team and why that selection really matters."
— Greg Schneider President, HVA, co-author of The Changing Face of Hospice Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care
"When I first found out that Maryclaire Torinus was writing this book, I immediately contacted her because in my 25+ years supporting hospice volunteers, I have seen a gradual decline in the quality of care volunteers are permitted to provide the dying and their families. There are a variety of reasons for this that I describe in the Foreward of this book. Maryclaire provides invaluable insights that everyone should know, along with solutions to help others make the right choice in choosing a hospice."