Hospice Management Advisor articles from January 2003

Hospice Management Advisor archives from January 2003

Report card gives states low grades in providing end-of-life care: state-by-state analysis points to limited hospice use and low LOS.
January 1, 2003... A state-by-state report card on hospice services shows most states are doing a poor job of caring for the dying. According to the report, patients are spending less time in hospice care than they did in the early 1980s when the movement first...

How some states fared: lousy to above average: most don't meet organization's overall standards.
January 1, 2003... Even states that ranked high in hospice use earned low grades overall on a national report card prepared by the Last Acts organization in Washington, DC. Arizona, for example, scored the highest in hospice use, but did not meet Last Acts'...

Lack of pediatric care makes bad situation worse: an adult model is inadequate for kids.
January 1, 2003... When Katie Westbrook was 14 years old, she and her mother, Beth Westbrook, made a monumental decision together. Katie, who had been battling osteosarcoma since she was 12, had already endured several rounds of chemotherapy, surgery to remove a...

Reimbursement attitudes may be changing: case managers and the PACC model.(palliative and curative care )
January 1, 2003... Most hospices that provide pediatric palliative care must do so without reimbursement. But there are trends that suggest the days of care wholly subsidized by community support may be on its way out. Private insurers and Medicaid demonstration...

Don't let `call aversion' hinder your fundraising: simple tips to keep your campaign on track. (Guest Column).
January 1, 2003... It happens to the best of us. You need to call a potential donor, but you just can't seem to pick up the phone. You stare at it. You find another task to complete. You procrastinate. Something, anything seems better that having to make your...

Lawsuits over withholding support are called myths: few court cases involve end-of-life care. (Guest Column).
January 1, 2003... Health care providers are understandably concerned about the legal climate in which they live, observes Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH, professor in the department of community health at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, OH. But...