For many families, the word hospice still conjures an image of a building – a final stop. Jan Amato is on a mission to change ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Palliative care and hospice are two types of care offered to people with serious medical illnesses. Provided to anyone, at any stage, who is continuing curative treatments and would like support ...

Hospice care has grabbed the attention of the federal government, which is vowing to decertify companies that are overbilling ...

There are many treatments available for multiple myeloma, as well as clinical trials. Yet sometimes, patients get to a point where their disease no longer responds to any treatment. They may decide ...

The Medicare hospice benefit was originally designed around a cancer disease paradigm but increasingly serves people living with dementia. At this time, almost half of all older adults receiving ...

What really happens in the final seconds of life may be far calmer and more revealing than most people expect.

Organizations representing hospice and home health providers in California are calling for a statewide moratorium on new enrollments in Medicare amid growing concerns about widespread fraud in the ...

Hospice nurse weekend visit rates vary by state, with Wyoming and California leading in skilled nursing minutes during ...

Next Level Hospice Care secures Texas Medicaid license, expands hospital access, and earns community recognition for ...