Wed Jan 25, 2023 – 1:02 pm EST
(Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) — An article by Ava Kofman that was published by ProPublica on January 20 reports on the need for hospice reform.
For more than 20 years I have opposed assisted suicide and supported good end-of-life care. I do not view hospice as an alternative to assisted suicide but I agree that good end-of-life care reduces the demand for assisted suicide.
I also recognize that hospice abuse undermines opposition to assisted suicide.
Kofman’s article, “Pressure Mounts for Hospice Reform,” focuses on the financial abuse in the hospice industry.
Last week, the four largest hospice trade associations jointly sent a detailed memo of policy proposals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS], which regulates the end-of-life care benefit. Their 34 recommendations, which span eight pages, directly address the alarming business practices outlined by a recent ProPublica–New Yorker investigation.
Kofman quotes Diane Meier, a long-time palliative care leader who stated:
‘The New Yorker–ProPublica investigation shook the industry to its foundation,’ said Dr. Diane Meier, a geriatrician at New York’s Mount Sinai hospital and a leading authority on palliative care. ‘You have four major industry groups coming together, as they don’t
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