Why Medicare hospice coverage fails the dying
Every day in family meetings across the United States, we clinicians are delivering difficult truth to a family: Their loved one is nearing the end of life, and comfort-focused care is the appropriate (and desired) next step. Goals are aligned. The clinical picture is clear. And then the conversation hits a wall that has nothing to do with the practice or the art of medicine: Our patient cannot go home. …
Why Medicare hospice coverage fails the dying
