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Montana is third state to allow aid in dying
"This case was about the right of mentally competent, terminally ill patients to request a prescription for medication from their doctors which they can ingest to bring about a peaceful death," said Kathryn Tucker, co-counsel to the plaintiffs/respondents and legal director of Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit organization that advocates for improved care and expanded choice at the end of life. -
Should providers have right of conscientious refusal?
The Obama administration acted last year to rescind the so-called "Bush rule" regarding the rights of health care providers related to conscientious refusal. -
With new COPs, visit tracking in 2008, could payment changes be on horizon?
Starting next month, hospices will have to report to Medicare all nursing, hospice aide, and social worker visits made for patients. Then a few months later, the new conditions of participation (COPs) will be finalized, which will require greater attention to documentation of services and quality.