Important New Provider Letter Affecting Both Hospice Providers and Nursing Facilities DADS has replaced April 29, 2005, hospice and nursing facility Provider Letter 05-20 with Long Term Care (LTC) Provider Letter No. 06-07 in order to emphasize that Medicaid hospice providers will not be paid for services unless the hospice provider already has its contract and Medicaid number. The bottom line is that... If licensed and certified hospice providers provide hospice services to an … [Read more...] about Important New Provider Letter Affecting Both Hospice Providers and Nursing Facilities
The Compassion of Hospice: Dame Cecily Saunders
I wrote yesterday of the passing of Dame Cecily, the founder of modern hospice. Today, I find a beautiful article by Wesley J. Smith about the purpose of hospice as envisioned by Dame Cecily. Click here to read the article. … [Read more...] about The Compassion of Hospice: Dame Cecily Saunders
Founder of Hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders, Dies
Dame Cicely Saunders has died in the hospice she founded.Dame Cicely Saunders, who died yesterday aged 87, was regarded as the mother of the modern hospice movement; at St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham, south London, founded in 1967, she charted new approaches in techniques for treatment of the terminally ill, based on her Christian belief that no human life, no matter how wretched, should be denied dignity and love.--snip--Cicely Saunders first had the idea of creating a modern hospice in … [Read more...] about Founder of Hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders, Dies