We are looking forward to resuming the HAPC Virtual Grand Rounds series and hoping this semester is the best one yet! Check out the upcoming lectures for this semester here. I am excited to announc…

A physician with a clean disciplinary record, no history of fraud, and no involvement in false billing can lose the ability to treat Medicare patients...

Evidence submitted by the AMA and the California Medical Association shows use of the term by nonphysicians can jeopardize patient safety.

Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result. Here’s how to get appropriate care after receiving a terminal diagnosis.

California hospice care advocates have launched a new campaign to help bolster the public image of the often beleaguered sector, which has been rattled by recent allegations of waste and fraud. The in...

Some hospice medical directors contend that proposed emergency regulations in California represent a threat to their livelihood, as well as

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Despite increasing public awareness of voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED), there are no descriptions of the clinical course of U.S. patients who pursue VSED, with or without hospice supp...

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Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this clinical guideline for internal medicine physicians and other clinicians caring in outpatient settings for adults with overweight o...

Physician vs. provider is a question of medical professionalism, not style. See why the wrong word erodes ethical identity and the patient-physician bond.

Older adults close to death often receive unnecessary end-of-life medical treatments in hospitals.

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Why are residency programs disciplining and dismissing trainees in a system funded to train them?

Mourning Dove Medical offers expert advance care planning and a comprehensive healthcare roadmap for individuals and families.

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Desperate patients, unable to get timely doctors’ appointments, seek help wherever they can find it.

Explore the need for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in home hospice cancer patients, while ensuring effective pain management for comfort care.

Hospices’ diversity and inclusion efforts have hit several barriers in recent years. Policy reform and more person-centered care integration represent two

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