Austin, TX – Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization has selected Brandie Baker as its next executive director. Brandie will succeed Larry Farrow, who is retiring at the end of October after 27 years leading the organization. Brandie first joined TNMHO, a nonprofit member-based association that educates and advocates for Hospices in Texas and New […]

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MOVING TOWARD A BETTER CONCEPTUALIZATION OF “GRIEVING BEFORE A LOVED ONE DIES” “Grieving Before a Loved One Dies: A Real, but Overlooked Syndrome,” an article in Medscape, proposes a more precise way to define this pre-death grief.  The article shares about a study of this grief that was originally shared in Palliative Medicine. The study […]

Federal News and Information Palmetto Medicare Documentation Signature Timeliness Medicare providers must comply with documentation requirements, including the timeliness of documentation in connection with the provider signature.  Unless the documentation for a service is completed; including signature; a provider cannot submit the service to Medicare.  Medicare states if the service was not documented, then it […]

BLACK LEADERS  CONSIDER RACIAL DISPARITIES IN END-OF-LIFE CARE AND ADVANCE CARE PLANNING Two African American leaders in end-of-life care, Dr. D. Dennis Cross, MD, and Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson, PhD, LMSW, have been the focus of recent media. While millions of persons and families choose hospice care, many fewer people of color make the same […]