Sitting on President Trump’s desk is one of the largest pieces of opioid legislation ever developed. Specifically, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. This is a wide reaching bill but there are a few provisions that might go unnoticed to many. Today, we are going to talk about one. The impact this bill has [...]
Employees from a manufacturer of surgical devices and wound care products, a hospital, and a physician walk into a bar. The three individuals know that (a) patients will need joint replacement surgery, (b) the manufacturer will provide products, and (c) the hospital is on the hook for infections and other surgical revisions. What could go [...]
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Each year, millions of patients are serviced and evaluated in the hospice world of care. When a patient is admitted to receive hospice services, the patient must be certified as being terminally ill. According to Federal regulations, an individual is considered to be terminally ill if the prognosis is that the individual’s life expectancy is [...]