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How Medicare Is Altering the Hospice Movement
Author(s) -
Greer David S.,
Mor Vincent
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3563198
Subject(s) - movement (music) , hospice care , nursing , psychology , gerontology , medicine , palliative care , art , aesthetics
In 1982, without waiting for the findings of the National Hospice Study, Congress passed legislation enabling certified hospices to receive Medicare reimbursement. What emerged is a reimbursement program that differs substantially from the movement that spawned it. Hospices now face many dilemmas, among them shifting the burden of care to the family, determining who controls the course of patient care, and breaking even financially.