The Undoing of a Hospice — A Sign of Things to Come?
Posted on 01/16/2013 by Kaiser Health News | Health | Comments
Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Randy Dotinga for Kaiser Health News SAN DIEGO — Death sometimes came slowly at one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospices. That’s not unusual. But here’s a twist: For some patients, it came not at all. While hospices normally treat patients with fewer than six months to live, San Diego Hospice often served people who had much more time left. Not anymore. In the wake of an ongoing federal audit and an internal investigation, the nonprofit hospice’s …
