Comments on: Hospice Providers Penalized for Long-Living Patients http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Neo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/comment-page-1/#comment-240241 Neo Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:15:36 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/#comment-240241 With so many people thing that "euthanasia" is a teen on holiday in Bejing, I can just imagine that the demand of "death on schedule" is in the offing. With so many people thing that "euthanasia" is a teen on holiday in Bejing, I can just imagine that the demand of "death on schedule" is in the offing.

]]> By: Patrick T. McGuire http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/comment-page-1/#comment-240230 Patrick T. McGuire Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:47:44 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/#comment-240230 Does this mean that euthanasia will be back in vogue again? Oh wait, that's illegal. Hmmm... guess they will have to get the Terry Shiavo treatment - let them starve to death when they reach the end of their useful lives. Does this mean that euthanasia will be back in vogue again? Oh wait, that's illegal. Hmmm... guess they will have to get the Terry Shiavo treatment - let them starve to death when they reach the end of their useful lives.

]]> By: Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/comment-page-1/#comment-240226 Anderson Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:42:34 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/hospice_providers_penalized_for_long-living_patients/#comment-240226 It seems that the nonreimbursement for curative care would mean that the feds are still saving even when hospice patients live "too long." Also, I'm a little suspicious of the regional nature of the problem -- MS, AL, and OK? How much of this (if any) is an artifact of CMS's regional offices auditing different areas by different standards? Also, the poverty of these areas is probably a factor. People in remote locations with no family support are more likely to need some sort of intervention. It seems that the nonreimbursement for curative care would mean that the feds are still saving even when hospice patients live "too long."

Also, I'm a little suspicious of the regional nature of the problem -- MS, AL, and OK? How much of this (if any) is an artifact of CMS's regional offices auditing different areas by different standards?

Also, the poverty of these areas is probably a factor. People in remote locations with no family support are more likely to need some sort of intervention.

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