Prescribing Headaches Soon to be Relieved for Hospice Clinicians

The Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to approve electronic prescribing vendors to allow the transmission of Schedule II Controlled Substance Orders in the very near future. This much anticipated and desired move by the DEA will dramatically improve efficiency for all prescribers, especially hospice clinicians and nurses. Delta Care Rx is the first and only Hospice Pharmacy Benefit ...

Letters: Post's negative story on hospice a public disservice

Letters: Post's negative story on hospice a public disservice

Burial of bodies in vaults comes to light

Officials visit home for destitute to check facts

Tennessee's drug related death rate nearly triples since 1999

Tennessee's death rate from drug overdoses has nearly tripled since 1999 prompting governor Haslam to propose expanded regulations. 

Ark. health officials cut home care program

The Associated Press The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. The Arkansas Department of Health is cutting costs for a program that provides care for frail, recovering and terminally ill patients to avoid a $2.2 million budget deficit at the end of the fiscal year. The budget reduction measures include unpaid furloughs for some employees, a decrease in hazardous-duty pay and a decline in mileage ...