hospice

Through home visits, very ill people get help with pain, stress and symptoms. Medical centers, initially skeptical, now embrace the program because it helps patients and makes financial sense.

In a victory for nursing-home and hospice groups, a House committee Thursday scaled back a bill aimed at repealing controversial regulations on building…

Shirley Otten makes her way down a winding hall way that looks more like an upscale apartment complex than an assisted living facility. When she gets to...

The House is advancing a measure making it easier for patients to access hospice care.

As Florida's 2017 legislative session prepares to start March 7, the debate about repealing what is known as the "certificate of need" regulatory process…

Compassionate Care Hospice in Lakeland has laid off 30 employees, lost 115 patients, and plans to shut down operations by next week due to a licensing…

Terminally ill patients in the final stages of life could get easier access to medical care under legislation being pushed by a powerful committee...

During its meeting Friday in Tampa, the Florida Board of Medicine issued fines and penalties against Hillsborough County physician Betty Jo Carter, for…

In a column in the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell shares his outrage over questionable profits in hospice care, especially since he has helped promote it…

A company started by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, but which he later sold, is in hot water with the federal government. In a suit filed against…