Providers face barriers to expanding palliative care

Providers face barriers to expanding palliative care

Progress in increasing access to quality palliative care has been hampered by barriers in policy, payment, and common misperceptions among patients and providers. Hospice providers can help patients and families at different points in their health care journey, but the fragmentation of the nation’s health care system has led to widespread access problems, according to …

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CFPB Considers Rules to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports: What Does This Mean for Medical and Dental Providers? | JD Supra

Fox Rothschild LLP

Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began a rulemaking process that, if enacted, would reshape the credit reporting and debt collection landscape and could have a detrimental effect on financial results of medical and dental providers. As we noted previously, the CFPB, led by Rohit Chopra, continues to make medical financing and debt …

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