Kaiser Health News — The public overwhelmingly supports Medicare’s plan to pay for end-of-life discussions between doctors and patients, despite GOP objections that such chats would lead to rationed care for the elderly and ill,…

Washington Post — To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: News reports say you will soon make a final decision about paying doctors and other providers who talk to their patients about end-of-life planning, I have…

Wall Street Journal — In 2016, after years of controversy, Medicare plans to begin reimbursing doctors for having discussions with patients about what type of medical care they want and don’t want near the end of their…

When BJ Miller was a Princeton undergraduate, an electrical shock of 11,000 volts cost him three limbs and very nearly his life. From that personal experience, Miller became passionate about bringing attention, creativity and design…

Modern Healthcare — Providers have flooded the CMS with praise for its plan to pay physicians for end-of-life conversations and planning. But many say the proposal should go further. The proposed policy was outlined amid…

Health Affairs — The news wasn’t good. The choice was either dialysis or die in three months. At the age of eighty-seven, Dad was part of the ever-dwindling “greatest generation” of men and women who…