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HospiceCare company history timeline

1980

In the 1980’s, Doctor Josefina Magno took up the torch and was instrumental in forming the American Academy for Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the National Hospice Foundation, and founded the International Hospice Institute.

1983

1983: President Reagan signs Medicare Hospice Benefit into law, covering care for 80%-85% of hospice beneficiaries.

1993

1993: Hospice is included as a nationally guaranteed benefit under President Clinton’s health care reform proposal.

1995

History of Hospice: In 1995, ninety eight percent of all hospices were declared non-profit institutions.

1997

1997: The growing end-of-life movement focuses national attention on quality of life at the end of life, need for increased public awareness and physician education

2000

The Health Affairs study found that in 2000, the average non-profit chain owned 2.6 agencies with an average roll of about 840 people.

2005

In 2005, she died in the comfort of the hospice she had founded, St Christopher’s Hospice.

2006

2006: InauguralWorld Day is held on October 1 to focus global attention on hospice and palliative care; events are held in 70 countries.

2011

And my own review of their financial reports suggests the biggest chains have grown even more since 2011.

In 2011, those chains grew to about 3.3 agencies and their enrollment doubled.

Furthermore, since the beginning of 2011, Medicare has mandated more frequent doctor visits if a patient remains on hospice beyond six months.

2014

In 2014, 40 years after the opening of Connecticut Hospice, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its affiliates celebrated four decades of providing hospice care in the US.

2015

In 2015, PBS released a documentary called Being Mortal.

2016

A recent 2016 survey on end-of-life issues by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 7…

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