Rural Access to Hospice Act Introduced in Senate

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced the Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation to improve seniors’ access to hospice care in rural America. Under current law, patients select a physician or nurse practitioner to serve as their provider when they enroll in hospice. Unlike other services,…