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Good hospice care at the end of life can be a godsend to patients and their families, all agree, whether the care comes at home, or at an inpatient facility like this AIDS hospice. Still, oversight of the industry is important, federal investigators say.

HHS Inspector General's Report Finds Flaws And Fraud In U.S. Hospice Care

10:50am July 31, 2018

by Ina Jaffe

Medicare pays more than $16 billion a year for hospice services. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services says hospice patients don't always get the care they're promised.

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Some medical professionals say declaring a national emergency could make Naloxone, a drug that treats opioid overdoses, more readily available.

Should The Opioid Crisis Be Declared A National Emergency?

10:13am August 02, 2017

by Greg Allen

Addiction treatment professionals are praising many of the recommendations of a White House commission on the opioid crisis. But some question the recommendation to declare it a national emergency.

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price contradicted his agency's online information about the efficacy of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

Price's Remarks On Opioid Treatment Were Unscientific And Damaging, Experts Say

5:59pm May 16, 2017

by Jake Harper

Nearly 700 experts signed a letter to HHS Secretary Tom Price asking that he correct remarks in which he called medication-assisted treatment for addiction "substituting one opioid for another."

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says "We're losing as a nation," when it comes to opioid abuse.

Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says

9:23am May 12, 2017

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is touring communities that have been hit hard by painkiller overdoses and heroin. He says, when it comes to opioid abuse, "We're losing as a nation."

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Rep. Tom Price (center) appeared in early 2016 before the House Rules Committee, when he sponsored legislation that would repeal President Obama's signature health care law.

Trump Chooses Rep. Tom Price, An Obamacare Foe, To Run HHS

10:28pm November 28, 2016

by Joe Neel

Rep. Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon, has represented the northern Atlanta suburbs since 2005. In recent years, he has led Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.