Starting in 10 days, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may begin slashing regulations it considers to be ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about advance care planning is that it’s only for the elderly or seriously ill. In reality, ...

Advance health care directives are legal documents that outline a person's preferences for medical treatment in case they are unable to communicate those decisions themselves. These directives not onl ...

Don't leave your medical decisions to chance if you're incapacitated. The value of an Advanced Care Directive.

Everyone 18 years and older should complete a health care directive. The purpose of a health care directive is to allow people to stay in control of their care, even ...

Residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF’s”) are well advised to have a an Advanced Health Care Directive (“AHCD”), with an authorized agent (health care decisionmaker) in place to make ...

Healthcare treatment. Hospital preferences. End-of-life care. Some choices are too important to leave to chance—yet they ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has issued a new directive mandating Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) to approve treatment requests ...

SSM Health and other national, state and community organizations are leading a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance health care decision-making - an effort that has ...

"VA's decision to rescind its directive on providing healthcare for transgender and intersex veterans and VA's announcement that it will be taking additional steps to undertake rulemaking to ...