Am I the first user of the Hospice Compare website?

In a terrible twist of fate, the very day that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospice Compare website went live, I found myself in a pulmonologist’s office with my parents, taking in the news of my mother’s advanced cancer and malignant pleural effusion. The shock of it, and the uncanny timing are beyond comprehension. You see, I’ve been leading research at RTI International and …

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