Sen. Mark Warner: Enhancing Healthcare Choices for Seniors

by Craig Newmark - 06/16/09 7:58 AM ET

Another step toward healthcare reform — proposed new legislation from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.):

The Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2009 will:

* enhance Medicare and Medicaid coverage of advanced illness care management services;

* require doctors to provide patients with information on living wills and other planning tools;

* give providers incentives to achieve accreditation and certification in hospice and palliative care;
* encourage more comprehensive discharge planning; and

* increase public awareness about the importance of end-of-life planning.

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