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Hospice: What It Is, How it Works, It's Role in the Patient Journey and Challenges Ahead

Learning Objectives:

Following the completion of this lecture, the participant will be able to:

  • Understand the Hospice philosophy and its role in end-of-life patient care.
  • Identify when a patient is Hospice appropriate and eligible (inflection point).
  • Clarify the Hospice team structure and responsibilities.
  • Recognize the substantial shortage of Palliative/Hospice care providers and practice opportunities.

John McCue, DO

Dr. McCue graduated from the New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine-UMDNJ. He completed a Family Medicine Residency at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals-University Medical Center in

Camden, New Jersey. After board certification in both Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, he served 5 years in the USAF in Southeast Asia as a military physician. Upon his return, he practiced Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine in Warrenton, VA. He currently has a small rural family practice in Washington, Virginia and since 2016 has worked mostly in hospice and palliative care. He is currently the medical director for numerous hospice teams and also serves as a documentation consultant for Legacy Hospice.

Disclosures: None


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