Round-Up: Awards, New Caregiving Advice Column, MedPAC report and more

This week's collection of articles, posts, and items of interest from around the web:

• The Jefferson Awards, honoring contributions through public and community service , announced its 2008 winners, including the founder of a hospice in rural Mississippi.


• The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving is now taking nominations until August 15 for its 2008 Leadership in Caregiving Award.


• Judy Bachrach, journalist and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, had launched a new website on online advice column on dying well


• The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an independent Congressional agency, has released its June 2008 Report to Congress. There is a lot of information about the Medicare hospice benefit in the report. HFA will share highlights in a future post.