HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of January 25

Special Enrollment Periods to be Restricted
Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.gov exchange outside open enrollment. (Jayne O’Donnell/USA Today)

Families Give Insight to End-of-Life Choices
Families of terminally ill cancer patients say end-of-life care is better when the patient is at home or in hospice care, not in the hospital intensive care unit. (Mary Marcus/CBS News)

Do You Really Need a CT Scan for that Neck Strain?
If you fall off a curb, bop your head and go to the ER to make sure you’re OK, there’s a good chance you’ll be trundled off for a CT scan. (Nancy Schute/NPR)

Non-drug Options for Chronic Pain are Growing
A whopping 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and to manage that pain long-term, 5 million to 8 million use prescription opioids. (Taylor Stuck/Charlotte Observer)

The Ebola Outbreak is Over. Now the Hard Work Begins.
More than two years after a small child in a remote mountain town became the first of more than 11,300 victims of the Ebola virus, the deadliest outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in modern history is officially over, the World Health Organization said Thursday. (Reid Wilson/Morning Consult)